![]() ![]() Birth of a War Winner, which covers briefly the Soviet tank designs in service prior to the introduction of the T-34, such as the BT series of Christie tanks, plus other contemporary “Medium” tanks such as the T-35 and the KV-1.It is divided into 11 chapters, as follows: This book is soft covered, being 144 pages in length, the pages measuring 7.5” by 9.5”. So where does this latest T-34 publication penned by Anthony Tucker-Jones stand and what does and doesn’t it cover? These range from the thin and inexpensive tomes such as Squadron Signal’s T-34 in Action, to the massive, such as Robert Michulec’s T-34 Mythical Weapon. ![]() There have been many books over the years detailing the T-34 series of tanks, which not only include the T-34/76 and T-34/85 tanks, but also the Su-122 and Su-85/100 assault guns. Did in fact the T-34 “win the war” for the Allies, responsible as it was for inflicting massive damage to more Axis divisions than any other Allied military vehicle? Whatever your answer to this question it is undoubtedly true that the T-34 was an extremely important cog in the Soviet military machine that crushed the Germans and their allies on the Eastern Front. And without doubt the most massive and arguably most important armored battles of WW2 took place on the Eastern Front, where the T-34 dominated Soviet tank strength numbers. ![]() And it was undoubtedly superior to the Sherman in many areas, including armor protection and main armament. Was the Soviet T-34 the most important tank of the Second World War? It certainly was produced in the largest numbers, 57,000 between 19, more even than the ubiquitous M4 Sherman series. ![]()
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