T-35 heavy tank. Five -tower "battleship" of the Red Army

These five -tower tanks called the land battleships. In the 1930s, the T-35 was the main symbol of Soviet tank power, a real "business card" of the Red Army and the entire USSR, the decoration of pre-war parades in Moscow and Kiev, the hero of agitlakates and newspaper editorials. It is he who is depicted on the most honorable Soviet medal - "for courage". The T-35 went down in history as the only five-stained tank in the world, produced in series (albeit in limited quantities) The machine was intended to strengthen tank and rifle formations when breaking the enemy’s fortified positions. Powerful weapons allowed the “thirty -fifth” fire from two guns and three machine guns forward, back to any side, providing a circular shelling. However, almost all T -35 were lost in the heavy battles of the forty -first battles - in Western Ukraine and during the defense of Kharkov. The Wehrmacht soldiers were very fond of photographing against the backdrop of a defeated Russian "miracle-arrangement". Until today, only one "battleship", which is in the exhibition of an armored museum in Kubinka (this car is in full chassis) has been preserved.
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