This T-34-85 was returned to running status by volunteers of Military Veterans Museum and Education Center. It had not run in almost 20 years. Here it is on its first run on March 31, 2013.
I don't think anyone noticed *except maybe a few dogs riding shotgun and the ultra-rare person who was not nose-down gazing into their electronic device...
Karl Marx main idea was - dialectic and surly Stalin was an dialectic a man who though by his own head and so it was truly Marxist. We (in USSR) had free medical care free education jobs for everyone - thing what you could not even imagine in you every day life. Our Putins/Liberal/Capitalism Russia degrading and dying.
Absolutely stunning! It's a gift to watch one of these relics from one of humanities greatest/worst epics up and running again. What happened back then and the lessons learned must be preserved. One question though, what do you do about parts? I might be talking out my ass but I understand that some of these tanks would go through transmissions and engines at a rate that would make the Panther look reliable. Back then they could always just put new parts in, or leave it in a ditch and get another one, but nowadays I don't think that's quite so easy. I looked up T 34 transmissions on ebay but couldn't find any that weren't 1-35 scale.
Late t-34 like this one is VERY reliable. All weak point were solved during first years of production. Almost all the parts can be repaired easily. The only part that needs original spare parts is engine - like all the tank engines it has quite limited lifespan but V-2 engine family is still produced and in use not only by military but railroad and agriculture vehicles. Engine parts can be purchased officially though they are not cheap and can't be purchased on ebay)) Someone in Russia have to buy them and send. Note that careful exploitation and service can prolong engine's lifespan greatly. Modern oils and precisely adjusted fuel pump can multiply engine's lifespan. Besides v-2 engine can be repaired in any truck repair workshop - it uses wet sleeves that can be manufactured and replaced. Special care must be given to the oil pump and its clearances.
dallatorretdu It's like an old tractor. It's an old style diesel and It's made out of steel. There isn't much there to go wrong with it. I have a 1979 White 105hp tractor. I keep it outside in the field. Rain and shine, it always works fine. There is no rust or anything. Air up the tires once awhile, check the oil and you are good to go.
I personally like the more solid non spoke wheels from the 1940s as opposed to the spider style or late 1940s/1950s/1960s T54/T55/T62 starfish style wheels that became standard postwar. Those large, solid, non spoke wheels act as extra armor. If they don't have spokes or holes in them, it makes it much more difficult or even impossible for a projectile to be able to reach the hull armor and penetrate it. On the German Panzers 3 and 4, there was a reason why they were forced to add side skirts on them. The lack of large diameter heavy solid wheels left a large gap that left the sides of the hull fully exposed and vulnerable to enemy fire that could easily have destroyed or knocked out the vehicle. Russian tanks didn't have that issue except for the Russian heavy tanks, KV, and IS series, which did use smaller road wheels. However, the side armor of those vehicles was very thick, and the gap wasn't that big because they were lower silhouetted vehicles.
so automotive wise how easy is it to drive and shift the tank between gears? I have heard a lot of different things about this. How is the quality of the transmission?
Excellent work fellows! Looks ready to drive on the panzers in Moscow! I have a model of it, now i know where to put the decals. My first thought was, the people on the roadway passing by must have been freaking out...it looks hard to drive alright, i understand the drivers were issued with a sledge hammer to get it into gear if need be? Also that odd feature that the turret floor does not revolve with the turret...must have made things pretty scary in a battle.
Была бы хорошая оптика и радиосвязь, был бы самым эффективным. Но увы проблема была с производством оптики и радиостанций для него, потому и такие потери. There would be good optics and radio communications, would be the most effective. But alas, the problem was with the production of optics and radio stations for him, and therefore such losses.
paráda.i keď vodič tanku sa nijak nepredviedol išiel ako ,,na baterky,, ja som robil T - 34 v Starom Tekove Slovakia , robili sme ho štyria nebol tam ani motor ani prevodovka nič ..teraz je tam v ňom motor z 55 má vyšší zdvih i výkon ale sedí , chladenie sme upravili a ide, bohužial som opustil pracovisko a robím inde od vtedy tank chátra ..je to ale moje dieťa , pred 12 rokmi prvý krát vyšiel a celá dedina sa zbehla. Bolo to zadosť učinenie a ja som dokázal to čo som slúbil,,,na záver nik nebol z nás tankista ani sme neveeli do čoho ideme ale zvládli sme to
I've driven this tank when it was first delivered by the Soviets (It was restored by them dalla... :) ) You guys need to work out vehicle safety procedures for your museum.
Inexperienced tank driver making jerky, pause and pivot turns, or is it just not possible to "carve a turn" with this machine? Tanks are capable of making turns like cars, only certain ones I guess
Yeah, and it's an old machine probably made in the late 60's. They would have to be careful when driving it since it would probably be hard to get spare parts.
Nope. It just has the post war road wheels instead of the WWII design. The T-34 looks A LOT different from a T-55. And the T-55 was made from the T-54, which was based of the T-44, which was a project in 1943 to replace the T-34.
jerrymail Do you know that, in fact, the T 34 was part designed by americans ? Yes, comrade Stalin was a fuckin communist, but business is business. Douglas DC3 was also license build in USSR.
Alex Duu Simply from wiki: Christie advocated the use of lightweight tanks with long range and high speed, designed to penetrate enemy lines and attack their infrastructure and logistics capabilities. His earlier designs in the 1920s were hampered by poor cross-country performance due to limited suspension capability. The major problem he faced was the limited vertical space for springs to move in: for a 25 cm movement it might need 50 or 75 cm of vertical space for the spring and strut, and his small designs did not offer such space. A British Cruiser Mk III with Christie suspension In the late 1920s he devised a better solution. The solution was the addition of a bellcrank, which changed the direction of motion from vertical to horizontal. The road wheels were individually mounted on a pipe that could move vertically only, at the top of which the bell crank rotated the direction of motion to the rear. Springs were mounted on the end of the crank, and could be as long as needed, lying along the inside of the hull. The result was a substantial increase in range of motion, from only some 10 cm in his original designs, to 25 cm on the M1928, 35 cm on the M1930, and 60 cm on the M1932. The most famous Christie-based tanks, the Soviet BT tank series and the T-34, used coil springs mounted vertically (on the BT) or at a slight angle from vertical (the T-34).
What kind of video? where are the progressive attacks? where is the drive? this is a Russian tank, sometimes it's better not to even think, not to even talk, and you also show it.
