This section is concerned with guns and their sights only. For information about the tanks that carried them, use the next section.
- General artillery
- Early Soviet gun stabilizers
- Artillery wishlist for 1940
- Experimental tank guns, 1940 (part 2)
- Experimental tank guns progress report
- Experimental guns at factory #172, 1941
- Experimental tank guns, 1943
- Soviet gun production June 1941-May 1945
- Penetration trials, field artillery
- Penetration table, field artillery
- Penetration table, 1940
- Penetration table, 1941
- Penetration table, 1944
- Penetration table, 1945
- Penetration of Soviet tank guns post-war
- Comparative precision of numerous tank guns
- Comparative performance of blunt and sharp tipped shells
- Indirect fire artillery
- Proposed tank armament
- Artillery targets
- AA guns vs. ground targets
- Converting German guns to Soviet calibers
- Guns vs buildings
- Tungsten shortage for APCR production
- Indirect artillery effectiveness
- Post-war review of effectiveness of Red Army artillery
- Establishment of a dedicated anti-tank artillery branch
- Blast injury from nonpenetrating hits
- Damage from reactive armour
- Authorized ammunition capacities
- Effectiveness of artillery compared to bombs
- Using captured artillery
- Prospective tank and SPG guns, 1943
- Rifle division density of fire
- Lessons on using mortars
- Preparation for field trials against German tanks
- Artillery and small arms inventions wishlist
- Video: Why did the USSR not develop an RPG during WWII?
- Anti-tank gunner's questionnaire
- Anti-tank gunner's advice
- Old guns in the defense of Moscow
- Requirement for bigger tank guns in 1945
- Improvements in AP shell performance
- Small caliber artillery vs fortifications
- Small arms
- General
- Opinion on small arms and infantry training
- Post-war replacements
- Soviet suppressors
- Ammunition loadouts
- Pistols
- Rifles
- History of the Mosin rifle
- SVT in a sniper rifle role
- SVT modified for full auto fire
- SVT full auto field modification
- Mosin penetration
- Mosin suppressor
- Kalashnikov-Petrov carbine
- History of the SKS
- SKS trials
- On abundance of rifles in the Red Army
- Machine guns and submachineguns
- Modernized DT proposal
- Modernized DT and DP production
- DT and PPSh replacement suggestions
- Arming the infantry with submachineguns
- SG-43 ancestor
- Soviet SMG precision and accuracy
- Small arms for tank crews
- DP magazine loader
- PPSh saturation
- Using German MG belts in Maxim MGs
- German interest in PPS
- Kalashnikov's first designs
- Amount of machine gun ammo in tanks
- PPSh magazine production
- DS-39
- Assault Rifles
- Fedorov Avtomat production
- Experimental 5.6 mm round
- Assault rifle precision
- On Schmeisser's work in the USSR
- Ancestry of the AK-47
- Predecessors of the AK
- Kalashnikov's first carbine
- AK acceptance
- AK-47 trials
- AK high capacity magazines
- AK-74 ballistic tables
- Experimental AK muzzle devices
- AK-47's index
- Less than 37 mm
- 14.5 mm autocannon
- 12.7 mm and 14.5 mm bullets
- Creative use for a 20 mm autocannon
- Tank machineguns
- Metal-ceramic AP bullet
- First application of anti-tank rifles
- PTRS trials
- ShVAK production problems
- PTRD in the late war
- PTRD vs PTRS
- 25 mm AT rifle
- RES anti-tank rifle cost
- Effectiveness of anti-tank rifles in 1943
- 25 mm LPP-25 anti-tank gun
- Flawed anti-tank rifle proposal
- Baranov's pocket mortar
- ShVAK penetration
- VYa gun production pitch
- Anti-tank rifles vs Tiger tracks
- PTRD instructions
- 20 mm TNSh and 12.7 mm DShK penetration
- Issuing 7.62 mm AP ammunition
- Tips for an anti-tank rifleman
- DShK vs Pz.Kpfw.IV
- 37 mm
- 37 mm tank gun development
- 37 mm AA guns in anti-tank role
- Squabbling about 37 mm guns
- 37 mm anti-tank rifle
- 45 mm
- 45 mm APCR (part 2) (final APCR trials)
- 45 mm supercaliber HEAT
- 45 mm AP and other ammunition types
- Stabilizer for 45 mm AT gun
- M-42 gun production
- 45 mm gun upgrade
- Improvised 45 mm AT guns
- Order for 45 mm incendiary shells
- 45 mm anti-tank gun modernization
- M-42 45 mm anti-tank gun mod. 1942
- M-6 45 mm anti-tank gun
- 45 mm gun vs Panther
- 45 mm APCR announcement
- 45 mm guns vs Tiger tracks
- 45 mm gun vs Pz.Kpfw.IV
- 45 mm APCR trials results
- 57 mm
- Beginnings of the ZIS-2
- ZiS-2 and ZiS-4 guns vs. Tigers
- Charnko-Komaritskiy 57 mm gun
- 57 mm APCR production, ZiS-2 and ZiS-4 resurrection
- Hull mortar for T-34 and KV-1S
- ZIS-2 vs Panther
- 57 mm APCR penetration
- 57 mm APCR announcement
- 76 mm
- 76 mm AP blueprints
- F-34 vs German tanks
- ZiS-3 as artillery
- ZiS-5 development episode
- Proposed regimental artillery
- ZIS-5 gun (3-K ballistics)
- ZIS-5 gun (3-K ballistics) characteristics
- F-34 shell quality
- 76 mm HEAT tests
- 76 mm APCR production
- F-27 trials
- L-11 setbacks
- Regimental gun HEAT shells
- ZIS-3 vs USV
- F-32 technical passport
- 76 mm HE penetration
- Accuracy of 76 mm guns
- Divisional and regimental artillery vs Panther
- Development of HEAT ammunition
- Non-AP 76 mm ammunition vs tanks
- F-34 vs Tiger
- 76 mm APCR penetration
- 76 mm HEAT instructions
- Use of shrapnel instead of AP
- 76 mm HEAT and APCR announcement
- 76 mm HEAT instructions
- F-34 vs Pz.Kpfw.IV
- 85 mm
- 85 mm AA gun and D-5 vs. the Tiger and Tiger II
- U-10 85 mm divisional gun
- ZiS-23 and ZiS-24 high power guns
- ZiS-23 production status
- ZiS-25 85 mm gun
- Installation of the ZiS-25
- End of the ZiS-25
- 85 mm AA gun effective range
- Comparison of D-5 and S-31
- D-5T and S-31 trials
- D-5TBM 85 mm gun
- 85 mm guns in AT role
- D-44 ballistic tables
- Formation of an 85 mm AT unit
- Orders to install an 85 mm gun in a series of tanks
- F-30 trials
- 85 mm gun vs M48 Patton
- 85 mm 52-K vs T-34 and KV-1
- 52-K vs Panther
- S-53 vs Tiger
- 85 mm ammunition primer
- 85 mm gun penetration guide
- D-5T and S-53 gunnery instructions
- 100 mm
- First attempt at a 100 mm gun
- Order for a new 100 mm AT/tank gun
- BS-3 vs. Tiger II
- BS-3 PR SNAFU
- Relative merits of the D-10T vs the D-25T
- D-10 vs D-25
- D-10 vs D-25 from factory #9's point of view
- 100 mm HE damage
- S-34 order
- Order for 100 mm incendiary shells
- D-25 and D-10 vs Panther
- D-10 artillery tables
- D-10 vs M48 Patton
- D-10 vs Maus
- Issuing BS-3 guns
- A case of the D-10 on the IS-2
- Approval of the D-10 in armoured vehicles
- BS-3 accuracy and precision
- BS-3 sight adjustment
- 100 mm gun vs Tiger and Tiger II field trials
- D-10 and LB-1 gun trials
- Comparing penetration of the D-10 and 8.8 cm Pak 43
- 107 mm
- History of the ZIS-6 gun
- 107 mm gun HE performance
- End of 107 mm tank guns
- History and penetrations of 107 mm guns
- 107 mm tank guns
- ZiS-23 and ZiS-24 high power guns
- ZiS-24 production status
- ZiS-6 on KV-2 and KV-3
- Stalin's Maus Killers
- ZIS-6 characteristics
- ZIS-6 production order
- 115 mm
- 122 mm
- Accuracy of the D-25
- A-19 and D-25 vs. Panther, Tiger, and Tiger II tanks
- Beginnings of the D-25T
- D-25 vs. the Ferdinand
- D-25 artillery tables
- D-25 with single piece ammunition
- D-25 single piece shell blueprint
- D-25 and D-2 sliding breech
- D-30 gun composition
- M-30 howitzer artillery performance
- D-25 vs D-10
- D-25 vs D-10 from factory #9's point of view
- D-25 vs. KwK 43
- M-30/U-11 trials
- BL-9 (OBM-50 and OBM-51) high power anti-tank guns
- D-30 122 mm gun
- High power 122 mm gun order
- M-62 penetration
- M-30 HEAT penetration
- D-25 and D-10 vs Panther
- D-25 vs M48 Patton
- U-11 tank howitzer
- OBM-50
- D-25 muzzle brake
- D-25 vs Maus
- 122 mm HEAT in indirect fire role
- Issuing 122 mm HEAT
- M-30 HEAT vs Tigers
- M-30 HEAT firing instructions
- 122 mm HEAT instructions
- 122 mm HEAT announcement
- M-30 HEAT vs Tiger
- M-30 HEAT vs Tiger II
- D-25 gun precision
- D-25 vs Tiger and Tiger II field trials
- Fixed ammunition for the D-25 gun
- Video: D-25T vs the Panther: penetration
- Video: D-25T vs the Panther: long range precision
- Video: comparing the performance of the 88 mm Kwk 43 and 122 mm D-25T
- 125 mm
- 125 mm HE damage
- 125 mm subcaliber AP beyond armour effects
- D-81 penetration
- 125 mm HE and HEAT fragmentation effects
- Effectiveness of 125 mm HE against armour
- Ampulomet complaints
- 152 mm
- Accuracy of the ML-20 (in practice)
- ML-20 vs. Ferdinand, Panther, Tiger, and Tiger II tanks
- ML-20 artillery performance
- ML-20 artillery tables
- BL-8 and BL-10 high power anti-tank guns
- M-10 penetration SNAFU
- 152 mm HE damage
- ML-20 AP penetration
- Br-19
- OBM-50
- 152 mm AP announcement
- ML-20S vs Tiger II field trials
- 180 mm and greater
- Rocket artillery
- Towed rocket launcher (horse drawn)
- Rocket artillery in infantry combat
- Katyusha unit organization and capabilities
- Il-2 rockets
- RBG-82
- M-30 rocket
- RS-82 rocket gun
- Katyusha effectiveness according to German reports
- RPG-1
- Other
Tanks
This section deals with tanks and other vehicles, but not tank guns, for the most part. If looking for information on the gun, use the section above.
- General armour
- Myths about Soviet pre-war tank building
- Myths about Soviet tanks in the early war
- Myths about mid-war Soviet tanks
- Soviet pre-war tank classifications
- German impressions of Soviet tanks gathered by British intelligence
- Soviet armour quality
- Soviet armour protection research
- Tank infantry guidelines
- Turret weights (various)
- Wartime driving license
- Composite armour
- Experimental armour screens
- Morozov's tanks
- Reliability of Soviet tanks and rates of repair
- List of tanks at repair base #66 in 1944
- Swedish opinion on Soviet tanks
- How to pick out a place to sit on a tank
- SPG cadet report card
- Post-war tank authorized strength
- Teletank development
- Teletank revival
- Price of tanks in 1932
- Price of tanks in 1941
- Price of tanks in 1943
- KM-1 steel
- Rear turreted tanks
- Anti-panzerfaust mesh
- Soviet pre-war flamethrower tanks
- 1938 armour research
- Predicting the future of tanks
- Reduction of deficit metals in tanks
- Acceptance of T-34, KV, and other new tanks in 1939
- Flamethrower tanks in 1941
- Tanks in the Far East
- Tank production January 1942
- 1941-1943 production numbers
- Price of V-2 series engines
- Visibility from tanks
- Requirements for tanks in 1940
- Testing tanks in the Winter War
- QA conditions, 1942
- Utilization of Soviet tanks in 1938
- Ensuring compatibility of tank parts
- German information on obsolete Soviet tanks, 1942
- German information on modern Soviet tanks, 1942
- Fuel capacity and type
- Recovery of sunken tanks
- Observation from Soviet tanks
- Production and cancellation of tanks in 1938
- Video: Performance of tanks in snow
- Video: Performance of tanks in snow: Winter 1941
- Video: tank destroyers vs SPGs
- Fake antennas
- War readiness in 1941-1942
- American reviews of Soviet tanks
- Anti-aircraft machine gun mounts
- Using up old tanks
- Start of the Kubinka tank museum
- Serial number formats
- Report on development trends abroad
- Obsolete tanks in the Far East
- Deliveries of tanks to the front lines, 1942
- Mobility of Soviet tanks in snow
- Rail antennas on tanks
- What is a Main Battle Tank?
- "Small" and "large" heavy tanks
- Experimental work and proposals
- Call for tender, 1921
- Deciding on tanks, 1925
- Achievements and predictions in 1929
- 1929 tank program
- Exploring the future of tank building, 1930
- Tank proposals, 1931
- Bolshevik factory experimental designs, 1931
- Tank proposals, 1932
- Tank production, 1932
- Experimental tanks at the Special Purpose Design Bureau, 1933
- Experimental work at the Bolshevik factory, 1933
- Tanks for the Five Year Plan, 1934
- Tank armament norms, 1934
- Kirov factory experiments, 1935
- Kirov factory experiments, 1937
- Factory #174 pre-war experiments
- Factory #185 pre-war experiments
- Factory #183 experiments, 1940
- Factory #183 experiments, May 1940
- Factory #183 experiments, July 1940
- Factory #183 experiments, November 1940
- Factory #183 experiments, January-February 1941
- Factory #183 experiments, January 1941
- Factory #183 experiments, February 1941
- Factory #183 experiments, March 1941
- Tank production, July 1940
- GABTU's wishlist for 1940
- Wishlist for 1941 production
- GABTU proposals
- Kirov factory prototypes, 1941 (continued)
- Tank plans for 1942
- Leningrad blockade repairs, 1942
- Experimental tank destroyers, January 1944
- Potential light tank, 1944 (part 1, part 2)
- SPG experiments, summer 1944
- Post-war wishlist
- Post-war work on superheavy tanks
- Soviet tanks in the Middle East
- Post-war SPG planning
- A-44
- History of the A-44
- A-44 characteristics in 1941
- A-44 requirements
- KV-3, KV-4, KV-5, and A-44 characteristics in 1941
- Armoured Cars
- LB-62 armoured car
- BA-10 at Khalkhin-Gol
- Garford-Putilovets armoured car drawings
- BA-10 turret as AA cupola
- BT series
- BT inception problems
- Arming the BT
- History of the BT-2
- Jumping BT tanks
- BTs throughout the war
- BT-2 in 1942
- BT-7 production at HPZ
- BT-7s in the Polish campaign
- Up-armoured BT-7 trials
- Notes on using the BT at Lake Hasan
- A method for improving the lifespan of tires
- BT tires
- BT parade tracks
- BT emergency evacuation hatch
- Additional armour project for the BT
- BT-SV
- BT-IS
- Tsyganov's BT prototype
- Remote controlled BTs
- BT engine lifespans
- BT-7M cost dispute
- BT with rockets
- Twice captured BT tanks
- BT-7A Far East trials
- BT-7 Artillery in 1944
- BT-7 Artillery
- BT Far East conversions
- Additional armour for BT tanks
- BT-7 applique armour
- Experimental BT tanks, 1937
- BT artillery tanks
- BT servo controls
- Future BT street fighting tank gun elevation
- BT clutch shortage
- Getting a diesel engine for BT tanks
- PT-4 sight trials
- Video: BT-5 and BT-7 development
- Discussing export to Czechoslovakia
- A-8 (BT-7M) trials
- IS series and T-10
- Usage of IS tanks in combat
- IS tank characteristics
- CIA intel about the IS-9
- IS-85 (IS-1) and precursors
- History of the KV-13
- KV-13 trials
- KV-13 trials continued
- History of the first IS-1 and IS-2
- History of the IS-2 and other howitzer tanks
- Development of the IS-1/IS-85 tank
- Production of the IS-85/IS-1 tank
- Proposal of IS tanks
- First IS tanks
- IS-2 tank #1
- IS-3 #1
- IS-1 and IS-2 teething problems
- IS-1 and IS-2 first trials
- IS air filter
- IS commander's cupola design
- IS-1 turret layout
- IS, KV-1S, and KV-85 gun upgrades
- IS-85 prototype gun data
- Approval of the IS-85 and order of the IS-122
- Object 237 reliability testing
- Object 237 development
- Object 237 characteristics
- IS-85 turret layouts
- IS-122 (IS-2)
- Designing and building the IS-2
- Why there were no alternatives to the IS-2
- Acceptance of the IS-2 into service
- Production of the IS-2 in early 1944
- Proposed IS-2 modernizations
- Implemented IS-2 modernizations
- IS-2 post-war modernizations
- IS-2 front line impressions
- Object 240 ergonomics study
- First IS-2s
- IS-2 unit structure
- IS-2 vs. the Ferdinand in combat
- IS-2 vs. Tigers in combat
- IS-2 improvements
- IS-2 ergonomics
- IS-2 upgrades
- IS-2 mod. 1944 improvements
- IS-2 towing trials
- IS-2 reliability
- IS-2 reliability (1945)
- Reliability standards for 1945
- IS-2 tactical guide
- Reloading in an IS-2
- IS-2 tank regiment organization
- AA machineguns on the IS-2
- IS-2 engine upgrade
- IS-2 under fire from Tiger tank
- Difficulty in producing IS-2s
- IS-2 resilience in combat
- Removing the IS-2's machinegun
- IS-2 hit with 210 mm shell
- IS-2 with more powerful engine
- Production of IS-2 hulls from high hardness steel
- Verdict on IS-2 single piece ammunition
- Extra ammo for the IS-2
- IS-2 gun fume reduction measure
- IS-2 tactics in 1945
- IS-2 battlefield experience
- IS-3
- Development and trials of the Kirovets-1
- Development of the IS-3
- Development of the IS-3 pike nose
- IS-3 production green light
- IS-3 post-acceptance trials results
- IS-2 vs. IS-3
- Testing the IS-3 hull, comparison to IS-2 and Object 701
- Ballistic testing of the prototype hull and turret
- IS-3 prototype usability issues
- Putting the IS-3 into production
- IS-3 armour layout
- IS-3 development
- IS-3 starting up
- IS-3 driver's efforts
- IS-3 reloading
- Bad intel on the IS-3
- IS-3 prototype reliability
- IS-3 visibility diagram
- IS-3 gunnery trials
- IS-3 in combat
- IS-3 with single piece ammunition
- IS-4
- IS-4 proposal
- IS-4 green light
- IS-4 production and pre-production
- Object 701 first prototype
- Object 701 trials
- Object 701 trials results
- Object 701 complaints
- Accepting the IS-4 into production
- IS-4 upgrade
- IS-4 improvements
- End of the IS-4
- IS-6
- History of the IS-6 (Object 252 and 253)
- IS-6 electric transmission
- Prospective IS-6 hulls
- Amusing episode of IS development
- Launch of the IS-6
- IS-6 comparison to the GABTU's requirements
- IS-6 development drama
- IS-7
- Object 257
- History of the IS-7
- IS-7 prototype hulls
- IS-7 loader instructions
- IS-7 prototype armour layout
- IS-7 trials
- IS-8/T-10
- ISU-122/152
- History of the ISU-152
- History of the ISU-122 and ISU-122S
- Development of high power tank destroyers on the SU/ISU-152 chassis
- Front line impressions of ISU-122 users
- Rationale for the ISU-122
- ISU-122S acceptance
- ISU-152 as an SPG
- ISU air filter
- ISU-152 ergonomics
- ISU-122, ISU-122S, and ISU-152 development
- ISU-122 reliability
- ISU-122 reliability in the hands of Udalov's battery
- ISU-152 tactical guide
- SU-152 with 203 mm gun
- Birth of the ISU-122
- AA machineguns on the ISU-122/152
- ISU-122 AA machinegun mount
- ISU-152 welded hull penetration trials
- Object 704 requirements
- Object 704 trials drama
- Object 704 trials conclusions
- History of the Object 704
- ISU-122 trials accident
- Extending the ISU-122 and ISU-152's ammunition storage
- Video: ISU-152 tactics
- ISU-152 street fighting tactics
- ISU-122/152 ammunition stowage
- ISU-130
- KV series
- KV-1
- History of the KV-1
- Birth of the KV
- KV-1 production timeframes
- Starting up KV-1 production at ChTZ
- Combat and production history of the first KVs
- Damage to the KV-1 in Karelia
- Amphibious KV
- Trials of the KV-1 in the US and Great Britain
- Tests at Aberdeen
- Violation of service instructions at Aberdeen
- More information on tests at Aberdeen
- Tests in Britain
- Shipment to Britain
- KV armour research
- KV-1 in combat in the 6th Guards Independent Tank Brigade
- KV air filter
- KV QA
- KV-1 QA conditions
- KV-1 ammo rack and gas tank increase
- KV-1 in winter combat
- Production of KV tanks in blockaded Leningrad
- KV-1 smoke bombs
- KV-1 gearbox
- KV-1 improvements
- KV fascines
- Automatic loaders for KV-1 and T-34
- Flamethrowers for the T-34 and KV-1
- KV-1 rocket artillery: KARST-1
- KV-1 turret-mounted mortars
- KV-1 vs 88 mm Flak
- KV-1 weight reduction measures
- KV-1 improvements
- KV-1 replacement with KV-1S and KV-13
- KV engine reliability research
- V-2 engine shortage
- KV-1 regiment radio network
- KV-1 reliability: 1941, 1942
- KV-1 with ZiS-5
- KV-1 under air attack
- KV-1 weight characteristics
- KV-1 with F-34 conversion results
- Transmission and engine compartment photos
- New guns for the KV-1
- Preselector gearbox for the KV-1
- KV-1 visibility diagram
- KV-1 under fire from 85 mm gun
- KV-1 under fire from 88 mm gun
- Request for KV-1 spare parts, 1941
- KV-1 radio and intercom trials
- Supercharged engine for the KV-1
- German intel on the KV-1
- KV-1 battle damage
- 650 hp supercharged engine for the KV-1
- 700 hp supercharged engine for the KV-1
- 85 mm gun for the KV-1
- TOG flamethrower on the KV-1
- ATO-41 flamethrower for the KV-1
- Trials of KV-1 tanks with more powerful engines
- KV-1 under fire from German heavy artillery
- Planned KV-1 production for 1941
- Trials of KV-1 tanks with new automotive components
- KV-1S and KV-85
- Development of the KV-1S
- KV-1S in production and combat
- Object 238 and other KV-1S with 85 mm gun projects
- KV-85 (Object 238)
- KV-85 (Object 239)
- KV-100 and KV-122
- KV-100 trials
- KV-1S production recommendation
- KV-1S with KV-1 gearbox
- KV-1S with KV-1 hull
- KV-1S comfort
- KV-1S commander's cupola design
- KV-1S with 122 mm howitzer
- KV-1S visibility diagram
- KV-1S OP
- IS, KV-1S, and KV-85 gun upgrades
- KV with electric transmission
- History of the KV-85
- Early KV-85 issues
- KV-85 tests
- KV-85 turret layout
- KV-85 prototype gun data
- KV-85 development
- KV-1 and KV-1S with S-53
- KV-1S weight characteristics
- KV-1S road wheel reliability
- Cost of a KV-1S
- Long lasting KV-1S
- S-51 and other SPGs on the KV-1 and KV-1S chassis
- KV-1S and KV-1 comparison
- KV-1S review in the 91st Tank Brigade
- 85 mm gun for the KV-1S
- Planetary turning mechanism for the KV-1S
- KV-2
- History of the KV-2
- KV-2 at the Battle of Raseiniai
- Combat and production history of the first KVs
- Bargaining for a KV-2 minesweeper
- New KV-2 turret
- Planned KV-2 production for 1941
- KV-7
- KV-8
- KV-9
- KV prototypes
- KV prototype costs
- Object 150, KV-3, KV-4, KV-5, KV-220
- New guns for KVs
- History of the T-150
- Object 150: Repairing the irreparable
- KV-220 in design and combat
- KV-220 trials
- KV-220 and KV-3 gearboxes
- Tuning the KV-220
- T-150 and T-220 progress in 1941
- KV-3, KV-4, KV-5, and A-44 characteristics in 1941
- Decree on KV-3, KV-4, and KV-5 characteristics
- KV-2 and KV-3 with ZiS-6
- ZIS-6 for the KV-2 proposal
- KV-2 with the 107 mm ZIS-6 gun
- Object 212 and KV-3 development
- History of the Object 212
- Object 212 weight issues
- Kirov factory prototypes, 1941 (continued)
- KV-3 development
- KV-3 turret
- KV-3 turret blueprint
- KV-3 planetary mechanism
- KV-3 production
- KV-3 evacuation
- KV-3 mulligan
- KV-3 production delays
- KV-3 gun mount development
- Planned KV-3 production for 1941
- KV-4 initial proposal
- KV-4 design history
- KV-4 bid winner
- KV-4 armour thickness
- KV-4 completion status
- Kreslavskiy's KV-4
- Marishkin's KV-4
- Shashmurin's KV-4
- Pereverzev's KV-4
- KV-5 engine
- KV-6
- Other vehicles on the KV chassis
- Heavy artillery systems on the KV-1S and T-34 chassis
- Heavy assault guns on the KV-1 chassis
- ZIK-20 assault gun requirements
- History of the ZIK-20
- Experimental heavy tank destroyers
- Controversy around U-18 development
- U-19 bunker buster
- U-19 order
- U-19 retrospective
- S-51
- S-51 and other experimental SPGs
- KV-1 dome turret
- KV-1 demolition tank
- KV-1 with an electric transmission (EKV)
- Russian Renault
- History of the Russian Renault
- Red Army's first tank
- Manufacturing the Russian Renault
- Arming the Russian Renault
- Video: history of the Russian Renault and MS-1
- MS-1 and variants
- Creation of the MS-1 (T-16)
- Mass production of the MS-1
- MS-1 engine trials
- Manufacturing the first MS-1
- Re-arming MS-1s
- MS-1 wear and tear
- MS-1 improvements
- Restored MS-1s
- SU-18
- Running MS-1 restoration
- MS-1 production plans
- Misplaced MS-1 sighting
- SG-122
- History of the SG-122
- A case for the SG-122
- Conclusions of the Artillery Committee
- SG-122 contract
- SG-122 loader ergonomics
- Shortage of PzIIIs
- Proposal to convert to SU-76I
- Cancellation of the SG-122
- SU-76
- SU-32
- SU-71
- SU-12
- SU-15 and SU-15M
- SU-76 front line impressions
- SU-76 modernizations
- Experimental roof for the SU-76M
- SU-76 initial requirements
- Origins and modifications of the SU-76
- Larger guns for the SU-76
- Order to begin SU-76 production
- SU-76 problems
- SU-76 ergonomics and rate of fire trials
- Order to end SU-76 production
- SU-76M reliability
- Grabin's T-70 alternative
- SU-76 reliability in Korea
- SU-76 tactics manual
- Production of SU-76 with American steel
- Installation of an 85 mm gun
- SU-76 with a 57 mm gun
- Order to begin SU-57 production
- Winding down weapons for SU-76 production
- SU-76 successor requirements
- Use of SU-76 as a tractor
- SU-76M combat experience
- SU-76 ammunition stowage
- SU-76I
- History of the SU-76I
- Overview of the SU-76I
- SU-76I trials
- Problems with SU-76I production
- Engine supply problems
- SU-76I modifications
- Combat performance
- SU-85
- Development of the SU-85
- Production and service of the SU-85
- SU-85 adoption
- Start of SU-85 production
- Development of the SU-85 and derivatives
- SU-85 track link armour
- SU-85 technical requirements
- Sneaking in a SU-85
- Proposed SU-85 modernization
- SU-85BM
- SU-85 in tank destroyer brigades
- SU-85 armour angle
- Request for improved armour
- Extending the SU-85's ammunition storage
- SU-100
- History of the SU-100
- SU-100 front line impressions
- Development of the SU-100 and derivatives
- SU-100 ergonomics
- SU-122P
- SU-100 vs tree
- SU-100 combat review
- SU-100 armour angle
- SD-100 Czech Production
- SU-100 ammunition stowage
- SU-122
- Precursors to the SU-122
- SU-122 requirements
- History of the SU-122
- SU-122M and other improvements
- SG-2
- Refining the design
- SU-35 cost
- Order to begin SU-122 production
- SU-122M SPG
- SU-122 with S-41 howitzer
- SU-2-122
- Alleged SU-2-122 sighting
- SU-122 armour angle
- SU-122 tactics
- Thickening the SU-122's roof
- SU-152
- Precursor of the SU-152
- Approval for production
- SU-152 development
- History of the SU-152
- SU-152 with A-19 proposal
- SU-152 initial cost
- SU-152 cost in October
- Order for additional exhaust fan
- SU-152 in combat
- SU-152 precision
- SU-203 SPGs
- SU-152 tactics
- SU-152 heavy SPG regiment formation
- Video: SU-152 tactics
- SU-152's design group formation
- SU-152 precision and accuracy trials
- T-26
- History of the two-turreted T-26 tank
- History of the T-26
- TT-26 at Kubinka
- Video: History of the T-26
- T-26 production in 1931
- T-26 upgrades
- T-26 improvements in 1932
- T-26 production at the Bolshevik factory, 1933
- T-26 and T-46 remote control tanks
- T-26 armour
- Notes on using the T-26 at Lake Hasan
- Jumping T-26
- Unconventionally armed T-26es in battle
- Problems with up-armoured T-26
- T-26 in the mid-to-late war
- T-26 engine lifespan
- Anti-Molotov Cocktail grille design
- T-26 tactics in the Spanish Civil War
- T-26 and T-46 chemical tanks
- T-26 road wheels with removable tires
- SU-5 munitions carrier
- T-26 ramp for obstacles
- T-26 Teletank use
- T-26 swamp track links
- Endless fascines
- T-26 Far East conversions
- Track extensions
- Additional armour for T-26 tanks
- Projects on the T-26 chassis
- T-26 minesweeper attachment
- T-26 with LT vz. 35 inspired suspension
- SU-5 trials
- T-26 driving impressions
- SU-26
- T-27
- T-28/T-29
- History and modernization of the T-28
- History of the T-29
- T-28 vs T-29
- T-28 suspension vs T-29 suspension
- T-28 production at the Bolshevik factory, 1933
- Restored T-28
- T-28 suspension
- Resilient T-28
- T-28 firing on the move
- Shooting backwards with the L-10 gun
- T-28 vs train
- T-28 successor requirements
- T-29 delays
- T-29 variants
- T-29 with torsion bars
- T-29 drawings
- T-34
- Prototypes
- A-20 production status
- NKVD investigation of the A-20
- A-20 and A-32 trials
- Order for A-20 pilot batch
- Weighed down A-32 trials progress
- Weighed down A-32 trials complete
- A-34 protection tests
- Prototype mobility tests
- Repair costs
- V-2 engine design issues
- A-34 armour research
- Estimating production schedules
- Kharkov-Moscow march
- A-34 mobility trials
- Radio placement
- KRSTB radio trials in the T-34
- 71-TK-3 radio trials
- TPU-3M intercom and radio trials
- T-34 servo controls trials
- Order to postpone F-32 and DS installation
- Upgunning the A-34
- Installing the L-11 into the A-34
- Early tanks with reduced gun elevation
- Installation of the F-34 gun
- Increase in mass from A-34 to T-34
- T-34 requirements 1941
- Video: were T-34 prototypes used in battle?
- Video: Designing the T-34 Q&A
- TOG flamethrower tested on the A-34
- Production T-34s
- Why does the T-34's hatch open forward?
- T-34's birthday
- Early production T-34 trials
- Shipment of early T-34s
- Delivery of T-34s, January 1941
- Early improvements
- Putting the F-32 on the T-34
- NII-48 solved production issues
- Finnish first impressions
- Developing a better air filter
- T-34s in combat in the 6th Guards Independent Tank Brigade
- T-34 armour quality
- T-34 armour research
- T-34 fuel tank research
- T-34 engine reliability research
- Combat trials of extra armour
- T-34 model 1940 repairs
- T-34 ammo rack and gas tank increase
- T-34 in winter combat
- T-34 smoke bombs
- T-34 commander's cupola design
- Preparation for shipment to Aberdeen
- Tests at Aberdeen
- More information on tests at Aberdeen
- Shipment to Britain
- Tests in Britain
- T-34 track link armour
- Post-war T-34-76 service
- Restoring a T-34
- T-34 tires
- T-34 fascines
- T-34 bug report
- T-34 size compared to Panther and T-44
- T-34 fording manual
- T-34 production window dressing
- Protection tests against HEAT and APCR
- Reliability: 1941, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1945, 1945
- Reliability summary
- Video: the myth of the disposable T-34
- Reliability oath of the 1st Battalion, 100th Tank Brigade
- Survivability
- QA conditions
- Commander's cupola production
- V-2 engine shortage
- 1942 turret designs
- Request for improvements, 1943
- Half-sized track links
- T-34 front plate joint
- T-34 improvements, 1942
- First combat experience
- German identification drawing
- T-34 turret improvements at factory #112
- T-34 mobility in snow
- Request for T-34 spare parts, 1941
- Cost of T-34s through the years
- Issues with fitting a PPD
- Testing T-34 track links
- Design improvements in 1940
- Anti-T-34 tactics
- Order to use STZ T-34s in the south
- T-34 tanks with applique armour
- T-34 gun mantlet requirements
- Calculations on improving protection
- Cheaper and better track links
- T-34 production disagreement
- Reward for improving reliability
- German intel on the T-34
- T-34 performance winter 1943
- T-34s with extra armour at factory #112
- Firing in combat
- T-34 improvements, 1942
- Trials of defective armour
- Testing cast vs. rolled armour
- F-34 vs T-34 armour
- Effect of production defects on T-34 armour
- Order to begin installing commander's cupolas
- T-34 review in the 91st Tank Brigade
- Abandoning indirect fire
- Testing the T-34's driver's hatch
- T-34 driving impressions (part 2)
- Influence on German tank design
- Anti-T-34 tactics
- Video: T-34's impact on Germany
- Book review: T-34 Shock
- Early T-34 rate of fire trials
- Video: how to destroy a T-34 tank
- British analysis of the T-34 tank
- German anti-T-34 tactics
- T-34 improvements, 1942
- T-34 armour welding conference
- Video: evolution of the T-34's armour
- Special T-34s
- T-34M and T-44 heavy tank
- T-34M first order
- Proposed T-34 variants in 1941
- Upgunned T-34 (trials results)
- T-34 with 57 mm ZiS-4 guns
- T-34 cross-model
- T-34M and KV-3 production for 1941
- T-34M and 45 mm gun suggestion
- T-34M requirements
- T-34M weight calculations
- Issues with thicker armour
- Design order for a planetary transmission
- Planetary transmission for the T-34
- T-34 with autocannons
- Automatic loaders for KV-1 and T-34
- Flamethrowers for the T-34 and KV-1
- S-53 turret layout
- Flamethrower T-34 crew
- T-34 with F-32 bunker
- AA T-34
- Case for T-34 with torsion bars
- Requested pre-war T-34 modernizations
- T-34 pipe dreams
- Production of T-34 with extra armour
- T-34s with spaced armour
- T-34s with spaced armour in combat
- T-34 with 85 mm guns order
- Gun stabilizer order
- T-34 with extra armour
- Nickel-free armour for the T-34
- T-34 with a 122 mm howitzer
- T-34 turret under fire from 85 mm gun
- T-34 skirt armour
- Permission to use M-17 engines
- Weight of T-34 castings
- T-34 tank destroyer trials 1943
- T-34 mine roller order
- T-34 mine roller trials
- Video: T-34 tank destroyer
- T-34 with 85 mm guns
- T-34 with 85 mm gun evaluation
- T-34 with 85 mm gun acceptance
- T-34 with 100 mm guns
- T-34 tanks with M-17 gasoline engines
- Tsyganov's armour for the T-34
- T-34 infantry boxes
- Vehicles on the T-34 chassis
- Heavy artillery systems on the KV-1S and T-34 chassis
- Proposed artillery systems on the T-34 chassis
- Request for a T-34 tractor
- T-34 tractor production order
- T-34 tractor (AT-45)
- 85 mm SPG on the T-34 tractor chassis
- Heavy SPGs
- SU-2-122
- Turreted tank destroyers
- 152 and 203 mm SPG
- T-34 engineering crane
- T-34 85 mm tank destroyer
- T-34 demolition tank
- U-20 requirements
- SPAAG
- T-34-85
- T-34-85 with a 76 mm gun
- T-34-85 with 100 mm guns
- Acceptance of the T-34-85 into service
- T-34-85 turret improvements at factory #112
- T-34-85s with borrowed German parts
- T-34-85 with Jerry cans
- T-34-85 ergonomics
- T-34-85 commander's cupola design
- T-34-85 with D-5 gun identification
- T-34-85 D-5 production troubles
- T-34-85 (D-5) trials
- T-34-85 (S-53) turret layout
- Production of the T-34-85 with the S-53 gun
- Gun stabilizer decree
- T-34-85 driver's efforts
- Finnish impressions
- Extra turret armour
- Reliability standards for 1945
- Brief opinion on the performance of the T-34-85 in Korea
- T-34-85 reliability in Korea
- Czechoslovakian T-34-85
- Study in West Germany
- T-34-85 with PT-3 minesweeper
- T-34-85 impressions
- Post-war ownership
- Deployment in the Far East
- Surviving T-34-85s in England
- T-34-85M with 75 mm of armour
- Request for optics for the hull gunner
- Battle experience
- T-34-85 reliability in 1945 with a comparison to other tanks
- Multicyclone filter reliability
- T-34-85 gun stabilizer
- Study of the T-34-85 in the Korean War
- History of the T-34-85M
- Rumour of transmission issues
- Summary of T-34-85 experience
- Video: T-34-85 at Aquino Tank Weekend 2021
- Extra ammo for the T-34-85
- T-34-85 gunnery instructions
- T-34-85 with King Tiger wheels
- T-34-85 reliability in Manchuria
- T-34-85 review from the 31st Tank Corps
- Video: T-34-85 at Aquino Tank Weekend 2023
- Video: T-34-85 at Capel Military Show 2023
- Video: How the T-34 got an 85 mm gun
- T-35
- Video: History of the T-35
- History of the T-35
- T-35 production at HPZ
- T-35 armour
- T-35's suspension
- Price of T-35 components
- T-35's last battles
- Street fighting T-35 gun elevation
- T-37 and T-38
- Airborne T-37
- T-37 armour
- Beginning of the T-37
- Perkins diesel for the T-37
- T-37 in militia units
- T-37 modernization
- T-37 with ShKAS machinegun
- T-37 and T-38 rearmament project
- T-37 and T-38 applique armour
- T-37 and T-38 Far East conversions
- T-37 and T-38 applique armour and other modernizations
- T-38 upgrades
- T-38 Far East trials
- T-38 upgun
- T-38 with torsion bars
- Issues with testing the T-38
- T-40
- T-40 precursor requirements
- T-40s in combat in the 6th Guards Independent Tank Brigade
- T-40 in winter combat
- Debating the cost of a T-40
- APC on a T-40 chassis
- T-40 roof armour revision
- Tow hook redesign
- T-40 tank destroyer
- Rocket launcher on T-40 chassis
- Tank destroyers on the T-40 chassis
- Landlocked T-40
- T-46
- T-50
- History of the T-50
- History of the Kirov factory's T-50
- T-50 at Patriot Park
- T-50's ancestry
- T-50 start and finish
- Factory #174's T-50 prototype and production
- Critique Kirov factory's T-50
- T-50 QA
- Amphibious T-50
- T-50 air filter
- T-50 issues
- T-50's growing pains
- Ginzburg's case for the T-50: Combat
- Ginzburg's case for the T-50: Production
- Ginzburg's case for the T-50: Reason for Delays
- Ginzburg's case for the T-50: Conclusions
- Cancellation of the T-50
- Cessation of T-50 production
- Kirov factory's super T-50
- Super T-50
- T-43
- T-43, 1942
- T-43, 1943
- Initial T-43 requirements
- T-43 design criticisms
- Improving the T-43
- Installation of the D-5 gun
- Improvement of the T-43's armour
- T-43 wishlist, 1943
- T-43 reliability trials
- End of the T-43
- T-44
- History of T-44 development
- Second round of T-44 development
- T-44 mass production
- T-44 prototype armour trials
- T-44 prototype gunnery trials
- T-44 prototype rate of fire trials
- T-44 driver's efforts
- T-44 size compared to T-34 and Panther
- Upgunning the T-44
- T-44 tractor
- T-44 center of mass
- T-44 driver's cabin
- T-44 hull trials
- T-44B
- T-54 and T-55
- Development of the T-54
- Start of T-54 development
- Approval of the first prototype
- T-54 first prototype stats
- T-54 improvements
- T-54 production delays
- T-54 underwater driving system
- T-55 ergonomics
- Unditching log specifications
- History of the T-55
- T-54 at Aquino Tank Weekend
- Video: T-54 in 1945
- T-60 and T-30
- History of the T-30
- History of the T-60
- T-60 production and modernization at GAZ and factory #38
- T-60 production at factory #264
- T-60 production at factory #37
- T-60 tank sled
- Airborne T-60
- T-60 SPAAG
- T-60 production boost
- T-30's armour replacement
- T-30 towing trials
- T-60 in battle at Workers' Village #6
- T-60 manual woes
- T-60 in winter combat
- Flying T-60
- T-60's armament evaluation
- T-60 and T-70 off-road test
- Production of T-60 with extra armour
- Proposed T-60 modernizations
- Armour QA
- T-60 applique armour
- Proposal of a 37 mm gun for the T-60
- German intel on the T-30 and T-60
- T-45
- Verdict on 45 mm gun upgrade
- Simplified T-60 gun sight
- T-60-3 issues
- T-60 tactics
- T-60's armament
- T-60 usage guidelines
- T-60 performance in winter
- T-62
- History of the T-62
- Comparative trials with other Soviet MBTs
- Book Review: Soviet T-62 Main Battle Tank
- T-64
- T-64 armour
- T-64 ergonomics
- T-64 drawings
- T-64 acceptance
- T-64A acceptance
- Comparative trials with other Soviet MBTs
- T-70
- History of the T-70
- History of the T-70B
- T-90 AA tank
- T-70 gun choice
- T-70 armour research
- T-70 ammo rack increase
- Upgunning the T-70
- T-60 and T-70 off-road test
- T-70 prototype armour trials
- T-70 in German service
- T-70 with cast turret
- T-70 bug report
- T-70 AA SPGs
- Examination of damage to T-70 tanks
- Production of T-70 with American steel
- Order to cease T-70 production at factory #38
- 45 mm tank destroyer on the T-70 chassis
- Two piece glacis
- T-70 performance winter 1943
- T-70 review in the 91st Tank Brigade
- T-70 driving impressions
- T-70 tank destroyer
- T-72
- T-80
- History of the T-80
- Brief history of the T-80
- T-80 green light
- AA T-80 (45 mm gun)
- Production of T-80 with American steel
- T-80 in limbo
- Issues with T-80 production
- T-80 (modern)
- Tractors
- SPGs on a tractor chassis
- T-20 Komsomolets
- 76 mm SPG on Voroshilovets chassis
- Artillery tractors
- Tractor tanks
- Ya-11 tractor costs
- NATI-D tractor
- Migrating tractors
- Request for a T-34 tractor
- T-34 tractor production order
- T-34 tractor (AT-45)
- T-44 tractor
- ZIS-30 order
- ZiS-30 distribution
- Captured tractors
- Post-war artillery tractor proposal
- ZiS-30 in combat
- ZIS-30 production plans
- Pioneer tractor with torsion bars
- ATZ-3T tractor
- Bringing Voroshilovets tractors back
- Rumoured Tanks
- Wonder Weapons
- Grotte tank
- Nilov's 4 turreted tank
- Nezhinets' wonder-tank
- Osokin's heavy cruiser
- Spherical tanks
- Tesla's death ray
- Oboy supertank
- Giant tank roller
- Karar walking tank
- Heat ray tank
- Prospective death rays
- Death Sower
- Made up tanks
- Steel chimeras of the Red Army
- Tetelbaum's death ray
- Other
- AT-1 development
- AT-1
- IS model 1940
- Light tank with heavy armour
- More light tanks with heavy armour
- Light tank destroyer prototypes
- Light tank destroyers SU-85 and SU-57
- Medium tank destroyers and assault guns
- Medium tanks with heavy armour
- Moto-tank MT-25
- Object 705
- Object 777 and Object 752
- ST-II
- ST-I
- ST-I ergonomics
- SU-14 ergonomics
- SU-14 trials
- SU-100P
- T-100 variants
- TG production
- Tsar tank
- Flexible tracks
- T-44 (1942)
- Repair of captured German tanks
- TsKB-50 Aerosan
- Heavy self-propelled howitzer requirements
- Airborne tank request
- 744 diesel engine
- Infantry support tank
- HTZ-16
- 02SS aerosan
- T-12/T-24
- OSA-76
- Provornov's Light Tank
- Tank destroyers on a halftrack chassis
- Tukhachevskiy's tanks
- Amphibious truck conversion
- Leningrad guntruck
- 57 mm SPG
- Urban tank requirements
- T-64 light tank
- Armoured radio carriers
- SU-26 turret on truck chassis
- Airborne tank proposal
- Soviet Zimmerit
- Tanks paid for by Mongolia
- GAZ-75 SPG
- Order to develop 130 and 152 mm bunker busters
- PT-76
- Proposed PT-76 modernization
- Object 140
- T-100Y and SU-14
- Object 430
- "For the Motherland" tank
Tank Markings
Friend-or-foe markings, 1941
Friend-or-foe markings 1943
Friend-or-foe markings 1945
2nd Tank Army markings
A variety of tactical marks
Camouflage instructions
Heavy tank battalion markings
Camouflaging artillery, 1941-1942
Winter tank camouflage
Friend-or-foe markings 1943
Friend-or-foe markings 1945
2nd Tank Army markings
A variety of tactical marks
Camouflage instructions
Heavy tank battalion markings
Camouflaging artillery, 1941-1942
Winter tank camouflage
Winter camouflage testing
Tank markings on the Central Front
More tank markings on the Central Front
Tank markings on the Central Front
More tank markings on the Central Front
Guides and Manuals
305 mm howitzer assembly instructions
Anti-tank manual for partisans
Anti-tank manual
Anti-tank posters
Standards for tank recovery
Fedorenko's manual on using a Tank Corps
Stalin's KV tactics
Camouflage manual
Tank brigade tactics, 1942
Tank tactics, 1945
Tank unit reporting standards
Tank repair instructions
Tank concealment manual
Combined arms anti-tank manual
Minefield traversal manual
Anti-tank defense manual
Anti-tank infantry squad guidelines
Combined arms offensive formation
Artillery vs. German tanks
Anti-tank rifle manual
RPG-6 and RPG-43 grenade manual
Anti-tank manual for partisans
Anti-tank manual
Anti-tank posters
Standards for tank recovery
Fedorenko's manual on using a Tank Corps
Stalin's KV tactics
Camouflage manual
Tank brigade tactics, 1942
Tank tactics, 1945
Tank unit reporting standards
Tank repair instructions
Tank concealment manual
Combined arms anti-tank manual
Minefield traversal manual
Anti-tank defense manual
Anti-tank infantry squad guidelines
Combined arms offensive formation
Artillery vs. German tanks
Anti-tank rifle manual
RPG-6 and RPG-43 grenade manual
RPG-40 grenade manual
Using the IS-1, IS-2, and ISU-152 in combat
Attack and defense with heavy tanks
Infantry manual on co-operation with tanks
Gasoline firewall
Partisan infantry manual
Tank corps manual, 1942
How to use tank-borne artillery observers
How to camouflage tanks from the air
Order to continue shooting at knocked out tanks
Video: Soviet tank tactics of the 1930s
Using the IS-1, IS-2, and ISU-152 in combat
Attack and defense with heavy tanks
Infantry manual on co-operation with tanks
Gasoline firewall
Partisan infantry manual
Tank corps manual, 1942
Shooting from horseback
Sharpshooters
Infantry assault tactics
Tank tactics, 1942
Anti-tank gun camouflage manual
Anti-panzerfaust tactics
Guide for tank observers in gun batteriesSharpshooters
Infantry assault tactics
Tank tactics, 1942
Anti-tank gun camouflage manual
Anti-panzerfaust tactics
How to use tank-borne artillery observers
How to camouflage tanks from the air
Order to continue shooting at knocked out tanks
Video: Soviet tank tactics of the 1930s
Smokescreens in the 31st Tank Corps
Internal Affairs and Organization
Inquiry at HPZ
Factory #183 production problems
Reflections on the battle at Lake Hasan: tactics, technical
Internal Affairs and Organization
Inquiry at HPZ
Factory #183 production problems
Reflections on the battle at Lake Hasan: tactics, technical
Reflections on the battle at Khalkhin Gol
NKVD reflections on tanks in the Winter War (part 1, part 2, part 3)
Conference on use of tanks in the Winter War (part 1, part 2)
Tanks at the Mannerheim Line
Spare parts oddities
Observation device QA
Pre-war tank exercise plan
Stalin's reaction to German invasion intel
Rubber research
Salary for Leningrad militia
Horse decree
Manufacturing problems at HPZ
Production and distribution of vodka for the army
Revised vodka distribution orders
Order #227 in the 4th Tank Army
Reforming tank units and addition of women to the tank forces
Lost documents
Rewards for exceptional repair crews
Tank production window dressing
Captured tank report
Side effects of tank testing
Chamber of Secrets
Political work in the Red Army
70 years of victory
Victory parade
Kirov factory in the Great Patriotic War
Tank builders' autobiography
Difficulty repairing tanks
Translation issues
Lack of cars
Project management
Blocking detachments
Armoury of the Moscow People's Militia
Characterizing breakdowns and repairs
ZIK-7 production delays
Issues with producing prototypes
Control over tank production
Ranks and posts of tank crews
NKVD reflections on tanks in the Winter War (part 1, part 2, part 3)
Conference on use of tanks in the Winter War (part 1, part 2)
Tanks at the Mannerheim Line
Spare parts oddities
Observation device QA
Pre-war tank exercise plan
Stalin's reaction to German invasion intel
Rubber research
Salary for Leningrad militia
Horse decree
Manufacturing problems at HPZ
Production and distribution of vodka for the army
Revised vodka distribution orders
Order #227 in the 4th Tank Army
Reforming tank units and addition of women to the tank forces
Lost documents
Rewards for exceptional repair crews
Tank production window dressing
Captured tank report
Side effects of tank testing
Chamber of Secrets
Political work in the Red Army
70 years of victory
Victory parade
Kirov factory in the Great Patriotic War
Tank builders' autobiography
Difficulty repairing tanks
Translation issues
Lack of cars
Project management
Blocking detachments
Armoury of the Moscow People's Militia
Characterizing breakdowns and repairs
ZIK-7 production delays
Issues with producing prototypes
Control over tank production
Ranks and posts of tank crews
Ranks and posts of tank crews post-war
Order to add anti-tank infantry assets
Rewards for repairing tanks
More infantry and artillery in tanks
Payouts for tank killers
Recruiting tankers
Burial arrangements
Tank recovery rewards
On assignment of specialists
Birth of the GBTU
Red Army discipline abroad
Censorship
Penalty company inventory
Vodka audit
Soviet spies in the German rear
The case of a missing T-34
Investigating abandoned money
Normalizing man-hours for tank production
Demobilization and amnesty
Prohibition on hunting
Recovering scrap metal from the battlefield
Seeking out sabotage in tank units
Reparations for injury
Detecting forged documents
Renaming evacuated plants
Leningrad People's Militia effectiveness
Tank unit inspection
Lost weapons in 1941
Tank crew training: operation in difficult terrain, 1944
Tank crew training: summertime vehicle operation, 1945
Tank crew training: engine and drivetrain, 1945
Rules for behaviour in Poland
Order to add anti-tank infantry assets
Rewards for repairing tanks
More infantry and artillery in tanks
Payouts for tank killers
Recruiting tankers
Burial arrangements
Tank recovery rewards
On assignment of specialists
Birth of the GBTU
Red Army discipline abroad
Censorship
Penalty company inventory
Vodka audit
Soviet spies in the German rear
The case of a missing T-34
Investigating abandoned money
Normalizing man-hours for tank production
Demobilization and amnesty
Prohibition on hunting
Recovering scrap metal from the battlefield
Seeking out sabotage in tank units
Reparations for injury
Detecting forged documents
Renaming evacuated plants
Leningrad People's Militia effectiveness
Tank unit inspection
Lost weapons in 1941
Tank crew training: operation in difficult terrain, 1944
Tank crew training: summertime vehicle operation, 1945
Tank crew training: engine and drivetrain, 1945
Rules for behaviour in Poland
Tank-bunkers (more tank bunkers)
Incendiary bottles ("Molotov cocktails")
Problems with tank testing
PTABs
Kubinka exhibits
Importance of standards
Donations for tanks
Factory evacuation
Device for testing HEAT shells
Parade preparations
Pigeons at war
Fake tanks
Reactive armour
Fighting with hatches open
Assault rifle comparison
Spotlights at Seelow Heights
Report graphics (more)
Casualty estimations
RS-82 Rocket gun
Harsh fate of tank-less tankers
Rocket firing motorcycle
Invention rejection letter (internal version)
Keeping track of fuel tanks
French guide on Soviet uniforms
Defending Kubinka
Fire protection suit
Penetration testing of reactive armour
Supply problems at Sevastopol
Worker tank brigade
Winter and summer Molotovs
Camouflage umbrella
Pre-war R&D
Anti-tank foam
Pirate tactics
Pre-war tank maneuvers
Reindeer raid
Spring-loaded grenade launcher
Banner of Victory
Firewall and bottle field
Zhukov and Minefields
Buying guns in Iran
Requirements for lend-lease trucks
Bulletproof vests
SSh-40 steel helmets
Tank trailers
Road destruction prohibition
Tankers as snipers
Cost of aircraft engines
Aircraft ramming
Intel on foreign tank armies
Mastery classes
Tank unit reorganization
Tankers' day
Missing car and driver
Vodka thief investigation
Budyonniy's appeal for tanks
On Schmeisser's work in the USSR
Sturmovik tactics
Night fighter ground attack effectiveness
Introduction of the Ushanka
Penal unit formation issues
Incendiary bottles ("Molotov cocktails")
Problems with tank testing
PTABs
Kubinka exhibits
Importance of standards
Donations for tanks
Factory evacuation
Device for testing HEAT shells
Parade preparations
Pigeons at war
Fake tanks
Reactive armour
Fighting with hatches open
Assault rifle comparison
Spotlights at Seelow Heights
Report graphics (more)
Casualty estimations
RS-82 Rocket gun
Harsh fate of tank-less tankers
Rocket firing motorcycle
Invention rejection letter (internal version)
Keeping track of fuel tanks
French guide on Soviet uniforms
Defending Kubinka
Fire protection suit
Penetration testing of reactive armour
Supply problems at Sevastopol
Worker tank brigade
Winter and summer Molotovs
Camouflage umbrella
Pre-war R&D
Anti-tank foam
Pirate tactics
Pre-war tank maneuvers
Reindeer raid
Spring-loaded grenade launcher
Banner of Victory
Firewall and bottle field
Zhukov and Minefields
Buying guns in Iran
Requirements for lend-lease trucks
Bulletproof vests
SSh-40 steel helmets
Tank trailers
Road destruction prohibition
Tankers as snipers
Cost of aircraft engines
Aircraft ramming
Intel on foreign tank armies
Mastery classes
Tank unit reorganization
Tankers' day
Missing car and driver
Vodka thief investigation
Budyonniy's appeal for tanks
On Schmeisser's work in the USSR
Sturmovik tactics
Night fighter ground attack effectiveness
Introduction of the Ushanka
Penal unit formation issues
- Individuals
- Abdulin, Mansour Idetovich
- Agafonov, Yakov Grigoryevich
- Astakhov, Vladimir Mikhailovich
- Belogub, Nikolai Danilovich
- Bezrukov, Nikolai Grigoryevich
- Bondar, Nina Ilyinichna
- Erohin, A.
- Fedotov, Mikhail Alekseevich
- Firsov, Nikolai Aleksandrovich
- Fomin, Nikolai Nikitovich
- Frolikov, Dimitriy Georgievich
- Frolov, Mikhail Pavlovich
- Harlamov, Petr Mikhailovich
- Harlamov, Ivan Mikhailovich
- Hohryakov, Semyon Vasilyevich
- Ginzburg, Semyon Aleksandrovich
- Gorban, Vasiliy Moiseevich
- Grabelniy, Iosif Semyonovich
- Gryazev, Vasiliy Fyodorovich
- Lebedev, Aleksey Grigoryevich
- Kadenev, Mikhail Ivanovich
- Kalashnikov, Mikhail Timofeevich
- Karev, Yuriy Nikiforovich
- Kharitonov, Nikolai Pavlovich
- Khomenko, Ignat Stepanovich
- Komarov, Dmitriy Evlampievich
- Kondratenko, Vladimir Ignatyevich
- Kuharenko, Nikolai Ivanovich
- Kurochkin, Viktor Aleksandrovich
- Kuzmin, Yuri Yakovlevich
- Martynov, Aleksandr Maksimovich
- Novikov, Gennadiy Vasilyevich
- Novikov, Ivan Vasilyevich
- Novikov, Vasiliy Ivanovich
- Nugayev, Nagjim Nugmanovich
- Oboldin, Saveliy Savelyevich
- Ogurtsov, Vasiliy Vasilievich
- Oktyabrskaya, Maria Vasilyevna
- Osatyuk, Dmitriy
- Oskin, Aleksandr Petrovich
- Osminin, Petr Yermolayevich
- Ovcharenko, Dmitriy Romanovich
- Pashirov, Valentin Dmitrievich
- Pakhomov, Dmitriy Fedorovich
- Parkhomenko, Nikolai Kirillovich
- Parshin, Viktor Stepanovich
- Pateev, Nikolai Pavlovich
- Pavkin, Aleksandr Yakovlevich
- Perederiy, Iosif Antonovich
- Petrov, Roman Ilyich
- Polyakov, Anatoly Arkadyevich
- Popov, Semyon Yakovlevich
- Prikhotsev, Vasiliy Ivanovich
- Prokhorov, Nikolai Fedorovich
- Prudkoy, Nikolai Petrovich
- Ranzhev, Pavel Konstantinovich
- Rogozin, Anatoliy Vasilievich
- Rukhladyev, Aleksandr Yegnatyevich
- Russkih, Petr Egorovich
- Sadovskiy, Yuri Vladimirovich
- Sered, Ivan Pavlovich
- Sergeev, Mikhail Yegorovich
- Sherman, Yevgeniy Grigoryevich
- Shilov, Grigoriy Iosifovich
- Shunkov, Sergei Petrovich
- Sizintsev, Ivan Ignatyevich
- Skvortsov, Aleksandr Egorovich
- Sokolov, Aleksei Ivanovich
- Sologub, Nikolai Andreevich
- Sorokin, Georgiy Aleksandrovich
- Stankevich, Gamen Mikhailovich
- Stepanov, Konstantin Ivanovich (second time)
- Stogniy, Ivan Alekseevich
- Sultanov, Isa Klychevich
- Suslov, Aleksei Nikolayevich
- Svyashenko, Yuri Grigoryevich
- Tereshuk, Ivan Andreyevich
- Tikhonov, Ivan Gerasimovich
- Timofeev, Andrey Aleksandrovich
- Tishenko, Mikhail Petrovich
- Tupitskin, Ivan Nikitovich
- Tyrin, Georgiy Mikhailov
- Udalov, Vasiliy Aleksandrovich (again)
- Unzhakov, Aleksei Fillipovich
- Vaisser, Vladimir Zelmanovich
- Volnistiy, Nikolai Dmitrievich
- Voyevodina and her gun crew
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Do you have any idea if there was ever a variant of the T-34-85 fitted with a KV-85 turret and gun?
ReplyDeleteAlso, do you know of any Pz IIIs armed with the Pak 38 anti-tank gun?
There were T-34-85s armed with a D-5T, but none that used a KV-85 turret.
DeleteI don't think the Pak 38 is suitable for installation into a tank turret, but the KwK 39 had identical ballistics.
Ok, thank you for that. It's just that i saw some info (rendered pics at least) of those two vehicles on another website. The reason why i asked is to see whether or not either of those tanks could have a place in World of Tanks.
DeleteDo you know of any instance of PzIIIs (Possibly Ausf. L) being armed with an anti-tank Pak gun?
There were plenty of tractors and such that had Pak 40 guns mounted on them, and there was also a PzII chassis with a Pak 38. There are plenty more vehicles like this that can be added to WoT, I think SerB wrote that you can have at least four full German tank destroyer trees.
DeleteI recall seeing the statistics regarding the number of artillery guns (of all caliber) in the USSR somewhere here, where does it go? or did I missed something?
ReplyDeleteThis one? http://tankarchives.blogspot.ca/2014/02/gun-production.html
DeleteDo you know why the Soviets never adopted HESH rounds? I recall reading one of your articles where they tested HESH against various HE rounds so I doubt that they did not have access to the technology...
ReplyDeleteI've never seen any reasoning about why it was never implemented. From what I can tell, subcaliber fin stabilized AP was good enough and there was no reason to go with a risky new technology.
DeleteInteresting, I would have thought the Soviets would have loved the versatility of HESH against armoured and unarmoured targets but I can see why they would prefer APDSFS with the greater velocity. Thanks!
DeleteHI, very nice work with your site. Could be there a schance to cover the translation of the documents reporting the causes of tank losses? More here: https://www.reddit.com/r/WarCollege/comments/5t6c6n/causes_of_tank_losses_on_the_eastern_front_soviet/
ReplyDeleteIs there any article on made-up soviet tanks?
ReplyDeleteThere aren't really any popular made up Soviet tanks aside from obvious photoshops.
Deleteits really propaganda how you pathetically attempt to de-legitimise german scores and victories ( which btw HAD to be verified by no fewer than 4 sources ( my great great uncles fought in the luftwaffe ( one was head of the luftwaffe and charged with crimes while committing or authorising no such crimes) for then to be recognised yet EVERY russian victory was tiger...lol all together the degenerate zionist russians claimed to have destroyed over 3000 tigers by 1943 A FIGURE THAT IS NO DOUBT OVER EXAGGERATION TO UNHEARD OF LEVELS...
ReplyDeleteand btw the all-lies were the true criminals what with the fire bombing of civilian targets by britian and america ( bombing civilians was brought to the war by the british in 1938 despite hitler attempting peace with them before and after, and the massive numbers of GANG RAPE committed by the "honorable" soviets...
when you die and go to hell for this web hatred you post youll see stalin, churchill, eisenhower an all other all-lies in hell yet not one single national socialist...
also the russians were the only nation to employ explosive ammo for snipers but whats new to a culture of oppressive savage uncivilised criminal warmongers... hell germany was fighting to rid the world of the degeneracy known as zionism and communism (not surprising that both invented by jews)
ReplyDeletethe situation in the world today is direct consequences to the world betraying germany in ww2
The germans used explosive ammo too. So I guess that the germans are "a culture of oppressive savage uncivilised criminal warmongers" too.
DeleteI am working with a group of friends to see about perhaps making a facsimile of the BT-7 for use on airsoft fields. Our plan is to make it from scratch, but with modern materials and composites to save cost and make it more fuel efficient. How difficult would it be for us to get access to original blueprints so we can stay true to the design as much as possible?
ReplyDeleteThere are lots of blueprints uploaded here: https://t34inform.ru/photo.html I don't think they have a BT-7, but the author's contact email is at the bottom of the page, I'm sure you can ask for it.
DeleteWow I've never seen such a complete history website. Great job!
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