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never heard of this model before, looks like a Churchill with 5 turrets? since it was originally designed in 1930 you have to wonder whop copied who on the wheels and running gear?

 

https://www.rt.com/in-motion/329611-t35-tank-recreation-russia/

 

The T35 was of the period of multi-turreted tank design - several were encountered by the Germans when they invaded Russia in 1941 but most were destroyed after they broke down.

The T28 was another smaller Russian multi turret design of which, I believe , there are one or two preserved. The Germans had their own multi-turret design, the PzKpfw NbFz V which was used in the invasion of Norway in 1940 and the British toyed with the idea of "land battleships" as well in the 1920-30's.

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The T35 owed much to the Vickers Independent. Norman Baillie Stewart was court martialled in 1933 for passing on plans and photos to the Germans, who had a joint tank development programme with the Russians at that time. If I remember right, he was actually arrested inside the Independent in Bovington. Much of the Russian tank development was informed y Vickers types, as with the T26 and the Vickers 6 tonner

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The T35 owed much to the Vickers Independent. Norman Baillie Stewart was court martialled in 1933 for passing on plans and photos to the Germans, who had a joint tank development programme with the Russians at that time. If I remember right, he was actually arrested inside the Independent in Bovington. Much of the Russian tank development was informed y Vickers types, as with the T26 and the Vickers 6 tonner
thanks. you can really see it in the pics of the pics, T35 is really almost a direct copy of the Vickers. Amazing that this "rolling pillbox" design from 1925 made it all the way to and thru WW2.

IWM-KID-109-Vickers-Independent.jpg

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