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Why the German Army Refused to Use the "Superior" Captured T-34

18+ hour, 7+ min ago  (429+ words) In the summer of 1941, during the opening stages of Operation Barbarossa, German tank crews encountered a battlefield "ghost" that shattered their belief in Panzer superiority: the Soviet T-34. By late 1941, the Wehrmacht had captured hundreds of T-34s intact'enough to equip test units…...