Turret Identification

[phil fitzpatrick]

I came across a couple of interesting links for T34-85 Turret recognition
that may be of interest to T34 builders.
The first one has some good descriptions and little drawings
Its a bit contradictory or confusing with regards to the composite
castings where it refers to composite variants for types 1944,1945 and 1946
are shown in table 1.
But only one picture has a composite in the title,thats the one with the
verticle weld.
There are other pages with info and one with pictures of markings.

http://www.onthewaymodels.com/articles/ ... cation.htm

The other one is
http://www.missing-lynx.com/articles/ru ... /rpt34.htm.

If any of these links fail I googled "casting t34-85 turrets"to find them
Cheers
Phil

[phil fitzpatrick]

Mantlet Guards

A little question which I hope some one can answer.

The Duxford Museum Based T34 has a Mantlet guard to protect the
underside of the Mantlet as well as the top,and this is shaped and welded.
I havent seen any other photo's showing this guard present.

The Duxford T34 is a Polish Tank,would it be unique to that
Cheers
Phil