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T-35 Heavy Tankovy Platoon (SBX23)
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T-35 Heavy Tankovy Platoon (SBX23)
includes two T-35 Heavy Tanks, one optional AA MG & one Tank Commander sprue.
In the 1920s and 1930s many European nations valued the idea of multi-turreted heavy breakthrough tanks, and the T-35 was the Soviet Union’s take on this concept. Design work on the T-35 tank began in 1930. Two design teams worked on competing designs, but eventually the team working on a design similar to the British Vickers A1E1 Independent won out.
The first prototype was produced in July 1932, with a 76.2mm-armed
central turret and four smaller turrets arranged around it. Two of the
smaller turrets were armed with 37mm guns and co-axial machine-guns and
two just with machine-guns. This prototype proved too complex for mass
production, so work began on a simpler design.
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Rising Sun
Rising Sun brings you into the Soviet Union’s wars with the Japanese
and Finns on its borders in 1939. Take command of the Red Army’s tank
forces, infantry or cavalry forces as you throw the Japanese back into
Manchuria or fight the stubborn Finns to expand the Soviet border.
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The new design replaced
the 37mm guns in the secondary turrets with more powerful 45mm guns, and
the redesigned turrets were standardised with those used on the T-26
light tank and T-28 heavy tank with a few minor differences. The main
turret was also fitted with a rear-facing slot that could be used to
fire a machine-gun from.
On 11 August 1933, the modified T-35 design was
accepted for production. Manufacturing began at the Kharkov Locomotive
Factory and 20 vehicles were completed. A second batch of 35 T-35 obr
1935 tanks was completed in by 1938. Six of a final model (obr 1938) were produced in 1939 for a total of 61 T-35 tanks built overall.. These last tanks were fitted with new turrets made with sloped armour.
Most of the T-35 tanks were with the 5th Separate Heavy Tank Brigade stationed in Moscow, and its 50 T-35 tanks spent most of the pre-war period taking part in parades as a showpiece unit. In March 1940, the 5th Separate Heavy Tank Brigade with its T-35 tanks was renamed the 68th Tank Regiment and combined with the 14th Tank Brigade to form the 34th Tank Division. The division served with the 8th Mechanized Corps in the Kiev Special Military District.
Designed by Evan Allen
Painted by Casey Davies
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The T-35 in Flames Of War
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Armour
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Name
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Mobility
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Front
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Side
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Top
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Equipment and Notes
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Weapon
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Range
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ROF
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Anti-tank
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Firepower
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T-35 obr 1933
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Slow Tank
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3
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3 |
2
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Two Deck-turret MG, Turret-front MG, Turret-rear MG, Land battleship, Overloaded, Unreliable. |
76mm obr 1927/32 gun
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16"/40cm
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2
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5
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3+
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45mm obr 1934 gun
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24"/60cm
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2 |
7
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4+
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Deck turret, Co-ax MG. |
45mm obr 1934 gun |
24"/60cm |
2 |
7 |
4+ |
Deck turret, Co-ax MG. |
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In the 1920s and 1930s many European nations valued the idea of
multi-turreted heavy breakthrough tanks, and the T-35 was the Soviet
Union’s take on this concept. The T-35 heavy tank mounted five turrets, a
main turret fitted with a 76mm gun, two 45mm gun armed turrets and two
machine-gun turrets. The T-35 was a massive tank with crew compartments
separated from each other. This often caused the crews of T-35 tanks to
fight on when other tanks’ crews would have long given up. |
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Slow Tank
The amount of distance your team can move is determined by the type of troops that are moving. The more
mobile the team, the further it can move. The Movement Distance table
gives the maximum distances teams can move over Cross-country Terrain.
Simply look up the relevant Arsenal to find the Mobility rating of the
team that you are trying to move to find the maximum distance that the
team can move.
The T-35 is rated as a Slow Tank and can move up to 8"/20cm when travelling Cross-country. |
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Overloaded
Super-heavy tanks and heavily-laden assault guns often overload their
engines and suspensions, making them very poor at crossing obstacles.
When required to take a Bogging Check to cross Difficult Going,
an Overloaded vehicle becomes Bogged Down on a roll of 1 or 2, rather
than the usual 1. An Overloaded vehicle must re-roll successful Skill
Tests to cross Very Difficult Going. |
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Unreliable
Whether poorly designed, unsuitable for the conditions, or requiring
more maintenance than current supply considerations will allow, these
vehicles have a significant chance of breakdown when pushed too hard.
If an Unreliable vehicle attempts to move At the Double, roll a die. On a roll of 1 the vehicle becomes Bogged Down.
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The T-35 Heavy Tankovy Platoon Rolls Forward
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Last Updated On Wednesday, August 17, 2016
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