Mastercom10
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Effectively, First Legion depicts a "composite" turret ( Factory/Zavod 112) with two separate roof vents : one at the rear and one toward the front of the turret roof.
This improved ventilator arragement was only produced from April 1945 onward ( and post-war).
There are very few wartime photos which represent this version. The only I know is a column of T34/85 tanks from the 9th Tank corps in a Czechoslovakian town
in May 1945.
The more common arragement for a 1944 version ( such during Minsk fighting ) is the twin dome ventilators at the rear of the turret roof.
And with the markings of the 2nd Guards Tank Corps, it is not obvious to use this model in 1945 because this unit did not fight in Berlin or in Czechoslovakia.
It seems that it was withdrawn to the front reserve in February 1945 and did not return to combat again.
This improved ventilator arragement was only produced from April 1945 onward ( and post-war).
There are very few wartime photos which represent this version. The only I know is a column of T34/85 tanks from the 9th Tank corps in a Czechoslovakian town
in May 1945.
The more common arragement for a 1944 version ( such during Minsk fighting ) is the twin dome ventilators at the rear of the turret roof.
And with the markings of the 2nd Guards Tank Corps, it is not obvious to use this model in 1945 because this unit did not fight in Berlin or in Czechoslovakia.
It seems that it was withdrawn to the front reserve in February 1945 and did not return to combat again.