This tank needed 10 crew members to operate! The T-35 heavy tank #shorts #tanks #history

The T-35 was a heavy tank developed by the Soviet Union in the 1930s. It was one of the heaviest tanks of its time, weighing around 45 tons, and was designed to provide heavy armoured support to Soviet infantry. The tank featured five turrets, each mounting a 45mm gun, as well as several machine guns.

The crew of the T-35 consisted of 10 men, which made it one of the tanks with the largest crews in history. The crew was divided into two driver compartments, a central command compartment, and two gun turrets with two men each. There were also four machine gun turrets, each manned by a single soldier.

Despite its impressive size and crew complement, the T-35 was not particularly successful in combat. Its design made it slow and difficult to manoeuvre, and it suffered from mechanical problems due to its complex layout. The tank was also vulnerable to anti-tank weapons and was eventually phased out of service.

Overall, the T-35 was an ambitious but flawed design that reflected the Soviet Union's early experimentation with heavy tank designs. Despite its limited success, the T-35 remains an interesting piece of tank history and is remembered as one of the most unusual and distinctive tanks ever built.

[raksmeysamrith]

It was also kinda awfully thin for its size and length so you can imagine it was painfully hard to turn

[weterwhistle]

They wanted to be able to shoot in every direction, they succeeded, but it also failed