The T-34 was a
Soviet medium tank produced from
1941 to
1958. It is widely regarded to have been the world's best
tank when the Soviet Union entered
World War II, and although its
armor and armament were surpassed by later tanks of the era, it is credited as the war's most effective, efficient and influential design. First produced at the
KhPZ factory in Kharkov (
Kharkiv,
Ukraine), it was the mainstay of Soviet
armoured forces throughout World War II, and widely exported afterwards. It was the most-produced tank of the war, and the second most-produced tank of all time, after its successor, the
T-54/55 series. A 1996 publication showed that the T-34 was still in service with twenty-seven countries.
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