Soviet T-100 Heavy Tank – Military Model 1/35 – Trumpeter Models from Trumpeter Models

Description

The T-100 was a Soviet twin-turreted heavy tank prototype, designed in 1938-39 as a possible replacement for the T-35. The T-100 was designed by N. Barykov’s OKMO design team at S.M. Kirov Factory No. 185 in Leningrad. The T-100 was originally conceived with three turrets and was eventually built with two. It was in competition with a similar design – the SMK – but neither were adopted and instead a single turret version on the SMK was ordered as the KV-1. All three prototypes were tested at the same time in the Battle of Summa.

The T-100 tank had two turrets one in front of the other requiring along chassis. The front turret, mounting a 45 mm anti-tank gun had a limited area of fire due to the second turret behind. The second turret, mounting a76.2 mm gun, was set taller on top of the superstructure than the first and so able to turn a full 360 degrees.

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