Pz.Kpfw. T-34-747 (r). ICM 35370

Pz.Kpfw. T-34-747 (r). Unassambled plastic model kit.

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 massproduction tank with anti-projectile armour, powerful Diesel engine and 76,2 mm long-barreled gun. The modification with the improved turret, known as a "nut", was in production since 1942.

T-34 with 76,2mm 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 produced 35467 T34/76 tanks in six plants in 1940-1944. In the Wehrmacht, the captured T-34s received the designation Pz.Kpfw.T34-747(r).