draganm Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 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/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Lawrence Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Wargaming Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzkpfw-e Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 3 complete & 2 partial T28 & 1 T35 survive. the.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_T28_T35.pdfThe UK, USSR, France, USA & Germany toyed with the multiturreted tank in the interwar years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draganm Posted January 23, 2016 Author Share Posted January 23, 2016 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pru426 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 ww2 russian heavy tank prototypes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMK_tank The SMK, the two KV-1 prototypes and the two T-100 prototypes were put through proving trials before being tested operationally in combat at the Battle of Summa during the Winter War against Finland our troops thought that destroyed or damaged SMK was T-35 C pekka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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