Parola Armour Museum’s T-34/76 from 1941
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Seven tanks were taken to Finnish employ one day of Continuation Struggle. First T-34/76 became taken to Finnish employ in October of 1941. The final of these tanks remained in Finnish employ except year 1961. The tanks were each captured in combat and brought from Germany.
Finnish estimates and experiences:
Early Finnish estimate of T-34 tank: “Armour pretty ample, diesel-engine works reliably even in winter, trudge pretty ample – it sounds as if the tank has a ideal off-avenue mobility. Our troops private succeeded destroying these tanks with satchel costs thrown to rear deck. Tank crew has heart-broken visibility outdoor, tank tracks will be broken with satchel costs, antitank-mines or with 37-mm antitank-weapons. 45-mm antitank-gun can penetrate decrease facet hull armour between avenue-wheels or if the tank is tilted suitably (turning sloped facet hull armour into vertical space) it may perchance penetrate additionally increased facet armour.”
Finnish tank crews came one day of T-34/76 to clearly be a huge development over earlier tanks devour T-26E and captured Soviet T-26. No longer handiest became its 76-mm tank gun worthy extra fine and armour protection precious against Soviet antitank-weapons, but attributable to wide tracks, highly fine diesel engine and showed estimable mobility in fashioned Finnish terrain and additionally deep snow. In disagreement to with gentle tanks even individual tree or two were no true obstacle, since T-34 became came one day of suited knocking down trees decrease than 80-cm thick. Since the assortment of captured T-34 tanks taken to Finnish employ remained constantly very restricted, it appears seemingly that nearly all suited crews were handpicked for them. As mentioned the critical three T-34 tanks taken to Finnish employ were issued to Heavy Tank Company of Tank Battalion and when the Battalion became expanded to Brigade, they went to 3rd Tank Company (1st Battalion) of Tank Brigade. When extra T-34 tanks were obtained in summer of 1944 besides they ended as a lot as this tank company.
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