T-34-85 Medium Tank 1944-94
The T-34-85 tank is one of those rare weapons that have remained in service for more than half a century.

First introduced in 1944, it has seen combat in nearly every corner of the globe. Alongside detailed illustrations, Steven Zaloga and Jim Kinnear look at this long-serving Soviet tank at length, including its operational history, design and development, and later modifications.

Although long obsolete in Europe, it has proven a reliable and potent weapon in many conflicts in lower-income countries, and is still in service with more than a dozen armies around the world.
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T-34-85 Medium Tank 1944-94
The T-34-85 tank is one of those rare weapons that have remained in service for more than half a century.

First introduced in 1944, it has seen combat in nearly every corner of the globe. Alongside detailed illustrations, Steven Zaloga and Jim Kinnear look at this long-serving Soviet tank at length, including its operational history, design and development, and later modifications.

Although long obsolete in Europe, it has proven a reliable and potent weapon in many conflicts in lower-income countries, and is still in service with more than a dozen armies around the world.
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T-34-85 Medium Tank 1944-94

T-34-85 Medium Tank 1944-94

T-34-85 Medium Tank 1944-94

T-34-85 Medium Tank 1944-94

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Overview

The T-34-85 tank is one of those rare weapons that have remained in service for more than half a century.

First introduced in 1944, it has seen combat in nearly every corner of the globe. Alongside detailed illustrations, Steven Zaloga and Jim Kinnear look at this long-serving Soviet tank at length, including its operational history, design and development, and later modifications.

Although long obsolete in Europe, it has proven a reliable and potent weapon in many conflicts in lower-income countries, and is still in service with more than a dozen armies around the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781472805386
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 08/20/2013
Series: New Vanguard , #20
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 48
File size: 8 MB

About the Author

Steven J. Zaloga has published numerous books and articles dealing with modern military technology, especially armoured vehicle development. His main area of interest is military affairs in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in the Second World War. Jim Kinnear was born in Glasgow in 1959 and graduated from Aberdeen University in 1982. He has published numerous articles in the defence press on Soviet and Russian AFVs, weapon systems and military transport. Jim has lived and worked in Russia since 1992.

Peter Sarson has produced graphic cutaways for many armoured vehicle publications, and is regarded as one of the world's great illustrators of military vehicles.
Steven J. Zaloga is a senior analyst for Teal Group Corp., an aerospace consulting firm, where he covers missile and drone technology as well as international arms transfers for clients in the aerospace industry and the government. He served for more than two decades as an adjunct staff member with the Strategy, Forces, and Resources division of the Institute for Defense Analyses, a federal think-tank, retiring in 2021. He is the author of numerous books on military technology and history, including NVG 294 Allied Tanks in Normandy 1944 and NVG 283 American Guided Missiles of World War II. He currently lives in Maryland, USA.
Jim Kinnear has researched the topic of Soviet and Russian military hardware since his first visit to the Soviet Union as a young teenager. He is a formal contributor to IHS Jane's defence yearbooks and has published books on Soviet military technology with Barbarossa, Darlington, Osprey and Tankograd.
Peter Sarson has produced graphic cutaways for many armoured vehicle publications, and is regarded as one of the world's great illustrators of military vehicles. Peter lives and works in Dorset.

Table of Contents

Design and Development
Operational History
Variants
Late-War Production Improvements
Inside the T-34-85
Post-War Modifications
Technical Support Variants
T-34-85 in Post-War Combat
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