Kubinka T-35 moving video | For the Record

Hello everyone,

the experts in the Kubinka Tank Museum managed to drive out the T-35A Soviet heavy tank (apparently, it’s going to be restored now). Currently, it’s the only one in the world. This happened on 12.2.2014.

Needs moar turrets! :)

44 thoughts on “Kubinka T-35 moving video”

I see a movie future for this vehicle…..beautiful if impractical. Nice stuff.

Anti-Communist on February 17, 2014 at 3:33 pm said:

We got a saying in my country: “I am not good looking but at least I’m stupid”.

Therefore, T35 is both impractical and fugly.
- Vollketten on February 17, 2014 at 3:38 pm said:
  
  Fugly = Beautiful.
- bumblyjack . on February 17, 2014 at 4:29 pm said:
  
  Soviet M3 Lee: Hideous, cumbersome, and a death trap.
  - Kellomies on February 17, 2014 at 4:33 pm said:
    
    The Lee had the Axis shitting their Lederhosen when it first turned up in the North African theater, so eh.
    - bumblyjack . on February 17, 2014 at 4:51 pm said:
      
      I actually meant it’s the same as the Soviet experience of the M3 Lee that they received through Lend Lease.
      - Kellomies on February 17, 2014 at 5:17 pm said:
        
        Oh, that. IIRC there was a proposal to turn them into proto-IFVs at one point…
        
        Still a lot more useful than the hideously expensive old “land battleships” though.

I can see that thing really does not handle well turning, at least on snow.

ViktorKitov on February 17, 2014 at 4:06 pm said:

Looks pretty good to me, considering how old and heavy it is.
Meplat on February 17, 2014 at 5:38 pm said:

Has a lot to do with tracklayers and their groundpressure. You want low groundpressure for moving across soft ground, but this means you have issues turning on snow/ice, etc.

That’s why you’ll see fittings like grousers and ice cleats, or specialized winter/ice track links for tracklaying vehicles.
- Conte_Vincero on February 18, 2014 at 2:22 am said:
  
  Also an icy car park is not the best surface for gaining grip

As much as it might not be an ideal tank to fight with, I think it’s fantastic that this thing still drives!

“we have more turrets than the occidental capitalists, Soviet Russia is victorious once again!”

My response:
Meanwhile in Russia…

World of warships on tracks!

A suitable combination of uselessness and ugliness creates a marvel of artistic beauty.

Dream job at Kubinka :D

I think I will visit Moscow again next week when I’m going to come back from Tokyo.

Ghost In The Shell time~ <w<

Say what ever you want about reliabillity, but that thing is moving under it’s own power after like 75 years. That’s more than what can be said about most other tanks from that period… and size.

Kellomies on February 17, 2014 at 5:44 pm said:

Reliability was objectively terribad, even by the distinctly low standards of the early Thirties. Guessing they’ve rebuilt the whole engine and powertrain.

i would like see that thing in-game.’

cwjian90 on February 17, 2014 at 4:35 pm said:

http://www.worldoftanks-wot.com/wp-content/uploads/t35_5.jpg
- 113 on February 17, 2014 at 5:29 pm said:
  
  I know, but thats old/old-ish picture.

many turret
very garage
much clean
wow

Less turrets, more armor.

Theese things could have been ripped apart by anti-tank RIFLES.

Kellomies on February 17, 2014 at 10:27 pm said:

Whaddya expect from something designed around ’30?

T95 can still move under its own power if I remember correctly, so can a few of the churchills Matildas and tigers

Baldrickk on February 18, 2014 at 1:51 pm said:

Well. One Tiger (131) and that was refurbished too

Seems it was perfectly preserved since it can still move…Damn, after more than 75 years?…

Good Old Break Steer.

Is the SU-14 in Kubinka driveable too?

Wow, nice. Seemed to struggle in the snow though. No wonder it failed the Winter War.

Kellomies on February 17, 2014 at 5:19 pm said:

Er… you sure they actually *fought* there?

in Finnish hands it would have required only one T-35 to conquer the whole USSR :D

Kellomies on February 17, 2014 at 5:41 pm said:

So seven T-28s plus sundry wasn’t enuff?

Cool vid. I like this kinda stuff albeit slightly OT.

Do you remember Ian Malcolm the first time he gets to see dinosaurs in jurassic park?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJlmYh27MHg

[upon seeing a dinosaur for the first time; referring to Hammond] “He did it. That crazy son of a bitch, did it.”

It’s… majestic. I love places like Kubinka where old tanks are still alive :)

Looks cooler in video, the photos i have didn’t do it justice(even if it is a parade tank at best)

None of you actually commented how fuckin awesome it sounds with engines struggling in snow, specially when starting to move in 1st gear, epic :-)

Steiner011 on February 18, 2014 at 1:19 am said:

Just goto time 1:08 :-))))))

After all this time, the old girl still works.

There’s something beautiful about seeing that thing move after so long, though I’m not sure what.

That’s bloody awesome, good to see old machinery running like that, better then rusting away in a museum.

Giganaut on February 20, 2014 at 4:31 am said:

*cough* Aberdeen ordnance museum *cough*