"The Little Tank That Could"

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Red Army's T-34 tank, famed Armor victor over the Nazis' vaunted Panther and dread Tiger.<br /><br />Upon order of Stalin, designed for rapid field repair, comprising but a handful of modules<br /><br />The Panther and Tiger were of characteristically-Teutonic finest mechanical design and assembly. But, for that very reason, they were taken out of action in number because of their need for little-available depot-level repair.<br /><br />The T-34, among informed sources, is widely considered the most-effective tank of World War II<br /><br />Appears in the city of its design and manufacture, Nizhni-Tagil.