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Historical question about the turrets of russian tanks...

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#109294

Historical question about the turrets of russian tanks...

just wondering, for the following tanks

T-34/76
T-34/85
KV-1
IS-2

Which of these had a manual turret turning system? I'm guessing they all would, but could someone please elaborate on how it would work? Would there be like a winch that you keep spinning or something? Thanks
#109309

Re: Historical question about the turrets of russian tanks...

i wouldnt know.
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#109949

Re: Historical question about the turrets of russian tanks...

they all had electrical turret traverse systems, but also had manual traverse to fine tune aim and in case the electrical traverse failed
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#109979

Re: Historical question about the turrets of russian tanks...

Well from what I know is that only the tiger tank had a turret that could move on it's own
#110290

Re: Historical question about the turrets of russian tanks...

nope, multiple tanks had power traverse, though the tiger was somewhat unique in that its turret was powered hydraulically and not electrically
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#112524

Re: Historical question about the turrets of russian tanks...

Wait, I thought T-34s in WWII had a manual turret traverse. It says on wikipedia that the 1945 late version was updated with an electric traverse.