![]() ![]() But as we know modernized T-34-85 were used by many third world armies till the end of 1990s at least, participating in combats with much more modern NATO tanks, sometimes successfully. ![]() T-34-85 could be used against German PzV and PzVI quite successfully, but not in equal front-to-front combats from 1000-1500 m for which at least 100mm gun should be installed on T-34 (only experimental models existed during WWII as standard T-34 had small turret ring for such powerful guns). Soviet test data for 76.2mm F-34 gun (different kinds of armor were tested):įrom 1500 m for BR-350A/BR-350B shells - 43-52 mm/48-55 mm (60 degrees angle) and 58-65 mm/62-69 mm (90 degrees angle) įrom 1000 m for BR-350A/BR-350B shells - 50-63 mm/55-71 mm (60 degrees angle) and 63-73 mm/68-78 mm (90 degrees angle) įrom 500 m for BR-350A/BR-350B shells - 59-70 mm/62-76 mm (60 degrees angle) and 70-78 mm/75-84 mm (90 degrees angle) įrom 100 m for BR-350A/BR-350B shells - 69-86 mm/74-89 mm (60 degrees angle) and 80-89 mm/86-94 mm (90 degrees angle) Īrmor-piercing shell BR-350P could penetrate 77-102 mm armor from 500-100 m.ĭifferent sources, including WWII-period Soviet and German army guides about AFVs.Īs for Soviet 85mm tank guns (D-5T, D-5S, S-53, ZiS-S-53) - they had warranted (80-100% probability) of armor penetration as following (with standard modifications of armor-piercing shells BR-365):įrom 500 m - 90-100 mm armor (60 degrees) and 105-140 mm armor (90 degrees) įrom 1000 m - 78-85 mm armor (60 degrees) and 100-118 mm armor (90 degrees) įrom 1500 m - 72-78 mm armor (60 degrees) and 90-92 mm armor (90 degrees) įrom 2000 m - 66-72 mm armor (60 degrees) and 82-85 mm armor (90 degrees). ![]() The 80-100% penetration of StuG's front armor (80 mm) and Tiger's side armor (82 mm) could be achieved from 200-250 m and less only (for 76.2 mm gun of T-34-76, armor-piercing shell). They mentioned that it was impossible to penetrate 80mm front armor of StuG III by standard armor-piercing 76.2mm shell from 900 m. I saw the reports of Soviet tank commanders of T-34-76. ![]()
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