![]() ![]() It supplanted the D-5T on the new T-34-85 Model 1944 in the spring of 1944. The modified gun was designated ZiS-S-53, in acknowledgment of Savin’s contributions to the design. In the meantime, Grabin’s gun was adapted to fit the new turret by Savin, who incorporated other improvements. To circumvent any further delays, the NKTP ordered the T-34-85 into production on an interim basis, using the runner-up D-5T gun. Two unarmed T-34-85s were completed on 15 December 1943, and the GKO approved the type for Army service despite the problems. Kerichev at Krasnoye Sormovo in Gorki, did not mate properly with the new gun, apparently being designed around Petrov’s D-5 gun which had been available earlier since it was already in production for the SU-85. Unfortunately, the new turret, designed by V. One of World War IIs most important military vehicles was the Russian T-34, a tank that was instrumental in the defeat of Germany on the Eastern Front and. ![]() The new guns were tested at the Gorokhovieskiy Proving Grounds outside Gorki, where Grabin’s ZiS-53 was declared the winner. Siderenko’s team also began design work on their S-18 85 mm gun. Savin when Grabin was shifted to the Central Artillery Design Bureau (TsAKB) in Moscow, and K. Besides the Grabin and Petrov teams already working on 85 mm guns, Grabin’s bureau at Zavod No 92 in Gorki was turned over to 23-year-old A. ![]() Four gun design teams were assigned to a crash program to field an up-armed T-34. Soviet Union (1943) Medium Tank 55,000 Built The Soviet response to the Panther The T-34/76 was designed in 1940 as a multi-purpose vehicle, intended to take advantage of breakthroughs in enemy lines. ![]()
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