Mechanista in G

Really, tanks are just Heavy Cars, right? Kinda. I mean treads turn because of the wheels inside them. So it's a big box with a motor that turns wheels. I suppose this kind of reductive logic leads you to saying things like "a CAT5E network cable is a sandwich" so perhaps I should stop while I'm far, far behind. The T-34 was a workhorse of WW2 not because it was the best tank, but because it was the right combination of effective and easy to make. The Zaku of the Eastern Front, perhaps. It almost has as many variants as the Zaku, as well....

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Units discussed:
T-34 Model 1940
T-34 Model 1941
T-34 Model 1942
T-34 Model 1943
T-34-57
OT-34
T-34M
T-34-85 Model 1943
T-34-85 Model 1944
T-34-85 Model 1945
T-34-85 Model 1960
T-34-85 Model 1969
T-34-100
SU-85
SU-100
SU-122P
SU-122
PT-34
T-34-T
SPK-5
MT-34
VT-34
JT-34
T-34/100
T-34/122 (Egyptian)
T-34 (Firefighting)
Flakpanzer T-34
Type 63
WPT-34
T-34/122 (Syrian)