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Soviet combat vehicle production during World War II〔The Eastern Front of World War II is also known as Great Patriotic War〕 from the start of the German invasion of the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941 was large. Although the Soviet Union had a large force of combat vehicles before the German invasion, heavy losses led to a high demand for new vehicles. Production was complicated by the loss of production facilities in the western part of the Soviet Union, and entire factories were moved east of the Ural Mountains to put them out of reach of the Germans. Soviet industrialization in the pre-war years (starting in the 1920s) had been rapid, but quantity was given priority over quality and Soviet engineers were comparatively inexperienced as the Soviet Union started off as a primarily agricultural society. Therefore, the quality of Soviet combat vehicles was inferior to western Allied and German vehicles. (Although the T-34 was better armed and armored than any German tank at the start of the invasion, early-war T-34s could only drive for an average of 200 km before the engine was worn out. At the same point, German and American tanks needed only an oil change to keep running.) The situation improved after the hard years of 1941–1942 when the situation was especially strained as the Soviet industry was in disarray after the move to the east. In general, Soviet tanks had less interior space than the tanks of other nations (which made them smaller targets) - this was possible because the Red Army only employed soldiers of small stature in their tank forces. Combat experience in the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), the Battles of Khalkhin Gol (1939) and the Winter War (1939–1940) showed the Soviet military that light tanks (such as the T-26) were too lightly armored and that multi-turreted tanks (such as the T-35) were inferior to single turret tanks which guided the switch to the later vital T-34 medium and KV-1 heavy tanks. Figures are up until the first half of 1945 and only include new production. The Soviet Union had 25,664〔(''Боевой и численный состав Вооруженных Сил СССР в период Великой Отечественной войны (1941–1945 гг.). Статистический сборник №1 (22 июня 1941 г.)'' (Battle and number orders of Armed Forces of USSR during Great Patriotic War (1941–1945). The statistical collection (22 June 1941). Moscow, 1994. P. 132–135. )〕 or 25,481〔Мельтюхов М.И. ''Упущенный шанс Сталина. Схватка за Европу: 1939–1941 гг. (Документы, факты, суждения). Изд. 3-е, исправленное и дополненное'' (Stalin's Missed Chance. Struggle for Europe: 1939–1941. (Documents, facts, opinions). 3rd edition). Moscow, 2008. P. 525.〕 armoured fighting vehicles on 1 June 1941 before it entered the war. Not shown here are armoured cars, aerosans, artillery tractors and armoured trains. ==Light armoured fighting vehicles== Armoured vehicles under about 15 tonnes could be produced and rebuilt in many light industrial installations, such as automotive, streetcar, and light tractor factories. Most were driven by standard automotive engines. For these reasons light tank production continued well into the war, even though the medium T-34 was much more cost-effective. Foreign light tanks continued to be delivered under Lend-Lease, but domestic production would be replaced by cheaper armoured cars and the plentiful SU-76M self-propelled gun, which was simpler but packed a bigger high-explosive punch. The SU-76 was a 76 mm gun mounted on a lengthened version of the T-70 chassis. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Soviet combat vehicle production during World War II」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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