T-35

Also known as T-35 heavy tank, T35 heavy tank

The T-35 was a Soviet multi-turreted heavy tank of the interwar period and early Second World War that saw limited service with the Red Army. Often called a "land battleship", it was the only five-turreted heavy tank in the world to reach production, but proved to be slow and mechanically unreliable. Most of the T-35 tanks still operational at the time of Operation Barbarossa were lost due to mechanical failure rather than enemy action. It was designed to complement the contemporary T-28 medium tank; however, very few were built.

Key facts

Weapon.name: T-35
Weapon.image: File: P68l.jpg
Weapon.image_size: 300
Weapon.caption: T-35B tank of 1934-35 production series, date unknown
Weapon.origin: Soviet Union
Weapon.type: Heavy tank
Weapon.is_vehicle: yes
Weapon.service: 1935–1941
Weapon.used_by: Soviet UnionNazi Germany
Weapon.wars: World War II
Weapon.designer: OKMO Tank Design Bureau
Weapon.design_date: 1930–1933
Weapon.manufacturer: KhPZ
Weapon.production_date: 1934–1939
Weapon.number: 60 and two prototypes
Weapon.variants: T-35
Weapon.crew: 10
Weapon.armour: 11–30 mm

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Production history
Combat history
Survivors
Variants
See also
References
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Outwardly it was large, but internally the spaces were cramped with the fighting compartments separated from each other. Some of the turrets obscured the entrance hatches.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “T-35” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.