Talk:76 mm tank gun M1940 F-34

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Did you know... that the F-34 tank gun was put into service in the T-34 tank by a conspiracy of its makers, and it was only after enthusiastic tank crews had praised its merits in letters from the front that Stalin gave official permission to start its manufacture?

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"Some F-34 guns were also installed in Lend-Lease M4A2 Sherman tanks, known as the M4M, but there was no need for this conversion as U.S. 75mm ammunition was in good supply." Although I have seen this statement before, it's never been substantiated. I've never seen any evidence for any lend-lease vehicle being re-armed, and in this case the F34 doesn't offer much improvement over the M4A2's 75mm gun. May I suggest this statement be dropped since we may be perpetuating a myth?DMorpheus 15:08, 24 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is mentioned in Zaloga (1984:217), where he says that the Germans captured at least a small number of this version. I'll add the reference to the article, and perhaps it should stay until we find some newer contradictory information? —Michael Z. 2006-01-24 17:42 Z

This is also mentioned in M4 Sherman variants#Soviet Lend-Lease, in case it needs to be updated or removed. —Michael Z. 2006-01-24 18:02 Z

F-32[edit]

The gun in the T-34 picture looks like an F-32. The F-34/Zis-5 has a groove on the side of the mantlet.

F-32
F-34

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.231.94.22 (talk • contribs) .

You mean the cutaway in front of the gun-sight opening? I don't think any T-34s ever carried the F-32 gun, and I don't recall seeing any photos of T-34 tanks with that cutout. And if it were, certainly it wouldn't be installed as late as on the T-34 Model 1943 tank pictured here, whose gun looks too long to be an F-32. I suspect that cutaway must be a feature of the KV-1 M1942s mantlet design. —Michael Z. 2006-10-16 22:43 Z

F-354 vs F-534 shell[edit]

There is a typo in Soviet tanks and combat vehicles of World War Two. The projectile is actually F-354 not F-534. Zaloga refers to it correctly in T-34-76 Medium Tank 1941-1945 (1994) at page 41 and Green also calls it correctly in Panther, Germany's Quest for Combat Dominance (2012) at page 75. Also Joseph Page, Tim Bean, Will Fowler – Russian Tanks of World War II, Stalin's Armoured Might (2002) page 90. The F-534 is actually a shell for the 152 mm gun M1910/34. MaxRavenclaw (talk) 21:04, 4 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]