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T-34 Tank Manual (1940 to date) : An insight into the design, construction and operation (Haynes Military Manual)

The Soviet T-34 was the most produced tank of the Second World War and its revolutionary sloping armour became a major influence on future tank design. With its combination of heavy firepower, mobility and protection, the T-34 gave the Red Army a war-winning weapon with which to break the German Army on the Eastern Front.

A mainstay of the Soviet armoured divisions, it was widely exported after the war and in 2017 it remains in frontline service with many third world countries.
Author Mark Healy combines a detailed technical examination of the T-34 with its legendary combat history.

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Author:	Mark Healy
Details:	160 pages, 27.5 x 21.5 x 1.4 cm / 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.55 in, hardback
Illustrations:	numerous b&w and colour photos
Publisher:	Haynes Publishing (GB, 2017)
Series:	Haynes Military Manual
ISBN:	9781785210945

T-34 - An Illustrated History of Stalin's Greatest Tank

The T-34 was one of the most remarkable tanks of the Second World War. Although the Red Army suffered continual heavy tank losses, the rugged and reliable T-34 was an immense success story and was ultimately instrumental in turning the tide of the war.

This photographic history follows the story of this exceptional armoured vehicle from its disastrous first action during Operation Barbarossa to its miraculous defence of Moscow, its envelopment of the Axis forces at Stalingrad and victory at Kursk, and finally, the advance to the gates of Warsaw then on to Berlin.

Packed with a wealth of images, including rare archive photographs and photographs of surviving examples, this is an extraordinary record of both the tank and its personnel. The accompanying text features an in-depth technical evaluation outlining the differences in the myriad of models, including detailed plans of each type, alongside a gripping breakdown of the tank's entire operational history.

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Author:	Wolfgang Fleischer
Details:	209 pages, 25 x 16 x 2.5 cm / 9.8 x 6.3 x 0.98 in, hardback
Illustrations:	16 pages van drawings in colour, b&w profusely illustrated
Publisher:	Greenhill Books (GB, 2020)
ISBN:	9781784384951

T-34 - The Red Army's Legendary Medium Tank (Images of War)

It could be said that the T-34 was the tank that won the Second World War. In total 57,000 were produced between 1941 and 1945. Stalin's tank factories outstripped Hitler's by a factor of three to one, and production of the T-34 also exceeded that of the famed American M4 Sherman.

Not only did this output swamp German panzer production, the T-34 was a robust no frills war-winning design - easy to manufacture and reliable. Its sloping armour was innovative at the time and its wide tracks suited it to off-road warfare.
Crucially it required little maintenance in comparison to German tanks, and its chassis was used as the basis for a range of assault guns, the SU-85, SU-100 and SU-122.

Anthony Tucker-Jones's photographic history of this exceptional armoured vehicle follows its story through the course of the war, from its combat debut against the Wehrmacht during Operation Barbarossa, through the Red Army's defeats and retreats of 1941 and 1942 to the tide-turning victories at Stalingrad and Kursk and on through the long, rapid Soviet advance across Ukraine and Byelorussia to Berlin.

As well as a range of rare archive photographs and photographs of a surviving example of the T-34, the book features specially commissioned colour illustrations.

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Author:	Anthony Tucker-Jones
Details:	160 pages, 24.5 x 19.5 x 2.1 cm / 9.7 x 7.7 x 0.83 in, paperback
Illustrations:	200 b&w and colour photos, profile drawings in colour
Publisher:	Pen & Sword Books Ltd (GB, 2015)
Series:	Images of War
ISBN:	9781781590959

T-34 : Russia's Armoured Spearhead (Tank Craft)

Von Kleist, one of Hitler s best panzer leaders, described the T-34 as The finest tank in the world. There could have been no finer accolade from a commander whose panzer divisions experienced the full fury of its devastating attacks on the Eastern Front.

Without doubt, the T-34 was one of the best tanks of all time, and in this volume in the TankCraft series Robert Jackson tells its story. He describes its conception in the 1930s, its development during the Second World War, and its post-war deployment to over thirty countries within the Soviet sphere of influence.

His book is an excellent reference work for the modeller, providing details of available kits, together with artworks showing the colour schemes applied to the T-34 by its operators throughout the world. Photographs, many in colour, illustrate the T-34 in action and there is a section dealing with the range of armoured vehicles that were built using the T-34 chassis.

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Author:	Robert Jackson
Details:	64 pages, 30 x 21 x 0.7 cm / 11.8 x 8.25 x 0.28 in, paperback
Illustrations:	200 b&w and colour photos
Publisher:	Pen & Sword Books Ltd (GB, 2018)
Series:	TankCraft
ISBN:	9781526711328

Designing The T-34 - Genesis of the Revolutionary Soviet Tank

When the German army launched Operation Barbarossa - the invasion of the Soviet Union - on June 22, 1941, it was expecting to face and easily defeat outdated and obsolete tanks and for the most part it did, but it also received a nasty shock when it came up against the T-34.

With its powerful gun and sloped armour, the T-34 was more than a match for the best German tanks at that time and the Germans regarded it with awe. German Field Marshal von Kleist, who commanded the latter stages of Barbarossa, called it 'the finest tank in the world'.

Using original wartime documents author and historian Peter Samsonov, creator of the Tank Archives blog, explains how the Soviets came to develop what was arguably the war's most revolutionary tank design.

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Author:	Peter Samsonov
Details:	92 pages, 25 x 18.5 x 0.4 cm / 9.8 x 7.3 x 0.16 in, paperback
Illustrations:	profusely illustrated
Publisher:	Mortons Media Group (GB, 2019)
ISBN:	9781911658306

T-34 on the Battlefield (2)

"T-34 on the battlefield 2" is Neil Stokes' second on this Russian tank for PeKo Publishing. 105 large-format black & white photos, primarily from private sources. Perfect for the model-maker! The book covers all types of T-34 tanks used in World War 2.

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Author:	Neil Stokes
Details:	112 pages, 22 x 30.5 x 1.3 cm / 8.7 x 12 x 0.51 in, hardback
Illustrations:	105 b&w photos
Publisher:	PeKo Publishing Kft. (HU, 2018)
Series:	World War Two Photobook Series
ISBN:	9786155583117

T 34 - Russlands Standard-Panzer im 2. Weltkrieg

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The T-34 was the most-produced tank of the Second World War. When the Soviet Union deployed it in 1941 against the Axis powers, it was superior to all enemy tanks.
Even as Germany introduced the Panther, Tiger, and King Tiger, the overwhelming number of T-34s remained a decisive factor. After the war, upgraded versions were supplied to Warsaw Pact countries.

In this illustrated book, military historian Wolfgang Fleischer presents a detailed examination of the T-34, covering its design, development, technology, and combat service during the Great Patriotic War.
The work is based on sources from Russian archives and offers a thorough portrait of this iconic Soviet tank.

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Author:	Wolfgang Fleischer
Details:	192 pages, 23.5 x 20.5 x 1.3 cm / 9.25 x 8.1 x 0.51 in, paperback
Illustrations:	280 b&w and colour photos
Publisher:	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2024)
ISBN:	9783613047310