[DS] Monster Tanks

From: "John Leary" <john_t_leary@yahoo.com>

> > > Soviet T35 tank (1 76mm gun, 2 45mm, 5-6 MGs)

"As for T-28, the more numerous tank, actual engagement
in battles can not be tracked that easily. Most of them were lost in the first
month of the War, too. But the
 use of T-28 in Leningrad up to 43 and Kharkov 42 and 43
is documented."

T35 - only about 50 production models made.
In 1940 it was recognised as being obsolete. "...it was decided that these
vehicles "should be depleted by attrition in operational units." As a result,
all vehicles were collected in the 67th and 68th Tank Regiments of the 34th
Tank Division of the 8th Mechanized Corps (Kiev Special Military District)."

I've seen exactly one photo of a T-35 in action in 1942, during
the counteroffensive round Moscow. This may have been the last one still
going.

T-28
http://www.battlefield.ru/t28.html

T-35
http://www.battlefield.ru/t35.html

Another interesting monster is the T-100 and competitor SMK:
http://www.battlefield.ru/smk.html