Plastic kit of the Soviet World War II medium tank T-34/85.
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The T-34/85 was the second major version of the T-34, the most famous Soviet tank of the Great Patriotic War. By early 1943, it was clear to the Soviets that Germany had a new heavy tank that the T-34/76 was no match for.
After they managed to capture the Tiger tank and conduct tests with it, it was indisputable that the technical parameters of the T-34 tank needed to be improved, both by strengthening its armament and in terms of passive protection.
The Soviets soon found a relatively simple and technically undemanding solution by placing a modified turret from the KV-85 heavy tank on the chassis of the existing T-34/76 tank. By the end of 1943, the first 300 T-34/85 tanks were produced.
Its armament was the D5-T cannon, which was used in the IS-1, KV-85 and SU-85 self-propelled guns. Due to problems with the supply of these cannons, the S-53 cannons were mounted on the T-34 tanks from March 1944, and the ZIS S-53 (L/53) from the summer.
The tank's secondary armament consisted of two 7.62 mm DT machine guns, one in the turret and the other in the front of the hull. The engine was powered by a 500 HP V-2-34 diesel engine. The chassis consisted of a tension wheel at the front, a drive wheel at the rear and five large running wheels on each side, which were mounted on trailing arms. A total of 22,883 T-34/85s were produced.
Kit characteristics:
- includes metal cannon barrel and photo-etched parts;
- the kit includes both segmental and one-piece belts;
- decals for 6 decal versions included.
Model specifications:
- scale: 1:35,
- length: 233 mm,
- number of decal versions: 6,
- difficulty: 4.
Italeri paints needed:
- 4306AP, 4606AP, 4640AP, 4672AP, 4674AP, 4675AP, 4678AP, 4679AP, 4681AP, 4752AP, 4755AP, 4768AP, 4769AP, 4796AP, 4797AP, 4798AP, 4807AP, 4861AP.
Need to purchase:
- colors,
- glue for plastic models,
- thinner,
- brushes.
