T-35 | |
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![]() T-35B tank of 1934-35 production series, date unknown | |
Type | Heavy tank |
Place of origin | Soviet Union |
Service history | |
In service | 1935–1941 |
Used by | Soviet Union Nazi Germany |
Wars | World War II |
Production history | |
Designer | OKMO Tank Design Bureau |
Designed | 1930–1933 |
Manufacturer | KhPZ |
Produced | 1934–1939 |
No. built | 60 and two prototypes |
Variants | T-35 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 45 t (49.6 short tons; 44.3 long tons) |
Length | 9.72 m (31 ft 11 in) |
Width | 3.20 m (10 ft 6 in) |
Height | 3.43 m (11 ft 3 in) |
Crew | 10 |
Armor | 11–30 mm |
Main armament | 76 mm gun KT-28 |
Secondary armament | 2× 45 mm 20K guns 5, 6 or 7× 7.62 mm DT machine guns |
Engine | Mikulin M-17M V-12 petrol engine 500 hp (370 kW) |
Power/weight | 11 hp/tonne |
Suspension | Coil spring |
Operational range | 150 km (93 mi) |
Maximum speed | 30 km/h (19 mph) |
The T-35 was a Soviet multi-turreted heavy tank of the interwar period and early Second World War that saw limited service with the Red Army. Often called a land battleship, it was the only five-turreted heavy tank in the world to reach production, but proved to be slow and mechanically unreliable. Most of the T-35 tanks still operational at the time of Operation Barbarossa were lost due to mechanical failure rather than enemy action. It was designed to complement the contemporary T-28 medium tank; however, very few were built.
Outwardly, it was large; but internally, the spaces were cramped with the fighting compartments separated from each other. Some of the turrets obscured the entrance hatches.