![]() Red Army fast tanks or “BTs” of the period had a torsion bar suspension based on the design of American J. This formidable weapon began life as a fast tank design in 1936. forces and their South Korean benefactors. The T-34 tank was without a doubt one of the best tanks of its time and remains in service in approximately 30 countries to this day. The North Korean Peoples Army led by the T-34 steamrolled U.S. The United States, certain that no one would challenge it lest they be incinerated with atomic weapons, received a fearsome wake-up call in Korea. Nine years later this same tank awakened another military giant from a similar state of lethargy. It was the T-34, and it outclassed the panzers in almost every respect, sending the Germans scrambling back to their drawing boards. Then in 1941 out from the Russian steppes roared a tank that would shake Wehrmacht confidence to the bone. Confidence suffused the Germans, and their tank designs stagnated. Early in World War II, German panzer forces trampled all foes. ![]()
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