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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk
Ok, another....what tank was built in response to the T-34? What design on this tank other than tracks, engine, armament and suspension made it a much more effective weapon against the T-34? Is this particular design still used today?
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I'm going to give you the long answer, The first time the Russian T-34 medium tank was used in combat against the Germans was in late 1941. They were introduced at the same time as their heavy tank design the KV-1. they were both armed with 76mm guns, the biggest on the battlefield so far. The german copycat of the T-34 was the Panzer mk.5 that copied the revelutionary use of
signifacantely sloped armour, at the rate of first 75 mm thickness and then later 130 mm thickness. yes to this day sloped armour is used to protect tanks from incoming rounds. that is why the Javelon anti-tank missile attacks from the top.
A furthur note, Germans captured T-34's during their rush across Russia, they also captured and designated plants that would refurbish them so that they could be used against their creators as only the biggest guns that the germans had at the time could, in fact, destroy a T-34.