Word: 34s
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...holds of their ships, the marines brought forth great shiny bulldozers, wreckers and heavy road equipment the like of which Korea had never seen before. The marines had their own flamethrowers, amphibious tractors, Pershing tanks whose 90-mm. guns were a match for the Reds' Russian-built T-34s. The 1st Division's advance team also had its own air wing-a force of about 200 Corsairs (see The Air War), commanded by veteran Brigadier General Thomas Cushman...
...service than the rest of the world's armies combined. In Germany alone, the Reds have at least 4,400 tanks, and in general they are better than any now in regular use by U.S. armored divisions. Most of the tanks in East Germany are 33-ton T-34s null gun), the types used in the Communist attack in Korea...
...General Sherman. The T-34 is more maneuverable than the Sherman or the Pershing. The Russian tank's silhouette is at least a foot lower than either of the U.S. tanks, and its armor slopes back more sharply so that it is harder to hit squarely. The T-34s now in action in Korea are probably equipped with 85-mm. guns, compared with the 76-mm. gun of the Sherman and the 90-mm. gun of the Pershing...
...spearheading the Communist drive southward. So far, the U.S. had no tank in the Korean fighting that was clearly superior to the T-345. Until the new tanks arrive (some are on the way), U.S. troops will have to rely largely on less effective weapons to stop the T-34s. Most of these weapons are not new. None of them is a complete tank defense weapon in itself; their effectiveness depends on coordinated use. The most spectacular single weapon yet used by the U.S. against the Red tanks is the Big Bazooka, which made its debut last week, knocked...
...better weapons were not new weapons. The tanks that panicked the South Korean troops and steadily rolled back U.S. infantrymen were World War II's squat, 30-ton Russian T-34s and twelve...