Legendary T-34 . The famous "Thirty-four" . Symbol of our Victory . Hundreds of these tanks, raised on a pedestal, stand across the country and half of Europe as a monument to the Liberation. Several generations of Soviet people have grown up. Strongly aware of , that T-34 is our everything! "The best tank of the Second World War , Masterpiece of World Tank Building , for many decades to come has determined the general path of its development" , - here are just a few of the enthusiastic reviews , which are traditionally awarded T-34. But is it really so? Was the "thirty-four" really the best tank in the world or only we think so? What is the secret of the popularity of this combat vehicle? And how to explain the monstrous losses of the T-34 during the war: Disadvantages of design, low quality of manufacture or just inability to fight? A new book by a popular historian is the first domestic study of the combat use of the most famous Soviet tank , Analysis of Strengths and Weaknesses , Advantages and Disadvantages , And the story of the defeats and the triumphs of those , Who fought ,? died and won on the legendary T-34.