This is awesome. I see it as a great candidate for another Forgotten Weapons and The Chieftain collab

There's an interesting piece of history from late 1941 regarding T-34's. During the Continuation War in Finland, the Finnish troops near Syväri (which is now a town called Svirstroy) managed to capture their first T-34. During the initial assault, Finns used their captured T-26's and shot over 40 rounds at the T-34's with no results,, watching as the T-34's drove away afterwards. This was noted as the first time Finnish troops had met a T-34 on the frontlines. The same afternoon a new attack began, and now eighteen T-34 tanks began to move towards the Finnish positions. 5 of these tanks were destroyed while at the road, the frontline bowed temporarily, but the attack was repulsed in the end. At the end of the battle, Finnish infantry reported that one enemy tanks had been stuck intact on its own side of the front line on a stump. The leader of the tank group Lieutenant Niittylä along with Lieutenant Laitinen, Tankers Viitanen and Heino left to take over the tank. It was found that the T-34 was stuck on two stumps. The crew of the wagon had escaped. Heino went in through the bottom hatch, found the main switch and starter, but failed to start the tank. In determining the reason for this, it was found that the T-34 starter gear did not hit the starter ring in the correct position because of the way it was resting on top of the two tree stumps. What was done there after; One of the stumps was blown off and the other stump was cut. As the tank settled straight, the T-34 rumbled into motion. The tank was brand new. Only four shells had been fired out of the cannon. Tanker Heino drove the tank along the Linjatie through the Podporoze and Muurmann railway bridges to Syväri station, where it was loaded onto a train and taken to Petrozavodsk in October 1941. The wagon took part in the conquest of Karhumäki in December 1941. The remaining part of this story relates to why we had the nickname "Sotka" or "Diving Duck" for T-34's during the war: The T-34 tank was called "Sotka" during the war years. The birth story of the name is as follows. There was a guy named Suominen serving in the tank battalion, a Tanker from Tammela, who worked in Pammäjärvi, Tammela, as a sailor for a tug boat named "Sotka" before the war. Suominen told his friends stories about Sotka and praised its long chimney all the time. When Tanker Heino drove the never before seen T-34 from Äänislinna railway station to the Forward Operating Base of the Armored Battalion, someone from the group yelled when he saw the tank model with its long barrel: "There's that Sotka Suominen always talks about." This is how the baptismal words of the tank model were pronounced, and that designation remained in common use. In fact, I still personally call T-34's as "Sotka" :)

Casting as "Rough as a Badgers Arse" as we used to say in the British Army. The T34/85 in Bovington Tank Museum....The rear engine plate, where the exhausts are located @14.00 in this video, they do not even touch each other let alone are welded to each other. Rough and ready and it did the job. I bet Greenpeace love that Tank...lol. Bit of a bitch to drive so i have heard.

The team looks happy as kids during opening Christmas gifts.

It looks so beautiful! I love the Berlin stripes on soviet tanks. I can't wait to see it on my next visit. One interesting thing is the turret interior is white while the hull is bluish. Next you guys need to get an IS2!

its in such nice condition

Who doesn't love new tank day?

Двигатель получился очень удачным поэму даже современные танковые двигатели России очень похожи на прародителя. Конечно, эту технику нужно хранить под крышей, как в Кубинке или в парке Патриот (часть техники из Кубинки переехала в парк Патриот)-там огромные помещения. Всё таки музейные вещи и им не место на улице, если честно. Танк как будто со складского хранения. Всё в комплекте. И тут смотришь, как такой же танк вытянутый из болота восстанавливают. Контраст. Как-то смотрел видео по подъёму тридцать четвёрки из болота и поразил один момент - вокруг было много местных деревенских жителей пришедших поглазеть на операцию и вот танк вышел на берег, кадр сменился и на суровой броне, на ещё грязном и мокром танке появились две гвоздики. Не знаю, кто их принёс, но у меня прям ком к горлу - так это было эмоционально для меня. Это так по нашему. И не нужно никаких слов.

I love how the length of the video is one of the variation of the t34. (T-34/57) Nice

OMG THAT'S A LATE MODEL IN GREAT SHAPE! i can tell by the casting on the turret. The big main.an extra engine! Hope you got a spare transmission!! Love warout/ Ropkeys raiders.

One of these days you guys need to get a couple of LuAZ 967s and do a build off.

Congratulations! I wish I had the wallet to visit. Can't wait to see it fire.

HEY! That used to be Luigi’s Tank !!! ☝🏻😎

congratulations with this wonderful piece of history. looking forward to see videos with it!

That to me was a novel way to get the engine started, drill some holes and spray in engine starter

Maybe see if there's a way to fit a air line connector and valve? That way if you're ever out of air like that again you can connect a compressor up and charge the tank via a suzy connector?

Man, seeing him trying to turn on that tank makes you wonder how janky it could be if you were out in the eastern front during your "off hours" and suddenly had to bring the tank into action from a cold start, knowing full well a German 75 can blow you up like a soda can. homogeneity Also, I remember hearing that the soviets cheapened that tank to the point where in some factories, the driver's seat was deemed "unnecessary" and that if you needed a cushion you could fold your greatcoat and sit on it, and that's ignoring the HORRIBLE crew conditions inside one of those tanks.. but it sure beats being in a T-26, I guess.

Massively underrated channel

Всех с Днём Победы! Удачи с очередным проектом, парни, всем мира. 🙂👍

Hi guys, that is a interesting addition to you collection of vehicles, will you ever be getting a Isreali Centurion? I would like to come back to Las Vegas to visit your museum, very best regards to you and your staff, from Australia.

Sick 🤘

Danny here! V For Victory! Happy V-day guys, that's our Victory! Greetings from Saint Petersburg. Hope to work with you again as soon as possible.

The ending. Fuck yeah, I've cried. You have no idea how much you've just gained in my eyes and heart by this small, but bold statement in this mad world we live today.

Awesome!

I'm surprised he sold it to Ron.

Rockstar: Hey what do You do for a living? Restoration passion dude: i restore vintage world war 2 and cold war tanks etc. Rockstar: 😮😮😮💚💚💚

I'd be more impressed if you had a T34/76. Very rare beasts. The 85mm versions are quite common.

👍 👍 👍!!!

What kind, or are there any special licenses or documentation do ya’ll need to have to operate an actual firing tank ? Is it a federal thing or are you in Nevada for a reason ?

From which Polish or Russian river was this pulled from? Looking forward to seeing more videos on the restoration and running of this classic, you guys have SUCH a cool job!!!

At a moment were certain people and a particular regime are trying to hijack May 9th into a nationalist holiday, it's nice to see it correctly represented as a Soviet holiday, an equal victory shared amongst all 15 constituent republics, and all SSRs.

I want to know about that defender to the right of the T-34

I know where there's a Kv 2.

Way cool....an OG Russian death trap...T34-85. Looks like a hand dug in the ground casting. Maybe you guys have a nice 76 turret laying around you can polish up. Richie should get a Russian ww2 rain poncho when driving the T34 around.

damnnnnn I ssoooooo want one of these. I am not gay, but who's cawk do I have to suk to get one......?

このところ、「T-34」と言うタイトルのビデオ映画が二本ありましが、マジ、旧ソ連二国が戦争するとは？商業主義だけで良かったのに！？日本では、まあまあ、マニアでロシアとウクライナのプラモは上級者向けとして評価されているのに残酷😭

Please do not start the engine in cold weather without preheating cooling liquid and oil. The T55 has a heater to do so, for the T34 the Russians used a flat metal box with coal under the rear of the tank. The T55 should be heated to 60 °Celsius if possible (takes about 30 min) or at least to 40 °C. Failure to do so will significantly decrease the life time of the engine to less than 20%. The air filter you used in the video about the bastard T 54 tank does not deserve the name air filter and will not do any favor to the engine. I am a former T55 driver.

Прочитал русскую надпись абсолютно без акцента) ты из России что ли?

Well you speak Russian supposedly but you don’t translate nice

That casting truly looks awful, really goes to show you the russian tank doctrine, I guess.

КАйфовый в видос

Man I would love to see that BMP 1 running!