T-34 hull mounted machine gun movement?

Just wondering, how does its hull mounted machine gun traverse to the left, right, up, or down? german tanks seem to have a ball mount, but I can't see how the hull mounted gun on the T-34 would function. Any help please?

i wouldnt know. ask a ww2 tank history buff.

stealthattack1 wrote:
i wouldnt know. ask a ww2 tank history buff.

He was asking anyone that knew...

Anyways, the 7.62mm DTM was ball-mounted and had an armoured guard protecting it.

Last edited March 6, 2012 at 9:33 PM by Ost_Front_Soldat

i just like to post so people dont get like 50 views and no replies. i understood the question.

Ost_Front_Soldat wrote:

stealthattack1 wrote:
i wouldnt know. ask a ww2 tank history buff.

He was asking anyone that knew...

Anyways, the 7.62mm DTM was ball-mounted and had an armoured guard protecting it.

Thank you. Also, is the co-axial to the right or left of the main gun? i have a plastic model and to the right (from the front facing you view) is an ovalish hole and to the left is a smaller hole. Also, do co-axial machine guns have any traverse at all or is it dependent upon the turret traverse? Also, the T-34 was I presume, manual traverse, right?

bopokippo wrote:

Ost_Front_Soldat wrote:

stealthattack1 wrote:
i wouldnt know. ask a ww2 tank history buff.

He was asking anyone that knew...

Anyways, the 7.62mm DTM was ball-mounted and had an armoured guard protecting it.

Thank you. Also, is the co-axial to the right or left of the main gun? i have a plastic model and to the right (from the front facing you view) is an ovalish hole and to the left is a smaller hole. Also, do co-axial machine guns have any traverse at all or is it dependent upon the turret traverse? Also, the T-34 was I presume, manual traverse, right?

A co-axial MG is exactly that...co-axial. It uses the same point of axis as the main weapon. Co-axial MGs are used less as an anti-personel weapon and more to correct aim of the main gun by firing tracer burst, so they didn't need/weren't meant to have their own traverse.


Oh and on the T-34/76 the co-axial is to the right of the main gun, on the T-34/85 the co-axial was left of the main gun.

Last edited March 6, 2012 at 11:58 PM by Ost_Front_Soldat

the hull mg was traversed by hand, by simply poiting it where you wanted it to shoot


like mentioned before the coax mg is mostly used for training shots, though it still made a good anti infantry weapon.

some tanks though had the coax mounted separately from the main gun though, one noticeable tank being the panzer 38(t), which had it in a ball mount next to the main gun