ICM 1/35 Pz.Kpfw. T-34-747(r) # 35370

The most numerous and famous tank in the world’s history was the Soviet T-34.

It was designed in Design Bureau of Kharkov plant number 183 under the leadership of M.I. Koshkin.

It’s serial production was launched in 1940.

It was the first mass-production tank with anti-projectile armour, powerful Diesel engine and 76,2 mm long-barreled gun.

It was the world’s best tank up to the end of 1941.

The modification with the improved turret, known as a “nut", was in production since 1942.

T-34 with 76,2 mm F-34 gun was the main Soviet medium tank up to the end of 1944 when it was replaced by the more powerful armed T-34-85.

There were 35467 T-34/76 tanks produced in six plants in 1940-1944.

In the Wehrmacht, the captured T-34s received the designation Pz.Kpfw. T-34-747 (r)