Something i've always wondered, how does the driver of a t-34 come out of the tank when shit hits the fan?

>Why did soviet Russia build a suspension-less tank?

The T-34 actually has one of the best suspensions of any tank in WWII. The range of motion of the bogey wheels is very good.

Makes me wonder why your ride was so shitty. Should have been better than the Sherman's you'd think. Maybe the ergonomics of the T-34 are just abysmal, that would negate any benefit of the suspension.

the christie suspension is good in its own rights but at the end of the day it takes up too much internal space in the tank.

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I'm sorry to sayhave the short of it. It's Fucking Hard to get out of a T-34's hull.

>STG-44 and FG-42 kept jamming
shit ammo probably, its not like 8mm is common in the USA

The monument already stood in it's present form when the Reichstag was still lying in ruins. And it will still stand when everything around it is scorched earth again.

Get fucked

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Cant wait until they scrape that shitstain off their country

we will see about that you commie fuck

>All that stuff
America really is everything I dreamed it to be

In leaky chunks

That's a true fact, but the ride should be much better than a Sherman.

feels good that i can understand some of that german,

Presuming they're not killed, out the front hatch or they break their seat and go out through the turret.
youtube.com/watch?v=Nem_Zc51ksg (20:56 shows trying to get out.) Granted that Moran is taller than a Soviet tanker but it still looks like a miserable process.
I think the one even more fucked is the co-driver/bow gunner since they have no hatch of their own.

If it was an early T-34 then it had the smaller turret and one less crew than the T-34-85. Also keep in mind that if it looked small from the outside, it's even more cramped on the inside because of the Christie suspension.

>Shitty experience in a T34

That's because it wasn't designed for people over 5'7.
Malnourished Soviet mantlets are alot easier to pack into a tank that significant less internal space than a Sherman.

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>soviets
>giving a solitary shit about the lives of russians, military or civillian.

there is a floor hatch, but its difficult to use according to tests at the abardeen testing ground

During battle of Moscow, none of the crew could bail because they literally welded the hatches to prevent deserters

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>10k to play with toys
Rich jew detected.

10k would be enough to solve most of my problems, it's weird to hear that other people spend it on a good afternoon

The assistant gunner does have an escape hatch under his feat but it's arguably better to burn to death rather than use it.

I don't think I've ever heard of anyone using it. Even on the M4 Sherman it usually wasn't the first option for escape.

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the floor hatch on the sherman was for ejecting shell casings, but it has been used as an escape hatch
its also been used as a rescue hatch

Red Army also had 100 gram daily vodka rations and the NKVD murdered tens of thousands of officers

I'm good Italian boy who's been lucky enough to be able to afford to spurge occasionally.

I've read that also after doing some research post-ride. It conflicts with what the liaison at the business said (it had no suspension), which makes me think the problem resided with the individual tank itself rather than a design flaw. I believe he said it was the only operational T-34 in the US.

>not common
But it is. My buddy has a full fun stg 44 and he buys off the shelf 8mm Kurz from Cabelas.

I've heard of tanks being chained shut if the crews were accused of cowardice. Welded shut sounds like more work than you need.

I think the only time I've ever heard of anybody using the escape hatch was the movie Fury(2014)

In regards to the STG-44, I went the day after veteran's day. The business' armorer checked the chamber after it jammed a few times and saw there was a gouge from the day before and the tip of the next round would get caught feeding into the barrel. We didn't find any confirmed reason why the FG-42 jammed, but I assumed it was due to the age of the gun. the MG-42 ran great with no issues.

It was my impression that all the bullets there were handloaded. They had a pretty impressive armory room and made all the Sherman shells on-site.

>3.5 fl oz
So just enough for one big boi shot, those poor sober lads.

>I believe he said it was the only operational T-34 in the US.

>It doesn't have a functioning suspension.

It's not really operational then. Also there are a lot of T-34s in the USA. Maybe he meant his is the only one with a functioning gun? I don't know.

>I think the only time I've ever heard of anybody using the escape hatch was the movie Fury(2014
they were used in the pacific to both drop drop grenades into trenches when they rode over them and to load wounded people as a makeshift ambulance
they used the hatch for pretty much everything, so they might have used it for escape even if no one wrote about it

people testing the interior are all able to escape through the hatch easily and quickly, so it would be a decent escape hatch if you forced to

Death before dismount.

How did they get out of the tanks when their mission was over? Or was it a one-way trip?

>You will never capture a qt russian tank driver waifu after she bails out shell shocked, take her into a remote cabin in the woods to look after her, heal her wounds and hide her from your murderous SS comrades and wait for stockholm syndrome to set in
Actually it might make a pretty good film

>DEAD

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This train only stops in Berlin, Tovarish

>most destroyed tank in history
Generally one piece at a time.