Designation: T-34-85 model 1944
Type: Medium Tank
Crew, men: 5
Weight, tons: 32
Dimensions, meters: 8.1-3.0-2.7
Number of guns/caliber, mm: 1/85
Number of MGs/caliber, mm: 2/7.62
Engine: V-2, diesel, 500 hp
Max. speed, kmph: 55
Cruising range, km: 300

The T-34-85 was designed on the basis of the T-34 model of 1942, by installing a new cast turret with a more powerful 85 mm gun. The commander's cupola was mounted on top of the turret. Power plant, transmission and running gear remained almost without any changes. A loader was added to the crew.

A long-barrel 85 mm gun, a better sight and increased reliability allowed the T-34-85 to fight successfully against German tanks of all types. Tanks were fielded to the fighting units in the Spring of 1944. T-34-85 tanks took part in final combat operations of the Second World War including defeat of the Kwantun Army. These tanks made up the basis of the tank park of the Soviet Army in the first post-war years. The tanks were upgraded in the 1950’s.

Total number of T-34 tanks built before 1958 equaled 70,000 units. Tanks of this type were in the inventory of all armies of the Warsaw Pact countries as well as in the inventory of 28 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America. These tanks also participated in numerous local conflicts, in the Korean war, in Vietnam, in the Middle East and in Afghanistan, and at the end of the 20th century fought in the armies of the warring parties in Yugoslavia.