![]() ![]() In 1942 appeared the "Model 1942" that featured thicker armor protection and minor manufacturing improvements such as new tracks, wheel patterns or driver hatch. With about 400 models of this variant were made the production quickly switched to the "Model 1941" equipped with the new 76.2mm F-34 gun and new radios. In 1940 they increased its armor even more, fitting with wider tracks and a new 76.2m L-11 gun, the new "T-34 Model 1940" was born. During tests at Kubinka, despite the increased armor it kept the same mobility as its forerunner so it was favored over the A-20. After the Battles of Khalkhin Gol in 1939, where Soviets fast tanks showed their limits as their armor thickness, rivets and petrol engines tends make them easy prey for Japanese Ha-Gos and IJA tank-killer teams with Cocktail Molotov, Koshkin convinced Stalin to authorize further development and the "A-32" prototype was developed with its thicker armor, Christie suspension and a 76.2mm gun. ![]() The program to replace the T-26 and BT tanks series was born in 1937, with Mikhail Koshkin coming up with its first prototype for the "A-20", armed with a 45mm gun it borrowed its predecessor's convertible drive system, a new Diesel engine and sloped armor.
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