John H Dale Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Hi Thought I would share a couple of pics from this afternoon,took the old girl out for a spin in the snow,she handles far better on snow and ice, no wonder they did so well on the Eastern front, there is no need for Tiger and Panthers complicated steering Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Wow, you must have had a lot of fun in the T34! :shocked: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25 pounder Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Very nice indeed , but I miss the Soviet infantry flanking the assault on those German strongpoints in the bush !!:cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
private mw Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford 369 Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 must be a great feeling to try the t34 in its natural habitat,just got to get back to the barracks and crack open the vodka comrade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgb Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Very Nice John! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazz Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 really looks at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REME 245 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 What year was your Tank built? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 The tank seems to be a Zavod 112 1944-45 model (no vison slot in gunners side, twin ventilators and split cupola) has undergone the 1960s style rebuild. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John H Dale Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 My T34 is a 1944 model with the split commanders hatch.It was made at Nizhni Tagil at the Uralvagon factory No 183.It has indeed had the 1960s upgrade with better air cleaners provision for IR vision and T55 style starfish wheels,and a few other bits.It ended up in Bosnia where it was fighting on the side of the Croations. The writing on the side was under the old paint when we stripped back for re painting and is undoubtably wartime as it mentions Stalin and it was on the very first layer of paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stone Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 It says 'The Good Old Stalin' but I expect you knew that Has anybody ever catalogued the patriotic slogans that ended up on these? I assume they were added by field troops as a morale booster and not named at the factory...? Stone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 I would think many were painted at depots or factories, for example many Churchills are "marked for the soviet ukraine" in very stylised crylic. The same tanks often have a later Heroic name in more conventional script -but still very correct even beautiful caligraphy- even the more sloganistic writing as "crush the facist" or "kill the German invaders" is still well writen whereas the bort numbers (tactical numbers) are often quite crude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stone Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 (edited) By sheer coincidence (really!) I found a T-34-85 manual in a batch of stuff I was chasing up. Frustratingly none of the manuals I was looking for showed up! Just in case anybody was interested in having a look I've stuck it on my website here. Even if you can't read Cyrillic you can look at the piccies! Watch out if you're on dialup as it's nearly 60MB. Modnote: This seemed as good a thread as any to put it but feel free to shift it if you'd rather I've got some T-55/T-60/T-72 ones as well if they're of interest... Stone Edited January 14, 2010 by Stone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Fantastic beast! A mate of mine is looking for a T34 so if you have any leads please let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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