T-54/55, a Soviet MBT, is the most produced tank in the world, with some 85-100.00 thousand tanks (sources varies) ever built by Soviet Uralvagonzavod, Polish Bumar-Łabędy Works and Czechoslovakian ZTS Martin.
Like T-34, due to the sheer number of units built it was often used in the movies. Examples are: - "Rozmowy kontrolowane" (Controlled Calls; during the martial law in Poland every phone call started with a message "Call controlled, call controlled"): Ryszard "Miś" Ochódzki accidentaly destroyed a T-54/55 tank which was chasing him after a fatal misunderstand (illegal "Solidarity" materials were found in his car and nobody believed that he's a secret police's agent) by throwing a bottle of moonshine that ignited on contact with the tank. Interestingly the fire appeared everywhere, but just NOT in the place where the bottle landed. - "Popiełuszko" - several tanks were seen rolling in front of the priest's car. - "Operacja Dunaj" - a comedy about Czechoslovakia invasion. One of the scenes involves a combat between T-34 and T-54/55.
A T-54 tank was involved in the tragedy during 1962 Szczecin Military Parade. The road wasn't properly secured and people were standing too close to the moving vehicle. Suddenly one of the T-54s - travelling at the speed of 30 km/h, as the last in the line, veered to the roadside and into a group of people. We'll never know if the driver was drunk or if there was another reason. 7 children were crushed under its tracks, 43 people were injured (including those harmed after the panic broke out among the people).
T-54 and T-55 are so slightly different that some sources put them together under the name "T-54/55". T-62 and T-64 are different tanks, one of those Soviet ugly ducklings. All of them are medium (or main battle) tanks, I think Russians didn't have a heavy tank since the cancellation of IS-3.
IS-4 was one Soviet Heavy Tank with many technical aspects based in Tiger and Panther , produced in 1948 , this tank only was in service with Russian Army and one time this units where movilised to the frontier with China for tension moments.
IS-6 and IS-7 was only prototypes , IS-7 with Road Wheels based on Kingtiger Steel Wheels and IS-6 used many ideas of Dr Porsche for one electrical transmission system , if you search Porsche had the idea first for Ferdinand and Elepant tank hunters.
IS-10 past be the T-10 with the dead of Stalin , T-10M was the last Heavy Tank produced by Soviet Union.
The last Heavy Tank of Soviet Union was the T-10M of post War , KV family past to be IS when Kliment Vorochilov lost the aproval od Stalin during the WW2 and KV series past to be "IS" Iosif Stalin , when Stalin dies and lost the good image with Soviet people the new Heavy Tanks past to be only another T series.
All Rusian propaganda made a legend of T-34 but this tank uses one American Suspencion design if you search Walter Christie fast tank u can see the origin of BT soviet series BT (fast tank under licence) A-20 and finally T-34 , from this tanks to T-62 all MBT uses the Christie Suspencion , during the WW2 German concept of MBT change to one more Heavy , if you see the Panther vs all MBT looks heavy , Rusians made the T-44 in the final days of WW2 to copy German Concept , Americans change to MBT the Heavy tank Pershing and Britains made the Centurion , other Rusky mith are the Panther as copy of T-34 , Panther uses a real suspencion with torcion bars , central turret , frontal transmition , imbricate suspencion , its like Porsche techlogy vs one rural tractor as Soviets Generals said in WW2... The Quality of T-34 are the Quanty vs the Enemy the only common point are the sloped armor but u can see other examples of sloped armor before to T-34
light tank concept survive even today , Americans designs go from WW2 Stuart and Chaffe to post War Walker Bulldog , Sheridan and the modern Calvary Bradley , Soviet BMD and all Air Assault Armor , French AMX-13 family , British Scorpion , etc....
The last Heavy Tanks of USA and Great Britain was the Conqueror (GB) and USA (T.43) in post War , American T-43 was in post war service with Medium M-47 /M48 Patton and light M-41 , only when soviet Union abandonated the Heavy Tanks Production GB and USA too.
NATO officers looks this two monsters as killers of IS-3 in one hipotetical conflict , T-10M was used by soviet army in Prage and Egypt uses many IS-3 vs israel.
After WWII the light/medium/heavy tanks concept were mostly abandoned and most of the MBTs are categorised as medium tanks, even if they weigh as much as WWII heavy tanks.
IS-6 and IS-7 was only prototypes , IS-7 with Road Wheels based on Kingtiger Steel Wheels and IS-6 used many ideas of Dr Porsche for one electrical transmission system , if you search Porsche had the idea first for Ferdinand and Elepant tank hunters.
IS-10 past be the T-10 with the dead of Stalin , T-10M was the last Heavy Tank produced by Soviet Union.
KV family past to be IS when Kliment Vorochilov lost the aproval od Stalin during the WW2 and KV series past to be "IS" Iosif Stalin , when Stalin dies and lost the good image with Soviet people the new Heavy Tanks past to be only another T series.
All Rusian propaganda made a legend of T-34 but this tank uses one American Suspencion design if you search Walter Christie fast tank u can see the origin of BT soviet series BT (fast tank under licence) A-20 and finally T-34 , from this tanks to T-62
all MBT uses the Christie Suspencion , during the WW2 German concept of MBT change to one more Heavy , if you see the Panther vs all MBT looks heavy , Rusians made the T-44 in the final days of WW2 to copy German Concept , Americans change to MBT the Heavy tank Pershing and Britains made the Centurion , other Rusky mith are the Panther as copy of T-34 , Panther uses a real suspencion with torcion bars , central turret , frontal transmition , imbricate suspencion , its like Porsche techlogy vs one rural tractor as Soviets Generals said in WW2... The Quality of T-34 are the Quanty vs the Enemy
the only common point are the sloped armor but u can see other examples of sloped armor before to T-34
light tank concept survive even today , Americans designs go from WW2 Stuart and Chaffe to post War Walker Bulldog , Sheridan and the modern Calvary Bradley , Soviet BMD and all Air Assault Armor , French AMX-13 family , British Scorpion , etc....
The last Heavy Tanks of USA and Great Britain was the Conqueror (GB) and USA (T.43) in post War , American T-43 was in post war service with Medium M-47 /M48 Patton and light M-41 , only when soviet Union abandonated the Heavy Tanks Production GB and USA too.
NATO officers looks this two monsters as killers of IS-3 in one hipotetical conflict , T-10M was used by soviet army in Prage and Egypt uses many IS-3 vs israel.
sorry 4 my bad english.