T-34-85: inside the Soviet "thirty-four"

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The T-34 tank showed itself well at the beginning of World War II, however, over time, the 76-mm cannon began to become obsolete, and by August 1943, the USSR had an idea to install an 85-mm cannon on the vehicle. This was the beginning stories T-34-85. To install a new gun, the turret ring diameter had to be increased from 1420 to 1600 mm. It also made it possible to install a wider turret, in which 3 crew members could be located.


Upper and lower frontal parts tank reach a thickness of 45 mm and are installed at an angle of 60 degrees. On the right and left are armored covers that cover the track tensioning mechanism. Also in the front of the vehicle are 2 tow hooks, a spare track and a machine gun. The horn and headlight are on the left in the direction of travel.



The armor in the forehead of the turret reaches 90 mm, and on the sides and in the rear - 75 mm. And although the tower of the T-34-85 is cast, its roof is a welded sheet of metal. Meanwhile, the modernization gave the tank a fixed commander's cupola with a rotating hatch.

Additional fuel tanks with a volume of 90 liters each are installed on both sides of the hull. You can see the oil tank caps next to them. Also on the roof of the hull there are small hatches for access to the suspension mechanisms, clamped by bolts. The fuel filler cap is secured in the same way, so you need a wrench to refuel the tank.


The chassis of the T-34-85 cannot be called high-tech. Often, various mechanisms are installed on the tracks of tanks so that they do not fall apart. In a Soviet car, nothing prevents the track finger from falling out of it. However, when the lifetime of some "thirty-fours" was calculated by a couple of battles, it was not so important.

Each T-34-85 track is 72 Hadfield steel links. Half of them have a center rail, while others have holes for installing winter spurs. The drive wheel is not toothed. It has special rollers that interact with the central guide and set the tracks in motion. Also on each side there are 5 road wheels with Christie suspension.

Reservation of the stern is the same as in the frontal part. You will need a wrench again to open the engine compartment access door. Under the hatch there is a starter, transmission and steering clutches. Also at the rear of the tank are 2 exhaust pipes, 2 fuel tanks, tow hooks and a small brake light.

By turning the turret, you can open the hatch at the rear of the hull. It covers a 12 hp 500-cylinder diesel engine. In turn, the cooling system grilles are visible under the hatch of the transmission compartment. Below is a large flywheel that transfers power to the transmission, and at the very bottom are the clutch and brake control mechanisms. There are also 2 multi-cyclone air filters that had to be changed after 25 hours of machine operation.

The T-34-85 can hardly be called a comfortable tank for the crew. Tens of thousands of these machines were stamped to repel enemy attacks and subsequent offensive operations. There was simply no time to create comfortable conditions inside. Despite this, the car showed itself brilliantly during the Second World War and became part of the Great Victory over Nazi Germany.

For more details about the "thirty-four", the secrets of the designers, the internal structure, as well as a visual instruction on how to control the famous tank, see the video from Wargaming.



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  1. +9
    2 July 2021 05: 19
    Article for the second grade. parish school, alas. request
    1. +1
      2 July 2021 22: 10
      This is an announcement for the vidos, which is available from the link It is better to familiarize yourself with it - there are just all more or less norms and very informative.
  2. +6
    2 July 2021 05: 25
    Obviously this is a translation of the article. Very much foreign clichés and clumsiness are visible.
    1. -12
      2 July 2021 05: 35
      For example, what?)))
      1. +12
        2 July 2021 05: 43
        Quote: carstorm 11
        For example, what?)))


        This is clumsy:
        small hatches for access to suspension mechanisms, sandwiched bolts.


        Often on tracks tanks atset up various mechanismsso they don't fall apart.


        Each track of the T-34-85 represents 72 link from Hadfield steel



        And these are the stamps:
        Undercarriage T-34-85 cannot be called high-tech

        Tens of thousands of these machines stamped to repel enemy attacks and subsequent offensive operations.

        Despite this, the car showed itself brilliantly during World War II the war
        1. -15
          2 July 2021 05: 46
          And what's wrong with that?)
          1. +20
            2 July 2021 05: 53
            Quote: carstorm 11
            And what's wrong with that?)

            If you think that the bolts are clamped, that some mechanisms are installed on the tracks, and the tracks are called links, then it makes no sense to explain anything to you about foreign stamps. hi
            1. +5
              2 July 2021 06: 35
              Boys make this game. And what they ripped out from various sources and goes into the game and in such articles.
              1. +4
                2 July 2021 07: 04
                Quote: _Sergey_
                Boys make this game.

                Now it may be, but a few years ago they at least consulted with knowledgeable people, such as Burkatovsky.
            2. +1
              2 July 2021 07: 05
              For tractor drivers and tankers, track links =.
            3. -9
              2 July 2021 07: 35
              I mean that you only have to add to the terms. Stamps have nothing to do with it. The terms are different yes track (link).
              1. +7
                2 July 2021 08: 24
                Quote: carstorm 11
                I mean that you only have to add to the terms. Stamps have nothing to do with it. The terms are different yes track (link).
                I do not like the language of the article, I consider it clumsy or translated.
                Is that a term too?
                Various mechanisms (on a caterpillar) so that they do not fall apart
                What is this mechanism that is located on the caterpillar?
                1. -7
                  2 July 2021 08: 26
                  Does the language of the video bother you?) Maybe it's worth a look?) The mechanism is apparently a mover, judging by the translation.
                  1. +4
                    2 July 2021 08: 34
                    Quote: carstorm 11
                    Does the language of the video bother you?) Maybe it's worth a look?) The mechanism is apparently a mover judging by the translation.
                    And now read my first comment and think about who got to who whom.
                    Quote: Vladimir_2U
                    Obviously this is a translation of the article.... Very much foreign clichés and clumsiness are visible.
                    1. -7
                      2 July 2021 08: 35
                      So I told you about it, too, right away - digging)
                  2. +1
                    3 July 2021 13: 45
                    Quote: carstorm 11
                    The mechanism is apparently the mover, judging by the translation.

                    it is the result of multiple translations and editorial notes. probably it means the locking mechanism of the pin connecting the tracks. somewhere these are cotter pins, and a T34 bar that knocks the cotter pin into place at each revolution of the caterpillar. in general, the game is useful and the videos are good, they only lack a technical and historical consultant to correct the annoying bloopers and translate them into a competent military technical language. A person who is in the subject will understand everything. and the student will have a mess in his head and even with blunders. although a very useful game and videos
                    1. +3
                      4 July 2021 22: 21
                      The bar knocks the pin into place, not the cotter pin. Sorry for correcting it, possibly sealed.
                      1. 0
                        4 July 2021 22: 22
                        Quote: Slon379
                        The bar knocks the pin into place, not the cotter pin. Sorry for correcting it, possibly sealed.

                        Thank you! You're right
    2. +1
      2 July 2021 22: 11
      This is not a translation - this is a seed for vidos - here it is, even very normal.
  3. +7
    2 July 2021 05: 36
    On the splash screen, the video is most likely a T-34-85 of English assembly - a hatch on the right, a machine gun on the left ... I wonder if they are the same in games?
    1. 0
      3 July 2021 09: 49
      You overtook me with an English build
    2. -1
      4 July 2021 22: 27
      what is the english assembly? were they? or some kind of military release after? wrote that during the war there were experiments by moving from left to right a hatch with a machine gun and a loader with a gunner in the tower.
  4. +5
    2 July 2021 06: 54
    There are also 2 multi-cyclone air filters that had to be changed after 25 hours of machine operation.

    The multicyclone filters were not changed, the multicyclone filters were washed and filled with fresh oil, and in the spring-summer period every 10 hours, and in conditions of increased dustiness - every 3-5 hours.
    1. +3
      2 July 2021 11: 00
      Mining was poured into air vents, multicyclones. For dusty environments, no one has come up with a great air filter yet. Moreover, with modern, paper filters, engines, when dirty, refuse to go. just go with great difficulty. When the cyclone becomes dirty, air with dust goes directly to the engine. The engine naturally lost its resource. Not 200 motorcycle hours. passport, and 150. At a speed of 10 km per hour, could reach from Moscow to Berlin without repair 1500 km, and not to Paris, not critical. There were a bunch of other problems with the engine. The fingers on the goose were knocked out with an adaptation on the rear of the body with each turn of the goose. And after 10 km, the crankshaft was stuffed on the fingers and it was very difficult to knock them out.
  5. +7
    2 July 2021 11: 52
    Strange times. At one time, German generals, for example Guderian, recognized the superiority of the T-34 as a medium tank over German armored vehicles. For him, the creator of the German armored forces, it was, as you know, not very easy for him. And now there are “pseudo-historians” and pseudo-specialists. ”Now, in the battle at Prokhorovka, the Germans lost 5 (five) Tigers, and we 300 will probably be 3000 soon. from the German side. Now about 34 five "Tigers." After the end of the Battle of Kursk, the Commission of the Armored Directorate of the Red Army arrived on the field near Prokhorovka with the task of selecting 5 FIVE more or less survivors from among the destroyed "Tigers" and sending them for study to a test site near Moscow. Now one German "pseudo-historian" beat this figure, the British joined in, etc. All fake and lies were fanned. And this is replicated in all the media. It's bad that our historians are sluggishly justifying themselves. That's very bad. The Germans could not win the Prokhorov battle with 5 Tank on the flank The army of M.E. Katukov, which they had not been able to defeat before that. They understood this themselves because they lost more than 1 tanks and the offensive could not continue, it became aimless and dangerous. Therefore, they and retreated to their original positions. With temporary operational success, they strategically lost everything.
  6. +6
    2 July 2021 16: 43
    T-34-85, what kind of shit our grandfathers fought on because of the unspoken afftor suffering. Driven by barriers, a bloody gebney and a political instructor revolver in the back ...
    By the way, I saw this device in the 90s in former Yugolsavia - downed crews SUCCESSFULLY fought with T-55 and even 72.
    So, not in toilets, the author, devastation, but in the heads
    1. +1
      3 July 2021 13: 52
      T34 sample 1942 and sample 1950 are two different planets. and our grandfathers are really heroes, because on this they could beat t3, t4, etc. another thing is that the T34 of the 1942 model is a thousand times stronger than 4 infantrymen with mosinki. and each burnt m34 saved hundreds of our infantrymen. And T34 was like that because at that time the country, with all the exertion of its forces, could not do better physically.
  7. +3
    3 July 2021 13: 54
    The top picture is generally the fruit of an unhealthy fantasy, not t 34.
    1. +1
      7 July 2021 13: 59
      I completely agree, after all, in the uppermost picture, the aft part of the hull is NOT the T-34!
      1. +1
        7 July 2021 14: 10
        I completely agree, after all, in the uppermost picture, the aft part of the hull is NOT the T-34!

        This is a development from "World of tanks", like the whole article.
  8. +2
    3 July 2021 19: 45
    The author hid under a collective pseudonym. The article is below the plinth.

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