T-34 - Soviet medium tank of the Great Patriotic War period, mass-produced since 1940. During 1942-1947 - the main tank of the Red Army and the USSR Armed Forces. It was a successful tank of the Red Army until the first half of 1944, before its modifications T-34-85 entered the troops.

The most massive tank of the Second World War and the post-war period.

Developed by the design bureau of the tank department of the Kharkov Plant No. 183 under the leadership of Mikhail Ilyich Koshkin. The success of the project was predetermined by the powerful high-performance V-2 diesel engine economy, thanks to the small thickly armored T-34, inherited from the light thinly armored BT of high power density (engine power to combat weight ratio). It is very important to modernize the potential of the design potential, which allows you to effectively improve the combat quality at the same time as increasing its industrial production in the course of all work. From 1942 to 1945, the main large-scale production of the T-34 was deployed at the machine-building plants of the Urals and Siberia, and continued in the post-war years. The leading plant for the modification of the T-34 was the Ural Tank Plant No. 183.

The T-34 tank requires an assessment of the original war and the further development of world tank building. One of the best tanks of the Second World War. During its construction, Soviet designers managed to find a significant ratio between combat, tactical, protective, operational, running and technological properties.

The T-34 tank is a famous Soviet tank and the most recognizable symbol of World War II. To date, a large number of tanks of various modifications have been preserved in the form of monuments and museum exhibits.