Alright, so I've got Alanger's rebox of ICM's T-35



And I've seen in some places that the rear turret MG should be used, and in others that it shouldn't, and that there should be a pistol port there instead. So I want a definitive yes or no answer - is there or isn't there a rear turret MG on the variant of the T-35 that's in this kit?

Thanks

SCOTT

It is not needed on this version. There is only one published photo of a Soviet T-35 heavy tank with the rear turret machine gun, and that is a late version with the sloped turret sides. The turret MG made sense when these turrets were installed on a T-28 medium tank, as it had no other rear protection, but the T-35 had a pair of rearward facing turrets, making the additional gun in the main turret redundant. Barbarossa books publishes an excellent photo history of the T-35 series, "Land Battleship-The Russian T-35 Heavy Tank," if you'd like to build a particular tank.

Thanks, Gerald!

SCOTT