In this 5th episode of my series looking at World War 2 Tanks That Need Adding to War Thunder, we take a look at Soviet tanks of the World War 2 period!<br /><br />So join me as we take a look at the a tank that was intended to replace the T-34, various attempts to upgun existing tanks, a number of T-34 variants that still need to be added, a large number of heavy tanks and some unique Soviet flamethrower tanks!<br /><br />Support me at ⬇️<br />☕Buy me a Coffee➡️ buymeacoffee.com/Toreno<br /><br />Social Media ⬇️<br />🦋Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/toreno.bsky.social<br />🌍Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Toreno4<br />📸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/toreno170<br />🐘Mastodon: Toreno17@mastodon.social<br />🧵Threads: https://www.threads.net/@toreno170<br /><br />Sources ⬇️<br />Armed Conflicts. Available at: www.armedconflicts.com (Accessed: June 30th, 2025).<br /><br />Dunn, W. S. (2007). Stalin's Keys to Victory: The Rebirth of the Red Army. United States: Stackpole Books.<br /><br />Forczyk, R. (2012). Panzerjäger Vs KV-1: Eastern Front 1941–43. United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing.<br /><br />Missing Lynx. (20.06.2025). Russia's T-34. Available at: http://www.missing-lynx.com/articles/russia/rpt34/rpt34.htm<br /><br />Pasholok, Y., Lombardy, D. and Parker, C. (2017). World of Tanks - The SU-152 and Related Vehicles. Lombardy Studios.<br /><br />The Chieftain's Hatch: T-28. (2025). Available at: https://worldoftanks.com/en/news/history/chieftains-hatch-t-28/ (Accessed: 28 June 2025).<br /><br />Tank Archives. (2025). Available at: https://www.tankarchives.com/ (Accessed: 1 July 2025).<br /><br />Tank Encyclopedia. (2025). Available at: https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ (Accessed: 3 July 2025).<br /><br />War Thunder for ingame stats<br /><br />WW2DB. (29.06.2025). Vehicle Specifications. Available at: https://ww2db.com/vehicle_spec.php?q=466<br /><br />Zaloga, S. J. (2007). IS-2 Heavy Tanks 1944-73. Osprey Publishing.<br /><br />Zaloga, S. J. (2008). KV-1 and 2 Heavy Tanks 1939-45. Osprey Publishing.<br /><br />Zaloga, S. J. (2009). T-34/76 Medium Tank 1941-1945. Osprey Publishing.<br /><br />Zaloga, S. J. (2012). T-34-85 Medium Tank 1944-94. Osprey Publishing.<br /><br />🎮 Game: War Thunder ⬅️<br /><br />#warthunder #soviet #ussr #russian #tanks <br /><br />Tanks featured in this episode ⬇️<br />T-40<br />T-30<br />T-60<br />T-37<br />T-38<br />Khtz-16<br />NI-Tank<br />BT-7E/BT-7M<br />T-28 fitted with 76.2mm F-32 gun<br />T-28 fitted with 85mm F-30 gun <br />T-34/76 Model 1940<br />T-34/76 Model 1941<br />T-34/76 Model 1942<br />T-34/76 Model 1943<br />T-34M<br />T-43<br />T-34/76 fitted with S-53 85mm gun <br />T-34-85 (D-5T) <br />T-34-85 Model 1944<br />T-34-85 Model 1945<br />T-34-85 Model 1946<br />T-34-85 fitted with STP-S-53 “Taran” 1 plane gun stabiliser<br />T-44<br />T-54<br />KV-1 Model 1939<br />KV-1 Model 1940<br />KV-1 Model 1941<br />KV-1E<br />KV-1 Model 1942<br />KV-1S<br />KV-10/KV-1K<br />T-150/KV-150<br />Object 221<br />Object 222<br />Object 223/KV-3<br />KV-7 (U-14)/KV-7-2<br />KV-9<br />KV-13<br />Object 238<br />KV-1S fitted with 85mm S-28 gun<br />KV-100<br />Object 244/IS-3<br />Object 701<br />Object 253/IS-6 with electrical transmission<br />OT-34<br />OT-34-85<br />KV-8<br />KV-8S<br /><br />Soviet Light Tanks: 00:00<br />Soviet Medium Tanks: 08:16<br />Soviet Heavy Tanks: 24:02<br />Soviet Flamethrower Tanks: 56:06
