After
spending months trying to track down this report I’ve finally managed to get a
copy through the CIA’s freedom of information act office.
The report is
called ‘ENGINEERING ANALYSIS OF THE
RUSSIAN T34/85 TANK’ and contains analysis of all the components of a Soviet
T-34/85 tank captured in Korea.
First impressions
The T-34/85 seems to have been improved in terms of performance and reliability
compared to the T-34/76 examined by US experts at Aberdeen in WWII. However the
transmission failed again.
Also the vehicle examined still had the older 4-speed transmission and no
radio onboard. I thought all T-34/85’s had these…
The report is 453 pages long, so it will take me some time to scan it. In
the meantime read WWII
Myths - T-34 Best Tank of the war.
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