Trumpeter 00905 T-34/76 Model 1942  [TP00905]

Brief Operational History The T-34 /76 was designed in the 1938 once the Red Army unearthed that the BT-7 would not be effective on a modern battlefield. On December 19, 1939 this new car ended up being designated T-34 and ordered into complete production.It would just take until July of 1940.for manufacturing to begin, by the end of this 12 months just 117 examples would be finished. An order for 600 tanks was put the following 12 months. These tanks were become built during the Stalingrad Tractor Factory and the Kharkov Locomotive Factory (No. 83). All of this would occur under extreme secrecy because of the deteriorating worldwide situation.Re-equipping brand new units aided by the T-34/76 ended up being very slow. Numerous improvements had been designed to the T-34/76 during its service life. The first would be to change the L/30 76.2mm cannon with a far more advanced level L/40 weapon of the identical caliber. Other variations used rolled plate armor on its turret. A later modification had a larger turret with two hatches as opposed to the original single hatch. A later version with a hexagonal turret had the capability to install external gas tanks for increased range. Later models could have a cast turret. We were holding usually of a tremendously rough finish and several even would enter battle without a coat of paint.It was quickly discovered that the T-34/76 would want further enhancement if it absolutely was to compete keenly against the greater higher level tanks that the German military ended up being starting to field in amount. The Germans had even created their latest tank, the Panther, to be better than the T-34/76. The Soviet military decided to use the larger weapon located on the KV-85 in a brand new form of the T-34. This version had become referred to as T-34/85 and joined service in 1943. All focus on T-34/76 ended the following 12 months with a complete manufacturing run of 35,099 tanks in just 5 years. This kit depicts early 1942 model with somewhat increased cast turret, and early-style rubber-rimmed road tires.

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