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that early turret really looks like a shot trap
but thats the one i like :D
It's not really much of a shot trap since the lower surfaces on the T34's original turret had very thin armor anyways, and thus most serious anti-tank weapons would penetrate it regardless. This is how most early T34's were lost, since the tank's hull armor was too thick to be penetrated by most German guns. Furthermore, this played a significant role in the design of some variants of the Sherman, as statistics showed most Soviet tanks were being lost to shots to the turret and this is why the Sherman's turret was generally much more heavily armored than the rest of the tank.
That being said it is one fine looking turret though, especially compared to the blocky (albeit much improved) turret that replaced it
i could imagine shots richoteting of the hull and up to the turret, that would be bad :O