T34

## General Information

The in-game icon for the T34

The **T34**, not to confused with the more widely known Soviet T-34, is a tier VIII American Premium tank. The T34 is one of the oldest true Premium tanks that has been in the game for every update in the history of World of Tanks Blitz. It features strong turret armor and a high penetration gun, but lacks hull armor. It has a variant almost equally as old, being the **T34 (1776)** or the T34 Independence, but both are exact copies of each other save for the aesthetic camouflages.

## Strategy

### Pros

* Strong turret
* The cupola is mostly hidden behind the rest of the turret when using gun depression
* High penetration
* -10º of gun depression is very good, enables you to use most hull-down positions
* Decent hitpool
* Great engine power

### Cons

* Weak and large hull
* Bad DPM without Gun Rammer
* Aim time is sluggish (6.9 seconds base)
* Rather large profile

### Strategy

#### As the T34

Use your good gun depression to go hull-down and to hide your weak hull. This tank was made to hull-down, so use it as you would normally. Don't be afraid to expose your turret, not many tanks can go through without resorting to prammo, but as a precaution, wiggle your turret. If an enemy flanks you, remember that your rear turret armor is surprisingly good, and you may be able to score some bounces. You are not as slow as you would think due to your strong engine being on par with or better than tier X's. You also possess high penetration despite your awful base DPM, so aim in your shots if you can.

#### Against the T34

The T34 is not the highest HP tier VIII heavy tank, so you can grind down the hitpool of the T34. You likely have better stats than the T34 given that the T34 is an extremely old tank dating back to the start of the game. You can force the T34 to seek cover and hit its vulnerable hull, however the gun may take the hit instead due to the gun being quite large. The cupola can still be hit even when the T34 uses gun depression, but it's extremely hard to. If you don't have great penetration, then you can flank the T34 and hit its large hull or use prammo and aim in at the weak points of the T34.

## Specifications

The following specifications represent those achieved by the tank without enhancements from consumables or equipment.

### Modules

#### Turret

 **Turret Armor** | Front: 279 mmSides: 127 mmRear: 203 mm
 **Max AmmoRack Size** | 34 shells

#### Suspension

 **Terrain CrossingCapacity** | Road: 74% Ground: 61%Water: 43%

## Legendary Camouflage

 Description
 Icon
 Appearance

## History

From Blitzhangar: "Developed in 1945 as a modernization of the T30 heavy tank. The vehicle was equipped with the 120 mm T53 gun and the new Continental AV-1790 engine. Because of the decline in heavy tank development after the end of World War II, the T34 never entered service. The prototypes were used in field trials."

## Trivia

* The T34, along with the T26E4 Super Pershing, were the first American Premium vehicles to be added to the game
* The T34 has a near identical variant named the **T34 (1776)**

## External Links

https://blitzhangar.com/en/tank/t34

https://guidesblitz.com/t34/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T34\_Heavy\_Tank

https://na.wotblitz.com/en/news/updates/time-for-a-change/