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Barcode: 0 89195 60149 0
Packaging: 24 pieces per master carton
Box Size: 5.1"x3.9"x2.6"
1/72 T-34/76 Mod. 1940 , 1st Moscow Motorized Rifle Div., July 1941
This T-34 features a rarely seen camouflage scheme. A great addition to any collection.
Main Features:
- Includes a realistic diorama scene with BONUS piece of grassland and realistic
background
- Includes display case
- True to 1/72 scale
- Fully accurate T-34
- Detailed markings
About the T-34:
The ancestry of the T-34 derives from the BT series of fast tanks developed
in the USSR in the 1930s. These were discovered to be too lightly armoured and
armed for the sort of combat that would be expected. The T-34 took the BT's
Christie-type suspension and incorporated it into a much more robust tank (The
BTs were derived from prototype fast tanks built by American tank designer J.
Walter Christie, which were sold to the Soviet Union after the American military
declined to buy them. The T-34 incorporates elements of the Christie suspension,
in particular the large road wheels).
Development proper commenced in 1936, and a prototype was completed in 1939. Full scale production started in 1940. The T-34 was produced in two major variants, the basic T-34/76 with a 76-mm gun (simply called T-34, in Soviet service), and the T-34/85 with an 85-mm gun.
Between 1940 and 1944 nearly 40,000 T-34/76 tanks were produced.