The T-35 was a Soviet multi-turreted heavy tank of the interwar period and early Second World War that saw limited production and service with the Red Army. Its size made it a popular motif in Soviet propaganda and photogenic in the field. It was the only five-turreted heavy tank in the world to reach production but proved to be slow and mechanically unreliable. Most of the T-35 tanks still operational at the time of Operation Barbarossa were lost due to mechanical failure rather than enemy action.
In FHSW there are multiple variants of the T-35. They only vary in speed/handling, armour and maingun like the variants of the T-28 Medium Tank. The 1939 version also has a unique "conical" main turret whereas other have a different design with railing around it.
T-35 | T-35E | T-35-95 | T-35E-95 | T-35 (1939) | T-35-95 (1939) |
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T-35[]
The most common version of T-35 which fought during Operation Barbarossa. Iron Monster, Kiew and Raseiniai are maps with this tank. Even present at the battle of Suomussalmi in FHSW. Though according to Soviet sources no T-35 were in combat during the Winter War. The last recorded action of the T-35 was at the First Battle of Kharkov. In the map Moscow Outskirts one is surrounded by sandbags and effectively a pillbox.
T-35E | T-35-95 | T-35E-95 |
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T-35E[]
Proposed version with more armor and a more effective engine. Note the armour plates that have been riveted on to the front and on all turrets like other "E" variants of soviet tanks. It appears in Iron Monster and Moscow Outskirts as the most armoured tank.
T-35-95[]
Like the T-28/95, the quite ineffective maingun of the T-35 is replaced with a 95mm F-39 cannon. No T-35 were actually converted in this way but two prototypes were built on the T-35 chassis transforming it into a self-proppelled gun, the SU-14 prototypes that had either a 152 mm gun M1935 (Br-2) or 203 mm Howitzer M1931 (B-4) similar to the S-51. It is one of the ultimate Soviet tanks on the map Moscow
T-35E-95[]
Both the defensive and offensive upgrades are combined in the T-35E-95! Compared to the T-28E-95 it has a lot of excess mass left unupgraded since no other weaponry is improved for tank combat though the sheer mass means a lot of hitpoints.
T-35 (1939)[]
Modernized variant of the T-35, the last ten produced during 1938 to 1939 were of this type. The turrets were different with a sloped armour design and slight increase in armor thickness. It is the ultimate reinforcement to the Soviets at Raseiniai.
T-35-95 (1939)[]
Just like on the T-28/95 and previous T-35 model the proposed F-39 gun has been retrofitted to the tank, replacing the low velocity maingun. This variant is not present any map in FHSW.
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