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New Turret, Old Gun

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The 85 mm gun and enlarged turret for the T-34 were developed as separate projects. I already wrote about what happens when you put the 85 mm gun in the standard hex turret, but there was also the option for the opposite: an enlarged turret with the same 76 mm F-34.

T-34 with the F-34 gun (left) and D-5 gun (right)


Production T-34
T-34 with 1600 mm turret ring and D-5 gun
T-34 with 1600 mm turret ring and F-34 gun
Combat weight
31,400 kg
32,700 kg
32,800 kg
Armament



Cannon
1 76 mm F-34
1 85 mm D-5
1 76 mm F-34
Machineguns
2 DT
2 DT
2 DT
Armour



Front
45 mm
45 mm
45 mm
Sides
45 mm
45 mm
45 mm
Rear
45 mm
45 mm
45 mm
Top
20 mm
20 mm
20 mm
Floor
20 mm
20 mm
20 mm
Turret
54 mm (cast)
54 mm (cast)
54 mm (cast)
Ammunition



Cannon rounds
97
55
106
Machinegun rounds
3599
2745
4148
Grenades
20
20
20
Crew
4
5
5
Gun elevation
30 degrees
23 degrees
20 degrees
Gun depression
-5 degrees
-5 degrees
-5 degrees
Fuel capacity
870 L
860 L
860 L
covered by armour
600 L
590 L
590 L
not covered by armour
270 L
270 L
270 L
Observation devices
10
10
10
slits in turret
2
1
1
slits in commander’s cupola
5
5
5
driver’s mirror prisms
2
2
2
MK-IV devices in the cupola
1
1
1
MK-IV devices in the turret
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1
1



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