The T-44 was produced in only small numbers, around 2,000 being completed during the war.
Although the T-44 was superior in most other ways, by this time T-34 production was in full swing and the massive numbers of T-34s being built offset any advantage to smaller numbers of a superior design. Thanks to a space-efficient torsion-bar suspension, a novel transverse engine mount, and the removal of the hull machine-gunner's crew position, the T-44 had cross country performance at least as good as the T-34, but with substantially superior armour and a much more powerful 85 mm gun.īy the time the T-44 was ready for production, the T-34 had also been modified to fit the same gun. In 1943, the Morozov Design Bureau resurrected the pre-war T-34M development project and created the T-44 tank.
Its development never stopped throughout the Second World War and it continued to perform well however, the designers could not incorporate the latest technologies or major developments as vital tank production could not be interrupted during wartime. The Soviet T-34 medium tank of the 1940s is considered to have the best balance of firepower ( F-34 tank gun 76.2 mm gun), protection and mobility for its cost of any tank of its time in the world. However, the T-54/55's first appearance in the West around the period of the 1950s (then the beginning of the Cold War) spurred the United Kingdom to develop a new tank gun, the Royal Ordnance L7, and the United States to develop the M60 Patton. They were replaced by the T-62, T-64, T-72, T-80 and T-90 tanks in the Soviet and Russian armies, but remain in use by up to 50 other armies worldwide, some having received sophisticated retrofitting.ĭuring the Cold War, Soviet tanks never directly faced their NATO adversaries in combat in Europe. Estimated production numbers for the series range from 86,000 to 100,000. The T-54/55 series is the most-produced tank in history. T-54s and T-55s have been involved in many of the world's armed conflicts since their introduction in last half of the 20th century. From the late 1950s, the T-54 eventually became the main tank for armoured units of the Soviet Army, armies of the Warsaw Pact countries, and many others.
The first T-54 prototype was completed at Nizhny Tagil by the end of 1945. The T-54 and T-55 tanks are a series of Soviet main battle tanks introduced in the years following the Second World War.
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