The T-34 possessed an unprecedented combination of firepower, mobility, protection and ruggedness. Although its armour and armament were surpassed later in the war, it has often been credited as the most effective, efficient and influential tank design of the Second World War. The T-34 is one of the most-produced and longest-lived tanks of all time. Soviet industry would eventually produce over 80,000 T-34s of all variants. T-34 variants were widely exported after World War II.
Being basically a WW II tank, the T-34/85 began to show its age against more modern tanks. The Egyptians had several upgraded variants of the T-34 to make it more effective. Egypt went on to build the T-34/100, a local and unique conversion that was made up of a Soviet BS-3 100 mm heavy field-artillery gun mounted within a modified turret of the T-34-85. Egypt also built the even more powerful T-34/122. This conversion was a self-propelled howitzer armed with a 122 mm D-30 howitzer in a heavily modified turret. The changes included flat-plate extensions in the front, sides, rear and top of the turret.
Here is our Egyptian T-34/122mm in a basic tan camouflage.
Another version of the Egyptian T-34/122mm in the green and tan camouflage typical of vehicles used in the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
This excellent model and texture was created by Illness88. He has posted it on SketchFab, which allows use to be able to 'walk around' the model. Try it out, let us know what you think.
Nice ! I have never met illness88 but he looks like an amazing modeller !
Illness88 is awesome. He is a great guy, awesome artist and has been really helpful to our mod in many ways.
Cool, I like obscure weapons. The model is very good, but the irl design looks terrible. It's bulky and probably overweight. The gun's shock absorber is exposed, if that gets damaged in combat and the gun is fired the 122mm will fly out of the back XD
Thanks, your right, IRL this was not a great design. But it was innovative and really the only self propelled artillery the Egyptians would have had.
That thing is an absolute beast. Very amazing details like the rust marks on the bolts are a nice touch.
I agree, Illness is an artist.
Very true. You guys are lucky to have somebody like him with IDF. I tell it like I see it, and this is absolutely art.
Amazing I love the care for details!