Footnotes

1. T–28 and T–28e. Source: Russian Military Zone. The T–28 had two turrets, referred to in the table as the main and secondary turrets. From 1938 the T–28 was armed with the 76mm L–10, but there was a shortage of this gun so some were also armed with the original 76mm KT–28. From December 1939 the armour was increased by adding armoured shields to the front and sides, becoming the T–28e. In 1940 conical turrets were introduced so the turret sides and rear would have have been slightly sloped (about 15°) rather than 0° as given in the table. The T–28 main turret was the same as the T–35 main turret, for both the straight sided and conical versions. [up]

2. T–34/76. Source: Russian Military Zone and Robert Livingston. The T–34/76 obr.1940 (with the L–11 gun) was produced up until August or September 1941. Production of the obr.1941 (with the better F–34 gun) started in June 1941 so for a while both models were being produced together. Initially obr.1941 tanks were used as command tanks. Some T–34/76 obr.1941 and obr.1943 were re-armed with the 57mm ZiS–4 and ZiS–4M L/73 gun, respectively, and called the T–34–57 (no more than 127 in 1941 and no more than 170 in 1943). The armour scheme is from the Russian Military Zone and from actual tests on Soviet vehicles provided by Robert Livingston. The obr.1942 included both cast turrets and welded turrets, but more cast turrets were made than welded ones. The hulls of the entire range of T–34 vehicles were identical, including SPGs based on the T–34 chassis. The lower front hull angle is variously given as 53°, 55° and 60°, with the latter being the most common and backed up by actual tests on Soviet vehicles, so 60° has been used for all T–34 based vehicles. [up]

3. T–34/85. Source: Jentz, Thomas L: Panzer Truppen Vol 2; Russian Military Zone and Red Steel. In the Russian Military Zone it mentions a maximum armour of 100mm but this is not found in the armouring scheme on the same page which has a maximum armour of 90mm. Jentz has considerably lower turret armour (max 55mm instead of 90mm) than given in the Russian Military Zone, while Red Steel has 90mm max which agrees with the Russian Military Zone armouring scheme; therefore the Russian Military Zone armour scheme is used. The D–5T was replaced in March 1943 by the ZiS–S–53; the two guns were ballistically the same but the ZiS–S–53 was cheaper and easier to manufacture. The hulls of the entire range of T–34 vehicles were identical, including SPGs based on the T–34 chassis. The lower front hull angle is variously given as 53°, 55° and 60°, with the latter being the most common and backed up by actual tests on Soviet vehicles, so 60° has been used for all T–34 based vehicles. [up]

4. T–44. Source: Russian Military Zone and Red Steel. Red Steel has minimum armour of 30mm but the armour scheme in the Russian Military Zone is more complete so is used here. Although 965 vehicles were produced from the end of 1944 until 1945, it was not used in combat because of the lack of experienced crew and maintenance personnel. [up]