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      1. T-34-76. Armament: 76 mm. gun (several hundred tanks of the first issues received a 57-mm gun) with 77—100 shells, two 7.62 mm. machine gun DT. Confidently strikes «Tiger», «Panther» to 200 meters in the side and stern. The crew is 4 people, but the last issues had a three-seater tower. Booking: the forehead, the side of the hull is 45 mm., The forehead, the side of the tower – 45 mm. This protection allows you to reflect the impacts of projectiles the main German 37 mm. anti-tank gun and short-barreled guns of the first models of «Mark-4». Weight 28 tons. Speed along the highway 54 km. h, cross-country 25 km. h. The first models – shortcomings in the checkpoint; The movement is usually carried out in the second gear, up to 25 km. h., regulated by «gas», with the speed limiter removed. Cruising on the highway 380 km, cross-country 230 km. The specific power is 19.5 hp. The specific pressure on the ground is 0.62 kg. see From 1939 to 1944 released 52,000 units.

      2. KB-1. Armament: 76 mm. gun, 90—114 shells, three 7.62 DT machine guns (course, paired with a gun, aft). Booking: the forehead, the side of the hull is 75 mm., The forehead, the side of the tower is 75 mm. (protection from an armor-piercing shell of a 50-mm German cannon further 200 meters). Crew of 5 people. Weight 48 tons. Common problems with the transmission. The troops dislike the tank because of its propensity to destroy bridges, and even roads. Speed on the highway 34 km. h, the reserve for cross-country terrain is 120 km. Specific power 11.6 hp, ground pressure 0.77 kg. see From 1939 to 1942 produced 2770 machines. One KV took part in the battle of Prokhorovka.

      3. SU-152. Self-propelled assault gun. The surname – in the Soviet army «St. John’s wort», German – «Cannon knife», because even those who fell at an acute angle shells, having made a long furrow, break through the armor. Armament: 152 mm. gun-howitzer, ammunition 20 shells, plus personal automatic weapons of the crew. Booking: the forehead of the hull, the side of the hull is 60 mm., The forehead of the tower (felling) is 75 mm., The side is 60 mm. (adequate protection against a 75-mm German Pak 40 gun, except shells fired strictly on the normal). Weight 45 tons. Crew of 5 people. Speed on the highway 43 km. h. Cross-country 30 km. h. Cruising along the highway 330 km., cross-country 165 km. Specific power of 13.2 hp tons. In the battle of the Kursk Bulge, 24 vehicles (two subunits) took part, destroying at least seven «Ferdinand» and twelve «Tigers». In 1943, 670 units were produced, replaced by better-armored ISU-152 tanks (based on the IS tank).

      4. T-70 (replacement of a similar T-60). Interestingly, according to some tradition, in parts with T-70, these tanks were given their own names, for example «Falcon». The second largest tank of the Red Army, (although it is very poorly represented in newsreels and memoirs), after the T-34. Armament: 45 mm. gun with ammunition of 70 shells, one 7.62 mm. a machine gun paired with a gun. Booking: the forehead of the case 35 mm, the board 15 mm., The forehead of the tower 50 mm, the board 35 mm. Crew 2 people. Weight 10 tons. The petrol engine (fuel tanks are taken out to the stern compartment). The speed along the highway is 42 km. h, cross-country 25 km. h. The power reserve on the highway is 400 km., the specific power is 15.2 hp. The pressure on the soil is 0.7 kg. see The Battle of the Kursk Bulge was attended by 370 vehicles, under Prokhorovka – 70. Some historians note a slightly smaller percentage of losses among these tanks, in comparison with the T-34 (40% and 60%), but it seems to explain only the fact that the commanders of enemy armored cars were looking for more worthy goals, and the tanker commanders did not want to be in vain. The effectiveness of the tank is determined not so much by its own small losses as by the ability to inflict maximum damage to the enemy. From the middle of the summer of 1942 to October 1943, 8200 T-70 was produced.

      5. «Studebaker», «Studer», (Studebaker US6) – truck, gun tractor, platform for BM-13 – «Katyusha». Five-speed gearbox, top speed 72 km. h., drive on three axles, lifting capacity 3, 5 tons, fuel consumption 38.5 liters. on 100 km. In the USSR, 100,000 cars have been delivered.

      «Katyushas» are available in different versions; from 14 and 16 guides on wheeled vehicles up to 48-m on caterpillar conveyors (in two or three rows). The length of the BM-13 rocket is 1.4 m, diameter 132 mm, weight 42 kg. Mass of explosive 5 kg., Special efficiency, so-called. «The power of the projectile» is achieved by detonating its explosives from opposite sides. The shooting range is 8.4 km, the lateral deviation is up to 50 m, the range is 250 m.

      The German analogue is the towed six-barrel Nebelwerfer («Tumanomet»). The weight of the rocket is 35 kg, the diameter is 158 mm., The weight of the explosive (BB) is 2 kg. The firing range is 6.5 km., The dispersion at this distance is 80 m., And in the range of 90 m. The main disadvantages are low mobility, high visibility of the 270-meter smoke track, as a result of which installations and calculations are often exposed to the return fire of artillery batteries to their leaving the position.

      6. Tank «Churchill» (Infantry Tank Mk. IV «Churchill»). Armament: usually 57 mm. gun, 50 shells, two full-time 7.92 machine guns, plus anti-aircraft «Bren» (the store is mounted on top of the receiver). Crew of 5 people, booking: the forehead of the case 102 mm., The board 76 mm., The forehead of the tower 88 mm., The board 76 mm. Speed on the highway 25 km. h. Cross-country 17 km. h. The cruising range along the highway is 250 km. Weight 38—43 tons (heavy tank). Specific power 8,8 hp per tonne (this is not enough). 5,640 copies were issued. The Soviet Union used (as combat vehicles for infantry support) 253 tanks «Churchill» of various modifications.

      7. «Matilda» (Mk. II «Matilda II»). Armament: 40-mm cannon for shooting only armor-piercing shells; then replaced with 76 mm. gun-howitzer. Accordingly, the ammunition 92—67 shells. Paired with a gun 7, 7 mm. the Vickers machine gun. Booking: the forehead of the body is 78 mm., The side of the body is 70 mm. Forehead, side of the tower – 75 mm. Crew of 4 people. Weight – 27 tons. Speed on the highway 24 km. h, cross-country 15 km. h. Specific power 6.5 hp. The pressure on the ground is 1.12 kg. see (many). The cruising range along the highway is 257 km., Cross-country 129 km. Issued 2987 pcs., 918 tanks were operated in the USSR, 18 of them took part in the Battle of Kursk.

      8. M3 «Lee» (M3 Lee). The surname in the USSR is BM-6, «The Common Grave for Six». Armament: 75 mm. gun in the side sponson, with 50 shells, 37 mm. gun in the top tower with 178 shots, three 7, 62 mm. machine gun. Booking: the forehead of the case is 58 mm., The hull is 38 mm., The forehead of the tower is 51 mm., The side is 38 mm. Crew 6 – 7 people. Speed along the highway 39 km. h, the power reserve along the highway is 193 km. Ground pressure 0, 88 kg. see From 1941 to 1942. produced 6258 cars, in the USSR until 1944, 976 tanks were used – for the first time at the Barvenkovskiy project, then the battle in the Caucasus, near Rzhev and on the Kursk Bulge.

      9. «Valentine» (nicknamed «Valentine»). Armament: 40 mm – 57—75 mm. gun, depending on the modifications, ammunition 60 shells, one paired with a gun of 7.92 mm. a machine gun, plus an anti-aircraft «Bren» on the roof. Crew of 3—4 people. Booking – the forehead of the