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Reupload from an old forum suggestion by (me)
We all known and love ( or hate if you’re on the opposing team) the angled brick that is the T-34. And now you’re wondering FRANCE ? A T-34 ? Yes, the story behind this T-34 is quite simple. This 1944 (a
ccording to its turret) T-34-85 probably saw some fighting in WW2 but ended being delivered to Palestine. From Palestine they got into French hands as French troops were trying to limit civilian casualities of the Lebanese Civil War with the Epaulard 1 mission part of the 1982-1983 Multinational Force in Lebanon (Beirut) (UN mandate). This specific tank was taken over by the 3rd RPIMA (Marine infantry). You can still see markings from the previous owners. These pictures were taken on 26.09.1983, before the 23.10 French and US Barracks bombings.
The turret seems to be a 1944 Angle-Joint from Zavod 174.
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[https://www.onthewaymodels.com/articles/T-34-85turrets/graphics/Table1resize2.gif]
[https://i.imgur.com/jL1hPye.jpg]
The mantlet means it is a Zis-S-53 type as the rivet are not on the nose part of the mantlet and you have grooves on the mantlet
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[https://i.imgur.com/H5gwYgy.png]
[https://www.onthewaymodels.com/articles/T-34-85turrets/graphics/Table2e.gif]
Without modifications, we actually already have this model ingame (well the headlight is different)
Up that’s your average WT T34-85
Performance wise the T-34-85 is already ingame so Quick recap
Armour
Hull 45 / 45 / 45
Turret 90 / 75 / 52
Crew 5 people (1 commander, 1 gunner, 2 loaders and 1 driver)
Mobility
Speed : +55 / -9 km/h
Transmission : 5 forward /1 back
Weight : 32.2 T
Engine : 500 hp
HP/T : 15.5
Armament
Zis-S-53 with BR-365 K / A / P APCBC round and O 365 HE round (60 rounds total)
Sources :
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Photo collection from ECPAD (French army photo archive) website
Identification help from On the ways model and Missing Lynx
Performance : T-34-85 - War Thunder Wiki