Trumpeter 00905 T-34/76 Model 1942 小號手   [TP00905]

Brief Operational History The T-34 /76 was developed in the 1938 as soon as the Red Army unearthed that the BT-7 would no more succeed on today's battlefield. On December 19, 1939 this new vehicle ended up being designated T-34 and ordered into complete production.It would simply take until July of 1940.for production to begin with, and also by the finish of this year just 117 examples would be completed. An order for 600 tanks ended up being placed for the following 12 months. These tanks had been to be built within Stalingrad Tractor Factory therefore the Kharkov Locomotive Factory (No. 83). This would take place under extreme secrecy because of the deteriorating international situation.Re-equipping new units with the T-34/76 ended up being extremely slow. Many changes had been built to the T-34/76 during its service life. 1st was to change the L/30 76.2mm cannon with an even more higher level L/40 gun of the identical caliber. Other variations utilized rolled plate armor on its turret. A later modification had a bigger turret with two hatches rather than the initial solitary hatch. A later version with a hexagonal turret had the ability to mount external fuel tanks for increased range. Later models would have a cast turret. We were holding usually of a very rough finish and lots of even would enter battle without a coat of paint.It had been soon discovered that the T-34/76 would require further improvement if it absolutely was to vie against the more advanced level tanks that the German military had been beginning to field in amount. The Germans had even created their latest tank, the Panther, become more advanced than the T-34/76. The Soviet military decided to make use of the larger weapon located on the KV-85 in a brand new version of the T-34. This version came into existence referred to as T-34/85 and entered service in 1943. All work with T-34/76 ended the following year with an overall total manufacturing run of 35,099 tanks in just five years. This kit depicts the first 1942 model with somewhat enlarged cast turret, and early-style rubber-rimmed road tires.

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