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Originally Posted by MaDalton
that sounds about correct. the amount of T34 tanks Russia was producing in that short time is mindblowing
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Yeah, they were barely coming into the industrial age at the time (thank you prison labor camps!!) - militarily, they were in the previous century. They made a quantum leap forward. If I recall correctly, Stalin's own generals like Zhukov and the other big ones at the time were still arguing that cavalry will never go away and play a dominant role right up until Germany attacked them. I think they also made some big advances in artillery as well. It was unreal how fast they were able to adapt and hold Germany at bay. World War II itself is interesting in that respect in terms of new technology entering the war and how fast new technology was developed to counter it.