T-44 Tank

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Development of the T-44 series began in 1943 at the KB-520 design bureau in Nizhny Tagil under the supervision of A. A. Morozov as a replacement for the T-34 series. Early prototypes were armed with the 85mm D-5T gun (T-44-85) and the 122mm D-25 gun (T-44-122), these early prototypes having an entirely different turret from the series production model. Series production of the T-44 began at Zavod No75 (the renamed original Zavod No 183 in Kharkov which was recaptured and rebuilt in late 1943) and in total 965- higher tanks are known to have been built between 1944 and 1947. Early models used T-34 tracks, these being later replaced by T-54 type tracks. The T-44-100 was developed to prototype stage late in 1945, with alternative 100mm LB-1 and D-10T armament, two DT machine guns and a 12.7mm DShK AA MG but it was not series produced. Although 1XX were produced at Zavod No75 before May 1945, The T-44 was delivered too late to take part in the war in Europe, however, the first batch of T-44's was shipped to the Far East in time to take part in the final days of the war against Japan. Model Id: 2480 Manufacture: Factory 75 Kharkov Locomotive Factory, Kharkov, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine (Sole manufacturer 1944-7) Factory 183 UralVagonZavod, Nizhny Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ekaterinburg and Surrounding Regions, Russia (Prototypes manufactured before production moved to Kharkov) 1) Kubinka NIIBT Research Collection - Soviet Vehicles, Kubinka, Russia Number of Photos: 1 Click here or on the image for this tank's profile page Unique ID: 454 Serial Number: Registration: Name: Other Identification: Collection number 206 painted on left turret side.

2) Kubinka NIIBT Research Collection - Reserve Collection, Kubinka, Russia Number of Photos: 1 Click here or on the image for this tank's profile page Unique ID: 632 Serial Number: Registration: Name: Other Identification: Turret number “222”.

T-44M Design work on the modernisation of the T-44 was carried out at Zavod No 183 in 1961, with the resulting T-44M modernisation programme being carried out at Remontbaza No3 (Repair Base No3). The T-44M was fitted with the V-54B engine developing 520hp, a new transmission, night vision equipment for the gun sights and driver and other modifications using parts from the from T-54 and AT-T. Model Id: 2482 Manufacture: Factory 75 Kharkov Locomotive Factory, Kharkov, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine (Sole manufacturer of base vehicle 1944-7) 3) Kubinka NIIBT Research Collection - Reserve Collection, Kubinka, Russia Number of Photos: 1 Click here or on the image for this tank's profile page Unique ID: 657 Serial Number: Registration: Name: Other Identification: Turret number “221”.

4) Poklonnaya Gora Victory Park, Moscow, Russia Number of Photos: 1 Click here or on the image for this tank's profile page Unique ID: 2397 Serial Number: Registration: Name: Other Identification: “764” (previously “772”, before that “211”) painted on turret sides.