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Russian T34
by J. M. Brereton and Major Michael Norman, RTRAFV/Weanons Profiles
Edited by DUNCAN CROW
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1 Churchill—British Infantry 18 Chieftain and Leopard 35 British Armoured Recovery
Tank Mk.IV (Development) Vehicles + Whi
byB.T. White by Major Michael! Norman and Transporto:
2 PanzerKampfwagen Ill 19 Chieftain and Leopard by Peter Chamberlain and
by Walter Spielberger (Description) Major-General N. W. Duncan
3. Tanks MarksIto V by Major Michael Norman 36 Chars Hotchkiss 35, H39,
‘by Chris Ellis and Peter 20 Churchill and Sherman and Somua $35
Chamberlain Specials by Major James Bingham
4 Light Tanks M1-M5, by Peter Chamberlain and 37. Russian BT Series
(Stuart/Honey) Chris Ets by John F. Milo
by Chris Elis and Peter 21 Armoured Cars—Guy, 38 Conqueror Heavy Gun
Chamberlain Daimler, Humber, A.E.C. Tank
5. Light Tanks Marks I-VI by 8.7. White by Major Michael Norman
by Major-General N. W. 22 PanzerKampfwagen 38(t) 39 Panhard Armoured Cars
Duncan and 35(t) by RM. Ogorkiewice
6 Valentine—Infantry Tank by John Milsom 40 U.S. Armored Cars
Mark tit 23 Soviet Mediums T44, T54, by Colonel Robert J. leks
by 8. T. White ‘755 and T62 41 M103 Heavy Tank ~
7 Medium Tanks Mks Ato D by Major Michael Norman MaiLight Tank
by Chris Ellis and Peter 24 ‘The M48/M60 Series of (Walker Bulldog)
Chamberlain Main Battle Tanks by Colonel Robert J. Ieks
8 Crusader—Cruiser Mark by Colonel Robert J. Icks 42 Modern Swedish Light
VI (includes Cruisers 25 Cromwell and Comet Armoured Vehicles
Marks I-VI) by Major James Bingham by R.M. Ogorkiowice
by Major J. K. W. Bingham, 26 Hellcat, Long Tom, and 43 PanzerkKampfwagen IV
Royal Tank Regt Priest. PLUS Complete by Walter Spielberger
9 Early (British) Armoured Check List of All U.S. 44 Ferrets and Fox
Cars. World War Il SPs by RM. Ogorkiewice
by Major-General N. W. by Colonel Robert J. Icks 46 Light Tanks M22 (Locust)
Duncan 27 Saladin Armoured Car and M24 (Chaffee)
10 PanzerKampfwagen V by Major Michael Norman by Colonel Robert J. teks
Panther 28 $-Tank 47-34
by Chris Elis and Peter by RM. Ogorkiewiez by J. M. Brereton and Major
Chamberlain 29 M4 Medium (Sherman) Michael Norman
11 M3 Medium (Leo/Grant) by Peter Chamberlain and
by Peter Chamberlain and Chis Elis
Chris Ellis 30 Armoured Cars—Marmon-
12. Mediums Marks |-Ill Herrington, Alvis-Strauss-
by Major-Goneral N. W. lor, Light Reconnaissance
Duncan by 8.7. White
13. Ram and Sexton 31 Australian Cruiser:
by Peter Chamberlain and Sentinel; and Australian
Chis Eis Matildas
14 Carriers by Major James Bingham
by Peter Chamberlain and 32 M6 Heavy and M26
Duncan Crow (Pershing)
15 PanzerKampfwagen I and Il ‘by Colonel Robert J. Icks
by Major-General N. W. 33. German Armoured Cars
Duncan by Major-General N. W.
16 Landing Vehicles Tracked Duncan
by Colonel Robert J. leks, 34 Scorpion Reconnaissance
USAR Reta. Tank
v7 by RM. Ogorkiewiez
by Major Michael Norman,
Royal Tank Regt.
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By J. M. Brereton
-34s went into act
losses on the German tanks. Up to this
. but from now on the
The prospect of rapid, decisive
me we had
tuation
was reversed.
was fading in consequence. I made a report on this
nd sent it to the
situation, which for us was a new one,
Army Group; in this report I described in plain terms
the marked superiority of the T-34 to our Panzer IV
and drew the relevant conclusions as they must affect
‘our future tank production. I concluded by urging that
smediately to my sector of the
front and that it consist of representatives of the Army
Ordnance Office, the Armaments Ministry, the tank
designers and the firms which built the tanks. . . . The
officers at the front were of the opinion that the T-34
should simply be copied, since this would be the quickest
way of putting to rights the most unhappy situation of
the German Panzer troops.” General Heinz Guderian,
(RAC Tank Museum)
UNHAPPY indeed. Only five months previously—on
the dawn of Midsummer's Day 1941—a mighty
German force had launched itself across the Soviet
frontier from Leningrad to the Ukraine, thus initiating
Operation “Barbarossa” which was to become the
bloodiest and most savage armed clash between two
nations which the world has yet witnessed,
The events related by Guderian above took place at
the end of October. Moscow had not fallen, nor
Leningrad, and after its initial success the whole
German advance had ground to a halt, It would be a
facile exaggeration to claim that the T-34 medium
tank was a direct cause of the German Army's defeat
on the Eastern front. But its significant contribution
is denied by no one—least of all by its opponents.
‘There are few weapons of war which have elicited such
lavish and unstinted praise and respect from so many
—particularly from foes. It was Guderian’s consideredT-7—am improved verion of the Chrstietype BTS retainng wheel
Andetrack feature, Fist introduced in 1955 with Samm. gum and 400 hp,
gine, it as up-gunned with a 76 2men. a 1988 and subsequent
Serre ase test wlilefor the V2.500 hp heel engine os tstalled tn T-34
wroved version ‘imperil War Musca
The 4-20 (1938)—