Talk:T-44

Recognition
On the picture it looks like a T34/76. The difference between the '85 and '76 is that the barrel on the '85 is stuck through a box protruding trough the turret glacis(?). The '76 turret glacis looks like it is crimped on the barrel. Just like the T44.

I know that in at least one book the two T34 models are mixed up. As a result there might also be the odd television program mixup.


 * The original 76.2mm-armed T-34 was built with many subtle variations of the turret design, from different factories and design revisions; some are angular, others more streamlined or curvaceous, but I think they all have the box shape on the mantlet. The T34/85 had a new, larger turret design with more rear overhang, although its easiest recognition feature is the long 85mm gun.  The T-44 had another brand-new turret, very similar to the T-34/85's but still bigger.  The T-44's hull and suspension are identical to the T-54/55's; look for the driver's hatch on the top of the hull instead of the front, and a gap between first and second road wheels.  The T-34 has sloped rear armour with two exhaust pipes on it, while the T-44's is square and its exhaust port is on the left side of the hull.  —Michael Z. 2005-09-23 17:50 Z 

Congratulations with the article! I was getting so vexed with the T-44 not being covered I was actually on the brink of writing one myself :o).--MWAK 15:15, 25 September 2005 (UTC)


 * I've had this one vaguely in mind for a long time, too. I just realized that I had enough info at hand to write a stub, and with a little more research time (or was that a lot of time?), filled it in quite a bit.  After writing the response above, I decided I might as well add that to the article; recognition comes up a lot, and it's always seemed like something missing from WP AFV articles.  Thanks for the note.  —Michael Z. 2005-09-25 16:00 Z 


 * Yes, recognition is always a severe problem; I've even removed some M-60 pictures from the Leopard 2 article! (with the wrong name in WikiCommons) :o) Have you ever seen those old World War 2 Photo Albums by Bruce Quarry? They contained an incredible number of mistaken identities. I've added some production numbers from Zaloga's T-54 and T-55 Main Battle Tanks 1944-2004.--MWAK 06:57, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Use against Japan in Operation August Storm?


It seems likely that the T-44 was used in Manchuria in August 1945 in the Operation August Storm. The image on the page seems to show tanks which are not the T-34.

-- Petri Krohn 03:21, 30 September 2005 (UTC)


 * They are T-34's (look at the hull hatches). The turret of the first vehicle just looks strange because it has been retouched by someone incorrectly :o).--MWAK 11:23, 30 September 2005 (UTC)


 * I noticed that too; what appears to be a big square hatch cover over the glacis. Wish I had a better scan of the photo to look at.  It looks like they might have stowage or camouflage on top of the turrets, giving them a bloated look.  The fenders are flat and square like a T-34's, but that's not a conclusive identification feature.  —Michael Z. 2005-09-30 15:46 Z 


 * And the famous gap between the first and second road wheel is lacking...--MWAK 10:51, 1 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Quite right. I would say these are definitely T-34s.  —Michael Z. 2005-10-1 20:20 Z 

Weak sources
This article relies on some really weak sources (discussed elsewhere such as the T-55, ZSU-57-2 and BMP articles) that should be cleaned out. JED in particular is not reliable. I tagged the article. DMorpheus (talk) 06:04, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
 * In addition, I've just found and marked references that are dead links or self published from forums. Between them they are used inline 44 times. Hohum (talk) 01:17, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

T44 in bosnia war?
from this video it is made clear that in may 1994, bosnian soldiers captured 2 t44 from the serbs.

0:40:40

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vBm02fbyuw&feature=related — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.202.27.60 (talk) 23:02, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

"The T-44 is a first-generation medium tank"
It is a medium tank, but it's quite far from "first generation". It's not a first generation MBT either.68.145.212.169 (talk) 23:10, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Agreed, removed "first generation". ( Hohum  @ ) 14:23, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

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Not the first tank with transverse engine?
I had a book about tanks, sorry I can't remember the title, but it referred to a Russian FT-17 clone from around 1920 that had a transverse engine. Sorry I can't provide any more information at this time. 68.69.149.18 (talk) 15:09, 11 November 2023 (UTC)