Talk:T-100 tank

Is this a T-100 image ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:T-100-latrun-2.jpg If so, it can be added to the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.218.205.162 (talk) 14:23, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

Stalin and the tank project

"The project was initiated by Joseph Stalin based from his self-stated preference to heavy weapons and armor (like the T-34) as opposed to faster, lighter tanks (such as the Sherman)."

I've made minor alteration to this sentence, contrasting the KV-1 against the T-34 rather than the T-34 against the Sherman. The change was made primarily because the original comparison was pretty meaningless, the T-34 being faster than the Sherman, but no heavier. Also, this puts Stalin's views in context with Russian Tank development, rather than making random comparisons between disparate development programs from different nations. Getztashida 14:53, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

What's this?

What's with the "archaic design concept, poor mobility, and the availability of a far superior alternative"? Only the prototype was tried out. Was this tank merely slower and less armoured than the KV??? Darth Sidious 03:19, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Slower, less practical, difficult to steer, insanely expensive, impossible to control the fire of multiple turrets in combat. The notion of multiple guns, each optimized for a differtent type of use, was no longer a viable concept. On the other hand, the KV was more mobile (though still slow), was within the capabilities of Soviet industry to manufacture in useful quantities, and had a modern design concept with decent mobility, very heavy armor and a dual-purpose gun. I think the original sentence captured all this rather well. DMorpheus 22:56, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Never mind (my oversight of the below) - and did the T-100 lack any anti-infantry guns???

The T-100 probably had a coax DT in the 45mm gun turret, though I am not certain of that. There was no hull MG. There was also a rear-mounted DShK in the 76.2mm turret. To add to the above question, the KV-1 was 15 tons lighter than the T-100, but had heavier armor, even in the prototype stage, than the T-100. DMorpheus 21:03, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Table of tank models

Soviet heavy tanks of World War II

	T-35	T-100	SMK	KV-1 M1940	KV-1 M1941	KV-1 M1942	KV-1S M1942	KV-85 M1943	IS-2 M1945	IS-3 M1945
Crew	11	7	7	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Weight	45 t	58 t	55 t	43 t	45 t	47 t	42.5 t	46	46 t	46.5 t
Gun	76.2 mm M. 27/32	76.2 mm L-11	76.2 mm L-11	76.2 mm F-32	76.2 mm F-34	76.2 mm ZiS-5	76.2 mm ZiS-5	85 mm D-5T	122 mm D-25T	122 mm D-25T
Ammunition	100 rds.	–	–	111	111	114	114	70	28	28
Secondary armament	2×45 mm, 5×7.62 mm	45 mm	45 mm	2×DT	4×DT	4×DT	4×DT	3×DT	2×DT, DShK	2×DT, DShK
Engine	500 hp M-17M gas	500 hp	850 hp AM-34	600 hp V-2K diesel	600 hp V-2	600 hp V-2	600 hp V-2	600 hp V-2	600 hp V-2	600 hp V-2-IS
Fuel	910 L	–	–	600 L	600 L	600 L	975 L	975 L	820 L	520 + 270 L
Road speed	30 km/h	35 km/h	36 km/h	35 km/h	35 km/h	28 km/h	45 km/h	40 km/h	37 km/h	37 km/h
Road range	150 km	–	150 km	335 km	335 km	250 km	250 km	250 km	240 km	150 (225) km
Armour	11–30 mm	20–70 mm	20–60 mm	25–75 mm	30–90 mm	20–130 mm	30–82 mm	30-160 mm	30-160 mm	20–220 mm
References: Zaloga & Grandsen (1984:119, 176), onwar.com.

Darth Sidious 03:11, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Partially wrong information

"Although the T-35 was never used in Spain, its thin armor was vulnerable to the small towed antitank guns and gun-armed tanks encountered there by Soviet T-26 and BT tanks"

The part of gun-armed tanks is false. The only tanks used by the Nationalist side were German Panzer I and Italian CV-33 tankettes, and both were armed with machine guns, none with tank guns. T-26 and BT tanks in Republican hands were knocked out mainly by German 36mm antitank guns, concentrated artillery fire, infantry with molotov cocktails or satchel charges or even Flak 88s, *NOT* tanks. There were not any even tank vs tank battles in the Spanish Civil War, as the German/Italian supplied Nationalist tanks couldn't compete with Soviet supplied Republican tanks. The only occasions were after the second half of the war, when Nationalists had enough captured T-26 as to form own units with them. If this " gun-armed tanks encountered there" thing is mentioned, it should specify captured T-26s. X

Let's see, that was my edit originally. I agree with your basic point that most nationalist tanks did not have anything heavier than a machinegun; the exceptions would indeed be captured T-26s and modified 20mm-armed Panzer-Is. I don't know how many of those there were and have no objection to eliminating the "gun-armed tanks" bit. Regards, DMorpheus (talk) 16:29, 27 June 2008 (UTC)