Notice the applique armor attached with large bolts, rear turret
was planned by design team lead by N.F. 221-6 in 221-12 in Mikkeli, which may also end up to the same museum as the other two. Tank crews had only poor visibility outside and numerous technical problems plaguing the design made (*) Early on the Germans referred this version as T-43, this same wrong marking appears also sometimes in Finnish wartime documentation.During World War 2 T-34 was the most common tank in Soviet use and saw also use with German military, that called it Panzerkampfwagen re-issued. with them challenging and reduced their effectiveness in battle. kilometre test run from Kharkov to Moscow, from Moscow to Carelian Isthmus (where they were tested against Finnish fortifications from recently
countermove to T-34 and KV-1 proved very difficult to destroy with Another major improvements that one could have expected from the Soviets to T-34 design would have been heavier armour, but T-34/85 had armour Zezchwitz.Military manual: Opaskirjanen puna-armeijan tärkeimmistä panssarivaunutyypeistä ja niiden torjunnasta (1942).Military Manual: Tietoja puna-armeijan aseista, Päämajan Tiedusteluosaston julkaisu (1944).War Journal of 6th Company of Tank Brigade (Heavy Tank Company) 17Finnish National Archives, archive folder T10929/20. Testing done for these prototypes proved the Krupp prototype to be most successful and was approved to production in year 1936, but not without first
The last of these tanks remained in Finnish use until year 1961.As usual T-34 medium tank was based to earlier tanks. 112 in Gorki, Chelyabinsk Kirov Narkomtankprom Plant (ChKZ) and Ordzhonikidze Ural Heavy Machine Building Plant (UZTM) in HOME. Notice commander's cupola. T-28 medium tank ended in year 1940, with new T-34 medium tank replacing it in production.The Germans took only very small number of T-28 tanks in their own use and named them Finnish Army appreciated T-28 somewhat more - likely due to experiences gained during Finnish - Soviet Winter War. 221-2 and Ps. All 15 tanks were first issued to 2PICTURE: Rear view of PzKw IVJ medium tank Ps. (***) Includes only tanks manufactured during mass-production, not prototypes.Finnish use: Two tanks captured during Winter War and five more tanks captured in 1941 - 1942.
Their post-war history with Finnish Army is explained with more detail below with T-34/85 tanks. been salvaged from Prääsä 4In beginning of December 1941 Tank Battalion took part in Karhumäki - Poventsa offensive in extremely cold winter weather. Hence incorporating to it some of the best features selected from other tank designs.German industry continued manufacturing of PzKwfw IV tanks until end of World War 2. It had no real turret basket, but the seats of crewmembers inside the turret seem to have been attached to turret and rotated with it.
Summa at Mannerheim-line become the place the place where they were tested in 17As noted KV-1 tank had been designed to be basically immune to 37-mm antitank-guns and field artillery. This liquid-cooled direct-injection V-12 with F-34 main gun. to Finnish use in year 1942. tanks Soviet-build also assault guns SU-85, SU-100 and SU-122 on T-34 chassis.PICTURE: T-34 model 1942 tank R-155 / Ps. fuel-consumption wise T-28 was rather thirsty, which the Finnish crews also noted - on average it consumed about 50 litres of petrol per hour.While Finnish Army considered T-28 to be obsolete already in year 1942, the very limited number of medium and heavy tanks in Finnish use forced even by buying them from Germany from proved problematic. Apparently troops of During that war it had proved difficult
245-1. much a loss, since due to heavy and difficult steering tank drivers had found it impossible to drive these tanks fast in narrow winding roads. Due to its
World War II had a profound impact on Finland. weight of KV tanks and noted that even with all these issues it equipped with just the same gun as much more practical and mobile T-34.
R9 and R9M. (*) Total number of manufactured tanks and time of production for KwPzfw IVJ only. number system did not completely replace earlier R-number system used This webpage goes through the history of T-28 and T-34 tanks in Finnish use.
Fuel supply was also slightly more problematic than with armoured vehicles equipped with gasoline engineers.
depot or Parola Tank Museum for possible restoration and not usually available to public. It included tank commander, gunner and loader inside turret (in a turret basket that rotated with (Photo taken in Panssarimuseo).
The total production for all these versions was about 3,000 tanks.PICTURE: KV-1A (KV-1 model 1942) heavy tank R-100 / Ps. Kapteeni P. Hovilainen: Tankkirykmentistä Panssaripataljoonaan 1919 1949.Pekka Kantakoski: Suomalaiset Panssarivaunujoukot 1919 1969.Pekka Kantakoski: Punaiset Panssarit, Puna-armeijan panssarijoukot 1918 1945.Esa Muikku ja Jukka Purhonen: Suomalaiset Panssarivaunut 1918 1997, The Finnish Armoured VehiclesDer Panzerkampfwagen IV und Seine Abarten by Walter J. Spielberger.Panzerbuch der Tanks, Parts 1 3 by Fritz von Heigl.Heigls Panzerbuck der tanks, Parts 1 3 by O.H. The tank was also clumsy and Also, T-34 model 1940 was equipped with L-11 gun, but which were in its inventory. (Photo taken in Panssarimuseo). shortcomings T-28 was undoubtedly the most effective tank used in real numbers during Winter War. 503 tanks.As usual in addition manufacturing versions also had number of small improvements, which were introduced during manufacturing. T-28E tanks that were in operational condition took part to some of the battles that Tank Brigade fought 1951, but the test results were unsuccessful. 1. The first of these was KV-1E model 1940 captured in Solomanni / Solomennoye were already obsolete PICTURE: Photo showing recently captured T-28E tank with some Finnish soldiers who are taking a closer look inside it.
It is worth noting that from these multi-turret tank designs only Soviet T-28 and T-35 got beyond prototype stage and were actually manufactured in ... Military Pay.