T-34 Shock

Francis Pulham considers himself to be 'an eccentric young man, who spends almost all of his time dedicated to his love of Russian tanks'. His passion started from a young age, being brought up on aircraft, but after a visit to Bovington Tank Museum, he found a new passion that had led to this book! Now, Francis spends his days researching, and looking after actual tanks, which has been his dream for many years. He hopes one day to have a T-34 of his very own to look after.

Introduction; How to Use This Book, the Methodology; Antecedents: The BT Series; Soviet Combat Experience in Spain; BT Series Modernisation; BT Series Replacement; A-20 and A-32 Trials; A-34 Prototype; Pre-Production of the T-34; Technical Description of the T-34 in 1940; T-34: Flawed Design?; Contemporary Soviet Designs; L-11 Guns: June 1940 - February 1941; F-34 Guns: January - June 1941; T-34 Deployment in June 1941; Preface to Wartime Production Changes; KhPZ 183: June - September 1941; KhPZ 183: September - October 1941; T-34s with ZiS-4 57mm Guns; Battle: The 21st Tank Brigade's Assault on Kalinin; UTZ 183: October 1941 - February 1942; STZ: June 1940 - October 1941; STZ: October - December 1941; STZ Plated T-34s; STZ: December 1941 - October 1942; Krasnoye Sormovo 112: July 1941 - April 1942; Krasnoye Sormovo 112: April 1942 - August 1943; Krasnoye Sormovo 112 Plated T-34s; 'Hexagonal' Turrets; UTZ 183: 'Hexagonal Composite' Turrets December 1941 - September 1942; UTZ 183: 'Soft Edge' & 'Hard Edge' Turrets 1942 - 1943; 'Hexagonal' Turrets with Command Cupolas 1943 - 1944; ChKZ 100: 1942 - 1944; UTZM: 1942 - 1943; Omsk 174: 1942 - 1944; Specialised 'T-34/76s'; 'T-34/76' Overview; Technical Description of the 'T-34/76' in 1944; Replacing the T-34 Altogether?; Designing the T-34-85; Krasnoye Sormovo 112: January 1944 - 1946; UTZ 183: March 1944 - December 1946; Omsk 174: June 1944 - December 1945; Battle: T-34-85s at Ogledow; Soviet T-34-85 Production Overview; Technical Description of the T-34-85 in 1945; Assault Guns and Tank Destroyers on the T-34 Chassis; SU-122; SU-85; SU-100; Armoured Trains and Boats with T-34 Turrets; Beutepanzer T-34s - A Brief Overview; Panzertrattrappe and Dummy Tanks; T-34-85 Replacements; Post-War Soviet Updates to the T-34; The T-34B and Other Yugoslav Upgrades; Post-War Production of the T-34-85; Czechoslovak T-34-85s; Polish T-34s; Chinese T-34-85s and the 'Type 58'; Battle: Major General Dean's 'Tank Hunting' at Taejon; Epilogue: 'The Best Tank of WWII'?; Technical Drawings.