Bolt Action Germans, Allies and Chinese Armies
Chinese T-34 Tank
I recently built and started painting a T-34/85 for my Chinese Korean army. I decided to go with Vallejo US army green. I’ve still got to finish with some weathering and a Red star on the hull.
For those interested below are some of the armor sold to China by the USSR
The Soviet Arms Sales to the PLA, 1950-55
Dr. Martin Andrew reports the following figures:
- 1950 – 300 T-34-85s, 60 IS-2s and 40 ISU-122s, which were organized into 10 regiments (30 T-34/85 medium tanks, 6 IS-2 heavy tanks, and 4 ISU-122 tank destroyers in each).
- 1951 – 96 T-34-85s, and 64 SU-76s, which were organized into 4 regiments.
- 1952 – 312 T-34-85s, and 208 SU-76s, which were organized into 13 regiments.
- 1953 – 480 T-34-85s, and 320 SU-76s, which were organized into 13 regiments (based on a total number of 40 regiments at this point).
- 1954 – 649 T-34-85s, 320 SU-76s, 22 IS-2s, 99 SU-100s, 67 ISU-152s, and 9 ARVs (two of which were based on the ISU chassis, the others likely being T-34s).
- 1955 – No figures are given by Dr. Andrew, but there were sales in 1955.
- 72 additional armored recovery vehicles and engineering vehicles were also supplied at unknown dates, probably around 1952-1953.
Total 1950-1954: 1837 T-34-85s, 82 IS-2s, 40 ISU-122, 67 ISU-152, 99 SU-100, 704 SU-76. A total of 2829 tanks, (excluding ARVs and engineering vehicles) organized into 67 regiments. Over 3000 vehicles are reported to have been supplied to the PLA from the USSR 1950-1955.
T-34/85 WIP
M5A1 Stuart of the PLA, on display in Beijing.
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