The T-35 was a Soviet multi-turreted heavy tank of the
interwar period and early Second World War that saw
limited production and service with the Red Army.
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.
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.
An army in a box
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Some years ago, I visited the late Stuart Asquith at his home in the
Cotswolds. When he retired and moved there, he did something that now makes
a lot of...
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1 comment:
Now thats more like it! What a splendid device.
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