The ZiS-4 57mm gun had a muzzle velocity of 1000m/s, with 103mm and 91mm of penetration at 500m and 1km. It had a muzzle velocity of ~610m/s The 85mm ZiS-S-53 could penetrate 138mm and 102mm at those ranges respectively. Additionally, the tank's strongest point was its turret, with fully 60mm to the front with a rounded contour and 50mm on the cheeks.įirepower The F-34 could penetrate 94mm of armor at 500m, and 60 at 1km. This gives it an effective thickness of something like 64mm. However the actual plates used were relatively thin, clocking in at just 47mm for the upper front plate. Protection The T-34s armor was sharply sloped at 60 degrees, giving it excellent effective armor. 500hp, power to weight ratio of 19hp/t, with a top speed of 33mph. Mobility The T-34 was a fairly mobile tank. The way I am going to do this is like a gauntlet of T-34s, where each considered variant of the M4 goes through the T-34s. But I wanted to compare the tanks based on their nominal stats, free of any kind of outside influence or experience differential. This is kind of related to a previous post I made where the majority of people seemed to agree that the T-34 was superior to the M4 Sherman.

Tiger tank versus t34