T-34E - Revision history

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 * '''D-350A''': Smoke; useful to blind enemy vehicles that are too remote for you to disable so that you can progress towards objectives.
-{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
+{{:F-34 (76 mm)/Ammunition|BR-350A (MD-5 fuze), BR-350B (MD-8 fuze), BR-350SP, BR-354P, BP-353A, OF-350M, Sh-354T, D-350A}}
 ==== [[Ammo racks]] ====

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 ;Videos
-{{Youtube-gallery|UKpMOtGXBcg|'''T-34E Tank Review'''  - ''NUSensei''|LbTcvQmfL70|'''{{PAGENAME}}, Russian, Tier-2 Premium Medium Tank''' - ''Angry Nerd Gaming''}}
+{{Youtube-gallery|LbTcvQmfL70|'''T-34E, Russian, Tier-2 Premium Medium Tank''' - ''Angry Nerd Gaming''}}
 == See also ==

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 However, one armour applique model produced in STZ did see more widespread use in the production line, though it still had the name '''T-34E''' as its main nomenclature (also called the [[T-34E STZ]] in-game). This up-armoured model was more successful than the previous due to not drastically changing the design and only focusing on front armour protection by welding 15 mm of armour onto the front hull, thus minimizing weight gain by only focusing on the area most expected to be hit. The tank also featured redesigned road wheels and track designs. These T-34Es saw more widespread use and have photographs showing it being used in the Leningrad Front.
-=== In-game description ===
+{{break}}
 Up-armoured T-34 tanks were produced between the autumn of 1941 and the spring of 1942 at the STZ factory. In total, 3,644 of them were made. The vehicles' frontal hull armour was increased to 60 mm thickness and their frontal turret armour to 75 mm thickness. This was achieved by welding on add-on armour plates. A key character of these tanks was their fully metallic road wheels with radial hole patterns in the wheel disc. Such wheels were necessary due to a shortage of rubber for road wheel bands. The tank's idler wheels were also fully metallic. The turret's rear panel was fully welded, while its upper and side panels were held together by joints. The front of the turret featured characteristic lateral slots, while the cannon's recoil mechanisms were armoured with a straight frontal piece.
 The up-armoured T-34E tanks were used in battle from the summer of 1942 to the beginning of 1944. Some captured vehicles of this type were used by Wehrmacht troops in 1942-1943. These had both the standard 4BO green with Wehrmacht identifying markings and the camouflage used by German forces.
 == Media ==

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 {{Specs-Card
 |code=ussr_t_34E
-|images={{Specs-Card-Image|GarageImage_{{PAGENAME}}.jpg}}
+|images={{Specs-Card-Image|GarageImage_{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|ArtImage_{{PAGENAME}}.png}}
 |market=T-34E
 }}

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 ! 10 m !! 100 m !! 500 m !! 1,000 m !! 1,500 m !! 2,000 m
 |-
-| BR-350A (MD-5 fuze) || APHEBC || 87 || 85 || 76 || 67 || 59 || 52
+| BR-350A (MD-5 fuze) || APHEBC || 87 || 85 || 77 || 69 || 62 || 55
 |-
-| BR-350B (MD-8 fuze) || APHEBC || 94 || 92 || 83 || 73 || 65 || 57
+| BR-350B (MD-8 fuze) || APHEBC || 96 || 94 || 84 || 74 || 64 || 56
 |-
-| BR-350SP || APBC || 102 || 100 || 91 || 81 || 72 || 64
+| BR-350SP || APBC || 99 || 96 || 87 || 76 || 66 || 58
 |-
-| BR-354P || APCR || 125 || 119 || 92 || 68 || 50 || 36
+| BR-354P || APCR || 125 || 117 || 87 || 60 || 41 ||28
 |-
 | BP-353A || HEAT || 80 || 80 || 80 || 80 || 80 || 80
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 | OF-350M || HE || 10 || 10 || 10 || 10 || 10 || 10
 |-
-| Sh-354T || Shrapnel || 37 || 35 || 29 || 25 || 20 || 17
+| Sh-354T || Shrapnel || 35 || 34 || 30 || 26 || 22 || 19
 |-
 |}
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 ! rowspan="2" | Type of<br>warhead
 ! rowspan="2" | Velocity<br>(m/s)
-! rowspan="2" | Projectile<br>Mass (kg)
+! rowspan="2" | Projectile<br>mass (kg)
 ! rowspan="2" | Fuse delay<br>(m)
 ! rowspan="2" | Fuse sensitivity<br>(mm)
-! rowspan="2" | Explosive Mass<br>(TNT equivalent) (g)
+! rowspan="2" | Explosive mass<br>(TNT equivalent) (g)
 ! colspan="3" | Ricochet
 |-
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 | BR-350A (MD-5 fuze) || APHEBC || 662 || 6.3 || 1.2 || 14 || 150 || 48° || 63° || 71°
 |-
-| BR-350B (MD-8 fuze) || APHEBC || 655 || 6.3 || 0.9 || 14 || 98.56 || 48° || 63° || 71°
+| BR-350B (MD-8 fuze) || APHEBC || 655 || 6.5 || 0.9 || 14 || 100.1 || 48° || 63° || 71°
 |-
-| BR-350SP || APBC || 655 || 6.78 || N/A || N/A || N/A || 48° || 63° || 71°
+| BR-350SP || APBC || 655 || 6.5 || N/A || N/A || N/A || 48° || 63° || 71°
 |-
 | BR-354P || APCR || 950 || 3.02 || N/A || N/A || N/A || 66° || 70° || 72°
 |-
-| BP-353A || HEAT || 355 || 5.3 || 0.05 || 0.1 || 959.42 || 62° || 69° || 73°
+| BP-353A || HEAT || 355 || 3.94 || 0.05 || 0.1 || 739.2 || 62° || 69° || 73°
 |-
 | OF-350M || HE || 680 || 6.2 || 0.05 || 0.1 || 621 || 79° || 80° || 81°
 |-
-| Sh-354T || Shrapnel || 680 || 6.2 || 0.5 || 8 || 85 || 62° || 69° || 73°
+| Sh-354T || Shrapnel || 618 || 6.44 || 1.2 || 14 || 85 || 62° || 69° || 73°
 |-
 |}
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 ! Ammunition
 ! Velocity<br>(m/s)
-! Projectile<br>Mass (kg)
+! Projectile<br>mass (kg)
 ! Screen radius<br>(m)
 ! Screen deploy time<br>(s)
 ! Screen hold time<br>(s)
-! Explosive Mass<br>(TNT equivalent) (g)
+! Explosive mass<br>(TNT equivalent) (g)
 |-
 | D-350A || 680 || 6.45 || 13 || 5 || 20 || 50

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 * '''BR-350B (MD-8 fuze)''': APHEBC; increased penetration at the cost of slightly less explosive filler.
 * '''BR-350SP''': APBC; a solid shot with an even better penetration but no explosive filler.
-* '''BR-350P''': APCR; a composite round with the best penetration but no explosive filler and will only penetrate flat vertical surfaces.
+* '''BR-354P''': APCR; a composite round with the best penetration but no explosive filler and will only penetrate flat vertical surfaces.
 * '''BR-350A''': HEAT; a shaped charge with average penetration but without penetration loss over distance. Only penetrates flat vertical surfaces but the post-penetration damage is very effective on open and lightly armoured vehicles. Very slow shell travelling twice slower than your other projectiles.
 * '''OF-350M''': HE; useful for destroying open and lightly armoured vehicles.
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 | BR-350SP || APBC || 102 || 100 || 91 || 81 || 72 || 64
 |-
-| BR-350P || APCR || 125 || 119 || 92 || 68 || 50 || 36
+| BR-354P || APCR || 125 || 119 || 92 || 68 || 50 || 36
 |-
-| BP-350A || HEAT || 80 || 80 || 80 || 80 || 80 || 80
+| BP-353A || HEAT || 80 || 80 || 80 || 80 || 80 || 80
 |-
 | OF-350M || HE || 10 || 10 || 10 || 10 || 10 || 10
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 | BR-350SP || APBC || 655 || 6.78 || N/A || N/A || N/A || 48° || 63° || 71°
 |-
-| BR-350P || APCR || 950 || 3.02 || N/A || N/A || N/A || 66° || 70° || 72°
+| BR-354P || APCR || 950 || 3.02 || N/A || N/A || N/A || 66° || 70° || 72°
 |-
-| BP-350A || HEAT || 355 || 5.3 || 0.05 || 0.1 || 959.42 || 62° || 69° || 73°
+| BP-353A || HEAT || 355 || 5.3 || 0.05 || 0.1 || 959.42 || 62° || 69° || 73°
 |-
 | OF-350M || HE || 680 || 6.2 || 0.05 || 0.1 || 621 || 79° || 80° || 81°

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 The available ammunition allows for engaging all types of targets:
-* '''BR-350A (MD-5 fuze)''': APHEBC; a shell with high explosive mass that will one-shot any tank it penetrates but has an average penetration power.
+* '''BR-350A (MD-5 fuze)''': APHEBC; a shell with high explosive mass that will knock out any tank with a single shot but has an average penetration power.
 * '''BR-350B (MD-8 fuze)''': APHEBC; increased penetration at the cost of slightly less explosive filler.
 * '''BR-350SP''': APBC; a solid shot with an even better penetration but no explosive filler.
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 == History ==
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-The '''[[T-34 (1941)|T-34]]''' was beginning to become the main tank of the Soviet Army by 1941, however, the initiation of Operation Barbarossa by the Germans postponed most manufacturing deadlines due to the relocation of various factories to the Ural Mountains to keep them safe from the Germans. During the movement, only the Dzherzhinski Tractor Factory in Stalingrad (STZ) stayed in production and produced most of the T-34s during the relocation.
+The [[T-34 (1941)|T-34]] was beginning to become the main tank of the Soviet Army by 1941, however, the initiation of Operation Barbarossa by the Germans postponed most manufacturing deadlines due to the relocation of various factories to the Ural Mountains to keep them safe from the Germans. During the movement, only the Dzherzhinski Tractor Factory in Stalingrad (STZ) stayed in production and produced most of the T-34s during the relocation.
-To increase the survivability of the tanks, the T-34 design in the STZ factory was up-armoured by use of applique armour plates. These applique armour variants of the T-34 were called '''[[T-34E]]''', with "E" meaning ''ekranami'' translates to "with screens" in Russian. These tanks were given applique armour throughout the entire vehicle, on all sides of the turret, one the front, on the sides, and even side skirts on the tracks. Some of the applique armour was placed in a way to act as spaced armour against enemy fire, which proved quite effective against the [[Pz.III L|Panzer III]]'s 50 mm KwK 39 cannon where the armour applied were on areas once vulnerable on the T-34 to the cannon. However, it was found that this additional armour did not help the T-34 against larger calibres such as the 75 mm PaK 40 and the 88 mm FlaK cannons. Due to the gradually growing number of tanks with the 75 mm and 88 mm, such as the up-gunned [[Pz.IV F2|Panzer IV]] and the [[Tiger H1|Tiger I]] that could easily destroy the T-34 even with the armour application, the armour configuration was not placed into mass production and thus only the testing batch of 47 units were made from the design.
+To increase the survivability of the tanks, the T-34 design in the STZ factory was up-armoured by use of applique armour plates. These applique armour variants of the T-34 were called '''T-34E''', with "E" meaning "ekranami" translates to "with screens" in Russian. These tanks were given applique armour throughout the entire vehicle, on all sides of the turret, one the front, on the sides, and even side skirts on the tracks. Some of the applique armour was placed in a way to act as spaced armour against enemy fire, which proved quite effective against the [[Pz.III L|Panzer III]]'s 50 mm KwK 39 cannon where the armour applied were on areas once vulnerable on the T-34 to the cannon. However, it was found that this additional armour did not help the T-34 against larger calibres such as the 75 mm PaK 40 and the 88 mm FlaK cannons. Due to the gradually growing number of tanks with the 75 mm and 88 mm, such as the up-gunned [[Pz.IV F2|Panzer IV]] and the [[Tiger H1|Tiger I]] that could easily destroy the T-34 even with the armour application, the armour configuration was not placed into mass production and thus only the testing batch of 47 units were made from the design.
-However, one armour applique model produced in STZ did see more widespread use in the production line, though it still had the name '''T-34E''' as its main nomenclature (also called the '''[[T-34E STZ]]''' in-game). This up-armoured model was more successful than the previous due to not drastically changing the design and only focusing on front armour protection by welding 15 mm of armour onto the front hull, thus minimizing weight gain by only focusing on the area most expected to be hit. The tank also featured redesigned road wheels and track designs. These T-34Es saw more widespread use and have photographs showing it being used in the Leningrad Front.
+However, one armour applique model produced in STZ did see more widespread use in the production line, though it still had the name '''T-34E''' as its main nomenclature (also called the [[T-34E STZ]] in-game). This up-armoured model was more successful than the previous due to not drastically changing the design and only focusing on front armour protection by welding 15 mm of armour onto the front hull, thus minimizing weight gain by only focusing on the area most expected to be hit. The tank also featured redesigned road wheels and track designs. These T-34Es saw more widespread use and have photographs showing it being used in the Leningrad Front.
 === In-game description ===
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 * [[wt:en/news/5650-marathon-operation-s-u-m-m-e-r-assemble-a-tank-updated-en|[Marathon] Operation S.U.M.M.E.R.: Assemble a tank!]]
 {{USSR medium tanks}}
 {{USSR premium ground vehicles}}

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 == Usage in battles ==
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-In ground RB, T-34E can be used in many styles, it can be a flanker, sometimes it can be a sniper, and most times it can be a front line attacker. But no matter what style you play, always angle the armour to avoid being penetrated and remember that you always have the choice to cover the tank with decorations to further confuse the enemy.
+In ground RB, T-34E can be used in many styles, it can either be a flanker or it can be a front line attacker, it can even be a sniper at times. But no matter what style you play, always angle the armour to avoid being penetrated and remember that you always have the choice to cover the tank with decorations to further confuse the enemy.
 === Pros and cons ===
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 '''Pros:'''
-* Bouncy sloped armour, effective against low caliber guns (eg. [[Churchill I]])
+* Bouncy sloped armour, effective against low-calibre guns (e.g. [[Churchill I]])
 * Decent top speed and good hull traverse
 * Great firepower with several ammunition choices and useful primary shells
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 '''Cons:'''
 * Poor gun depression of only -5 degrees makes it ineffective in mountain combat
 * No smoke launcher
 * Lack of spaced frontal armour
 * Awkward to place bushes on upper front hull due to the obstruction of MG port and driver's optics
-* Armour doesn't hold up against experienced tankers or long-barreled guns (eg. [[StuG III G]], [[Achilles]])
+* Armour doesn't hold up against experienced tankers or long-barreled guns (e.g. [[StuG III G]], [[Achilles]])
 == History ==

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 '''Pros:'''
-* Bouncy armour
+* Bouncy sloped armour, effective against low caliber guns (eg. [[Churchill I]])
 * Decent top speed and good hull traverse
-* Several ammunition choices
+* Great firepower with several ammunition choices and useful primary shells
-* Useful primary shells
+* Add-on side armour allows safer angling and side-scraping
-* Premium tank (extra income)
+* Fast turret rotation, useful to deal with flankers or multiple targets
 '''Cons:'''
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 * Lack of spaced frontal armour
 * Awkward to place bushes on upper front hull due to the obstruction of MG port and driver's optics
 == History ==
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 ;Skins
 * [https://live.warthunder.com/feed/camouflages/?vehicle=ussr_t_34E Skins and camouflages for the {{PAGENAME}} from live.warthunder.com.]
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 ;Other uparmoured vehicles of the same family
 * [[T-34E STZ]]
 * [[T 34 747 (r) (Germany)]]

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 * Rolled homogeneous armour (hull, turret rear, turret roof, gun mantlet)
 * Cast homogeneous armour (turret flanks, glacis joint, driver's hatch, machine gun port)
-* High Hardness Rolled homogeneous armour (side skirts, sides and turret spaced armour)
+* High hardness rolled homogeneous armour (side skirts, sides and turret spaced armour)
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 ! rowspan="2" data-sort-type="text" | Ammunition
 ! rowspan="2" | Type of<br>warhead
-! colspan="6" | '''Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)'''
+! colspan="6" | Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
 |-
 ! 10 m !! 100 m !! 500 m !! 1,000 m !! 1,500 m !! 2,000 m
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 ! 0% !! 50% !! 100%
 |-
-| BR-350A (MD-5 fuze) || APHEBC || 662 || 6.30 || 1.2 || 14.0 || 150 || 48° || 63° || 71°
+| BR-350A (MD-5 fuze) || APHEBC || 662 || 6.3 || 1.2 || 14 || 150 || 48° || 63° || 71°
 |-
-| BR-350B (MD-8 fuze) || APHEBC || 655 || 6.30 || 0.9 || 14.0 || 98.56 || 48° || 63° || 71°
+| BR-350B (MD-8 fuze) || APHEBC || 655 || 6.3 || 0.9 || 14 || 98.56 || 48° || 63° || 71°
 |-
 | BR-350SP || APBC || 655 || 6.78 || N/A || N/A || N/A || 48° || 63° || 71°
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 | BR-350P || APCR || 950 || 3.02 || N/A || N/A || N/A || 66° || 70° || 72°
 |-
-| BP-350A || HEAT || 355 || 5.30 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 959.42 || 62° || 69° || 73°
+| BP-350A || HEAT || 355 || 5.3 || 0.05 || 0.1 || 959.42 || 62° || 69° || 73°
 |-
-| OF-350M || HE || 680 || 6.20 || 0.05 || 0.1 || 621 || 79° || 80° || 81°
+| OF-350M || HE || 680 || 6.2 || 0.05 || 0.1 || 621 || 79° || 80° || 81°
 |-
-| Sh-354T || Shrapnel || 680 || 6.20 || 0.5 || 8.0 || 85 || 62° || 69° || 73°
+| Sh-354T || Shrapnel || 680 || 6.2 || 0.5 || 8 || 85 || 62° || 69° || 73°
 |-
 |}