Parola Armour Museum’s T-34/76 from 1941
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Seven tanks were taken to Finnish exercise throughout Continuation War. First T-34/76 became taken to Finnish exercise in October of 1941. The final of these tanks remained in Finnish exercise till year 1961. The tanks were every captured in fight and brought from Germany.
Finnish estimates and experiences:
Early Finnish estimate of T-34 tank: “Armour reasonably passable, diesel-engine works reliably even in iciness, velocity reasonably passable – it sounds as if the tank has a staunch off-road mobility. Our troops maintain succeeded destroying these tanks with satchel charges thrown to rear deck. Tank crew has depressed visibility outdoors, tank tracks may perhaps well perhaps even be broken with satchel charges, antitank-mines or with 37-mm antitank-weapons. 45-mm antitank-gun can penetrate lower aspect hull armour between road-wheels or if the tank is tilted suitably (turning sloped aspect hull armour into vertical put) it will penetrate additionally higher aspect armour.”
Finnish tank crews found T-34/76 to obviously be an enormous improvement over earlier tanks like T-26E and captured Soviet T-26. No longer finest became its 76-mm tank gun powerful more efficient and armour protection precious against Soviet antitank-weapons, but thanks to wide tracks, grand diesel engine and showed loyal mobility in regular Finnish terrain and additionally deep snow. Now not like with gentle tanks even particular particular person tree or two were no staunch obstacle, since T-34 became found first-price flattening bushes no longer up to 80-cm thick. Since the preference of captured T-34 tanks taken to Finnish exercise remained continuously very restricted, it appears to be like to be seemingly that most first-price crews were handpicked for them. As mentioned the first three T-34 tanks taken to Finnish exercise were issued to Heavy Tank Company of Tank Battalion and when the Battalion became expanded to Brigade, they went to Third Tank Company (1st Battalion) of Tank Brigade. When extra T-34 tanks were bought in summer of 1944 additionally they ended up to this tank company.
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