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Entering service in February of 1944, the T-34-85 was the first large modification to the T-34 tank, adding an 85mm gun designed to counter the German Tiger, and an improved, widened, three-man turret. The design would further be developed and perfected over time, but the original T-34-85 variants would always be the most crucial. The widening of the Turret helped with on of the T-34 main issues, how cramped it was. The T-34 was incredibly tightly packed on the interior, with very little room to work. While not entirely solving this issue, the larger three man turret certainly reduced the strain on tank crews. The larger gun however, was the main selling point of the 34-85. Able to penetrate the frontal armor of a Tiger I at 1,000 metres. It would be the tank that pierced the heart of Berlin, and would lead the invasion of South Korea by the North Koreans, beginning the Korean War.

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An Austrian machine gun team and a T-34-85 perform a combat demonstration, Bruck an der Leitha, 1958.

There's an interesting mix of equipment seen here. For one thing, all of it is World War II, but from different countries. The machine gun seen in the forefront is a German MG 42, a rifleman to the left in the back carries an American M1 Garand, the tank is a Soviet T-34-85, and all soldiers are wearing American M1 helmets. This very diverse mix of equipment mostly comes from the massive amount of leftovers from World War II, and Austria, being a neutral country, received older equipment from both NATO and the Soviet bloc.

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