T-34
Soviet medium tank
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Summary
T-34 is a combat vehicle family[1]. T-34 ranks in the top 4% of combat vehicle family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,861 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Operator: Soviet Union[3], Afghan National Army[4], Albanian Joint Forces Command[5]
- Follows: T-28[6], BT-series tank[7]
- Followed by: T-44[8]
- Manufacturer: Malyshev Factory[9], Leningrad Voroshilov Factory[10], Uralmash[11], Volgograd Tractor Factory[12], Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant[13], Krasnoye Sormovo Factory No. 112[14], Uralvagonzavod[15]
- Subclass of: medium tank[16]
- Designed by: Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau[17]
- Commons category: T-34 tanks[18]
- Country of origin: Soviet Union[19]
- Powered by: Kharkiv model V-2[20]
- Armament: ZIS-S-53[21], F-34 tank gun[22]
- Participated in conflict: World War II[23]
- Service entry: January 1, 1940[24]
- Topic's main category: Category:T-34 tanks[25]
- Commons gallery: T-34[26]
- Total produced: 84,170[27]
- Described by source: The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II[28]
- Different from: T34[29]
- Length: 5920 millimetre[30]
- Height: 2405 millimetre[31]
- Width: 3000 millimetre[32]
- Ride height: 400 millimetre[33]
Why It Matters
T-34 has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] T-34 is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]