In the US, they talked about the Soviet “super tank”, which Russia abandoned during the war – Gazeta.Ru
December 21, 2021, 20:03
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During the Great Patriotic War, the USSR developed the T-44 “supertank”, which never fully replaced the armored vehicles already in service. About this in the article for the portal 19FortyFive said former US Army officer and military columnist Caleb Larson.
The journalist writes that military historians claim that the famous T-34 tank that received the famous T-44 tank in its original form.
“The T-44 was not only better armed and armored, but its design was inherently more ergonomic,” the article says.
One of the differences between the T-44 was the transverse placement of the engine, which, in particular, saved internal space. On the new tank, it was possible to install a cannon of caliber 85 and even 122 mm instead of 76.2 mm on the T-34. In addition, the armored vehicle turned out to be more compact than its predecessor – the base was shorter, and the turret was shifted closer to the center.
At the same time, it makes it possible to more ergonomically store ammunition with T-34 ammunition, most of which was stored under the crew floor.
Then, in 1943, the leadership of the Red Army criticized the new tank for its more complex design and limited theoretical height of the gun.
Ultimately, the T-44 in all its variants cannot compete with the T-34, which has already been put into mass production. In addition, Red Army tankers were trained on the T-34 design, Larson notes.
“The introduction of a more advanced tank would require retraining of crews when the need for people and equipment on the Eastern Front was great,” the journalist concluded.
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