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 == Description ==
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-The '''T-34 (1943)''' is the fourth variant of the [[T-34 (Family)|T-34 medium tank family]], built in 1943 and armed with a 76.2 mm anti-tank gun. Its 76.2 mm anti-tank gun was more powerful than its contemporaries when it was first introduced in 1940, and its 60-degree sloping armour provided excellent protection against anti-tank weapons. The T-34 had an enormous impact on the Eastern Front battle and had a long-lasting impact on tank design. During World War II, the Soviet Union sent a small amount of the T-34 (1943) to China. Some were also left behind by the Soviets during the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, which resulted in the defeat of Japan's Kwantung Army (関東軍/かんとうぐん/关东军). However, the T-34 (1943) saw extremely limited action in China, as the main variant used by the Chinese People's Liberation Army was the T-34-85 series, a considerable remodelling of the original T-34 that increased firepower through the introduction of the 85 mm anti-tank gun.
+The '''T-34 (1943)''' is the fourth variant of the [[T-34 (Family)|T-34 medium tank family]]. Built in 1943 and armed with a 76.2 mm F-34 tank gun, its was more powerful than its contemporaries when it was introduced, and its 60-degree sloping armour provided excellent protection against anti-tank weapons. In general, the T-34s had an enormous impact on the Eastern Front battle and had a long-lasting impact on tank design. During World War II, the Soviet Union sent a small amount of the T-34 (1943) to China. Some were also left behind by the Soviets during the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, which resulted in the defeat of Japan's Kwantung Army (関東軍/かんとうぐん/关东军). However, the T-34 (1943) saw extremely limited action in China, as the main variant used by the Chinese People's Liberation Army was the T-34-85 (S-53), a considerable remodelling of the original T-34 that increased firepower through the introduction of the 85 mm Zavod imeni Stalina (ZiS) S-53 tank gun.
 Introduced in [[Update 1.91 "Night Vision"]], the T-34 (1943) provides Chinese Army ground forces players with outstanding off-road mobility, defence, and firepower, allowing players to easily engage any adversaries. However, players should be cautious when fighting against German tanks during battles, as the German tanks' firepower improved significantly starting at rank II with the arrival of the [[Pz.IV F2|Panzer IV F2]]. Nonetheless, in the hands of an experienced player, the T-34 (1943) is a formidable tank.

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 == Description ==
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-The '''T-34 (1943)''' is the fourth variant of the [[T-34 (Family)|T-34 medium tank family]], armed with a 76.2 mm anti-tank gun, built in 1943 and armed with a 76.2 mm anti-tank gun. The T-34 is a World War II Soviet medium tank. Its 76.2 mm anti-tank gun was more powerful than its contemporaries when it was first introduced in 1940, and its 60-degree sloping armour provided excellent protection against anti-tank weapons. The T-34 had an enormous impact on the Eastern Front battle and had a long-lasting impact on tank design. The T-34 (1943) saw extremely limited action in China, as the main variant used by the Chinese People's Liberation Army was the T-34-85 series, a considerable remodelling of the original T-34 that increased firepower through the introduction of the 85 mm anti-tank gun. During World War II, the Soviet Union sent a small amount of the T-34 (1943) to China. Some were also left behind by the Soviets during the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, which resulted in the defeat of Japan's Kwantung Army (関東軍/かんとうぐん/关东军).
+The '''T-34 (1943)''' is the fourth variant of the [[T-34 (Family)|T-34 medium tank family]], built in 1943 and armed with a 76.2 mm anti-tank gun. Its 76.2 mm anti-tank gun was more powerful than its contemporaries when it was first introduced in 1940, and its 60-degree sloping armour provided excellent protection against anti-tank weapons. The T-34 had an enormous impact on the Eastern Front battle and had a long-lasting impact on tank design. During World War II, the Soviet Union sent a small amount of the T-34 (1943) to China. Some were also left behind by the Soviets during the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, which resulted in the defeat of Japan's Kwantung Army (関東軍/かんとうぐん/关东军). However, the T-34 (1943) saw extremely limited action in China, as the main variant used by the Chinese People's Liberation Army was the T-34-85 series, a considerable remodelling of the original T-34 that increased firepower through the introduction of the 85 mm anti-tank gun.
-Introduced in [[Update 1.91 "Night Vision"]], the T-34 (1943) provides Chinese Army ground forces players with the legendary T-34 in rank II. The T-34 (1943) combines outstanding off-road mobility, defence, and firepower, allowing players to easily engage any adversaries. However, players should be cautious when fighting against German tanks during battles, as the German tanks' firepower improved significantly starting at rank II with the arrival of the [[Pz.IV F2|Panzer IV F2]]. Nonetheless, in the hands of an experienced player, the T-34 (1943) is a formidable tank.
+Introduced in [[Update 1.91 "Night Vision"]], the T-34 (1943) provides Chinese Army ground forces players with outstanding off-road mobility, defence, and firepower, allowing players to easily engage any adversaries. However, players should be cautious when fighting against German tanks during battles, as the German tanks' firepower improved significantly starting at rank II with the arrival of the [[Pz.IV F2|Panzer IV F2]]. Nonetheless, in the hands of an experienced player, the T-34 (1943) is a formidable tank.
 == General info ==

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 == Description ==
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-The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a rank {{Specs|rank}} Chinese medium tank {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update 1.91 "Night Vision"]].
+The '''T-34 (1943)''' is the fourth variant of the [[T-34 (Family)|T-34 medium tank family]], armed with a 76.2 mm anti-tank gun, built in 1943 and armed with a 76.2 mm anti-tank gun. The T-34 is a World War II Soviet medium tank. Its 76.2 mm anti-tank gun was more powerful than its contemporaries when it was first introduced in 1940, and its 60-degree sloping armour provided excellent protection against anti-tank weapons. The T-34 had an enormous impact on the Eastern Front battle and had a long-lasting impact on tank design. The T-34 (1943) saw extremely limited action in China, as the main variant used by the Chinese People's Liberation Army was the T-34-85 series, a considerable remodelling of the original T-34 that increased firepower through the introduction of the 85 mm anti-tank gun. During World War II, the Soviet Union sent a small amount of the T-34 (1943) to China. Some were also left behind by the Soviets during the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, which resulted in the defeat of Japan's Kwantung Army (関東軍/かんとうぐん/关东军).
 == General info ==
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 * [https://live.warthunder.com/feed/camouflages/?vehicle=cn_t_34_1942 Skins and camouflages for the {{PAGENAME}} from live.warthunder.com.]
 == See also ==
 ''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
 * ''reference to the series of the vehicles;''
 * ''links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.''
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 == External links ==
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 * ''topic on the official game forum;''
 * ''other literature.''

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 === Against the T-34 (1943) ===
-'''Light tank/SPAA''': lower tier light tanks/SPAA (e.g. [[M5A1]]) will find the waves of T-34 hard to counter. If your penetration is above ~65 mm, target the turret ring as it is only 53 mm. Avoid shooting at the sloped hull armour at all sides as it is very likely to bounce small caliber shells. If the T-34 does not know your presence and is exposing its side to you, target the vertical hull side between the mudguard and the roadwheels, as it is only 45 mm and a shot there can disable both turret crew and drivers. These are the only weak spots if your penetration is low, even the rear of a T-34 is heavily sloped.
+'''Light tank/SPAA''': lower tier light tanks/SPAA (e.g. [[M5A1]]) will find the waves of T-34 hard to counter. If your penetration is above ~65 mm, target the turret ring as it is only 53 mm. Avoid shooting at the sloped hull armour at all sides as it is very likely to bounce small calibre shells. If the T-34 does not know your presence and is exposing its side to you, target the vertical hull side between the mudguard and the roadwheels, as it is only 45 mm thick and a shot there can disable both turret crew and drivers. These are the only weak spots if your penetration is low, even the rear of a T-34 is heavily sloped.
 '''Medium tank''': perhaps the most common medium tanks used around this BR is the [[M4]] series with short 75 mm cannons. When the T-34 is not angling, you can punch straight through the upper front plate and knock it out with a single shot, but do avoid the MG port and driver's hatch as they very much like to absorb shells. The turret ring is also a weak spot. The turret/gun mantlet, however, will be quite tricky to penetrate especially if the T-34 is at a distance or hull down. On the spherical gun mantlet there are small sections where the curve becomes almost vertical, making them a weak spot, but your shell is likely to impact the huge bulge joining the mantlet and the gun barrel before hitting where you aim at. That is the housing for the hydraulic recoil cylinders, if you target that specifically you can disable its gun breech. There are also small corners of the turret around the gun mantlet, but they are spread out and tiny, therefore harder to hit. For an angling T-34, if their angle is a bit too much and too much side profile is exposed, fire at the lower, vertical side between the roadwheels and the upper mudguard.
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 * [https://live.warthunder.com/feed/camouflages/?vehicle=cn_t_34_1942 Skins and camouflages for the {{PAGENAME}} from live.warthunder.com.]
 == See also ==
 ''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
 * ''reference to the series of the vehicles;''
 * ''links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.''
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 == External links ==
 ''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''
 * ''topic on the official game forum;''
 * ''other literature.''

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 === Against the T-34 (1943) ===
-'''Light tank/SPAA''': lower tier light tanks/SPAA (e.g. [[M5A1]]) will find the waves of T-34 hard to counter. If your penetration is above ~65 mm, target the turret ring as it is only 53 mm. Avoid shooting at the sloped hull armour at all sides as it is very likely to bounce small calibre shells. If the T-34 does not know your presence and is exposing its side to you, target the vertical hull side between the mudguard and the roadwheels, it is only 45 mm and a shot there can disable both turret crew and drivers. These are the only weak spots if your penetration is low, even the rear of a T-34 is heavily sloped.
+'''Light tank/SPAA''': lower tier light tanks/SPAA (e.g. [[M5A1]]) will find the waves of T-34 hard to counter. If your penetration is above ~65 mm, target the turret ring as it is only 53 mm. Avoid shooting at the sloped hull armour at all sides as it is very likely to bounce small caliber shells. If the T-34 does not know your presence and is exposing its side to you, target the vertical hull side between the mudguard and the roadwheels, as it is only 45 mm and a shot there can disable both turret crew and drivers. These are the only weak spots if your penetration is low, even the rear of a T-34 is heavily sloped.
 '''Medium tank''': perhaps the most common medium tanks used around this BR is the [[M4]] series with short 75 mm cannons. When the T-34 is not angling, you can punch straight through the upper front plate and knock it out with a single shot, but do avoid the MG port and driver's hatch as they very much like to absorb shells. The turret ring is also a weak spot. The turret/gun mantlet, however, will be quite tricky to penetrate especially if the T-34 is at a distance or hull down. On the spherical gun mantlet there are small sections where the curve becomes almost vertical, making them a weak spot, but your shell is likely to impact the huge bulge joining the mantlet and the gun barrel before hitting where you aim at. That is the housing for the hydraulic recoil cylinders, if you target that specifically you can disable its gun breech. There are also small corners of the turret around the gun mantlet, but they are spread out and tiny, therefore harder to hit. For an angling T-34, if their angle is a bit too much and too much side profile is exposed, fire at the lower, vertical side between the roadwheels and the upper mudguard.
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 ;Skins
 * [https://live.warthunder.com/feed/camouflages/?vehicle=cn_t_34_1942 Skins and camouflages for the {{PAGENAME}} from live.warthunder.com.]
 == See also ==
 ''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
 * ''reference to the series of the vehicles;''
 * ''links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.''
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 == External links ==
 ''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''
 * ''topic on the official game forum;''
 * ''other literature.''

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 * '''Sh-354T''': Shrapnel; useful against vehicles that are resistant to the HE shell but too thinly armoured to trigger the fuzes of APHE shells
-{| 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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 ! 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 mass
 * '''BR-350SP''': APBC; a solid shot that is somewhat more lethal than APCR, but with less penetration
-* '''BR-350P''': APCR; best penetrating shell, at the cost of no post-penetration damage
+* '''BR-354P''': APCR; best penetrating shell, at the cost of no post-penetration damage
-* '''BP-350A''': HEAT; best penetration beyond 1,000 m, but the T-34s generally do not fare well in long-range duels
+* '''BP-353A''': HEAT; best penetration beyond 1,000 m, but the T-34s generally do not fare well in long-range duels
 * '''OF-350M''': HE; useful for breaking the hulls of lightly armoured/unarmoured vehicles
 * '''Sh-354T''': Shrapnel; useful against vehicles that are resistant to the HE shell but too thinly armoured to trigger the fuzes of APHE shells
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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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 Like the previous T-34 models, the 1943 model excels at close to medium range fighting, utilizing its outstanding mobility for a medium tank to rapidly close the distance and relocate to attack from unexpected directions. The sloped hull armour has a good chance of ricocheting hastily aimed shots and helps increase the odds of the T-34 surviving when moving in to engage. The lethal BR-350B APHEBC round complements this playstyle, having about enough penetration to deal with the flanks of most enemies likely to be encountered; a single penetrating hit is usually fatal for the target. In close combat, the fast turret traverses and quick reload allow the T-34 to respond quickly towards changing situations, usually helping to ensure it will be the first to get its gun on the target.
-Conversely, the T-34 fares poorly in long-range combat; both the BR-350B APHEBC and BR-350P APCR rounds have poor penetration at long ranges, and the BP-350A HEAT round is quite underwhelming as well.
+Conversely, the T-34 fares poorly in long-range combat; both the BR-350B APHEBC and BR-354P APCR rounds have poor penetration at long ranges, and the BP-353A HEAT round is quite underwhelming as well.
 === Against the T-34 (1943) ===
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 * Excellent post-penetration effect with the BR-350B, easily knocking out most tanks in a single shot
-* The BR-350P APCR can effectively penetrate heavily armoured targets (e.g. [[Churchill III]]) at close range at the cost of post-penetration damage
+* The BR-354P APCR can effectively penetrate heavily armoured targets (e.g. [[Churchill III]]) at close range at the cost of post-penetration damage
 * Very fast turret traverse, good for urban combat
 * Sloped hull armour provides good protection against small calibre / low-penetration shells (e.g. 75 mm M3, 50 mm KwK39), and even large calibre guns when angled correctly