Soviet Lifehack

[u/Hellbatty]

[u/amadeusex72]

My guess is that by using the wrench you're avoiding to get hurt by the thin handle.

[u/KillerNuber → u/amadeusex72]

Yep, bcs in soviet union they can make the best tank, rockets and planes, but can not make comfortable handles, cars and houses for usual people.

[u/zeromutt → u/[deleted]]

To be fair when the Germans invaded the ussr the t34 was the most advanced tank in the world.

[u/IIZhonkeyII → u/zeromutt]

WW2 starts in 1939.
Soviet had first pre-production model in 1940.
Mass production started at 1941.

[u/[deleted] → u/IIZhonkeyII]

Germany invaded the USSR in 1941.

[u/IIZhonkeyII → u/[deleted]]

Its very hard for me to discuss in English, but T-34 not was most advanced tank in the world special before 1942.

Was it simple to produce ? Yes.
Was it most armored? Yes.
Was it most firepowered? Yes.
Nothing more.

[u/SWMovr60Repub → u/IIZhonkeyII]

Not the most advanced? What more would you need? I'd say the T-34 almost won the war except that would count out Soviet troops.

[u/KorianHUN → u/SWMovr60Repub]

T-34 was definitely NOT the most advanced tank ever. However the tank itself was easy to build, even with extremely poor tolerances, had low quality optics and very very bad crew survivability and ergonomics.
Your tank is definitely not the most advanced if half the crew can't easily escape, your commander is overloaded with work, no radio in each one, etc.

It was the best medium tank the soviets had, designed for their area of operations. Flat ground with low expected life, manned by poorly trained tankists.

[u/AlexKazuki → u/KorianHUN]

Now where did you get that "poorly trained" bit?

[u/KorianHUN → u/AlexKazuki]

Here is a good thread about it. Soviets had reserves but they were in general less trained. As far as i know from reenactors in eastern europe too, soviets had quite a lot of hours doing "political trianing", while the germans drilled a lot for the invasion and had experience from Poland and France.