T-100 tank

T-100
The Soviet T-100 heavy tank being tested and documented.
TypeHeavy tank
Place of originSoviet Union
Service history
Used bySoviet Union
WarsWorld War II
Winter War
Production history
DesignerOKMO
No. built2
Specifications
Mass58 tons[which?]
Length8.38 m (27 ft 6 in)
Width3.4 m (11 ft 2 in)
Height3.42 m (11 ft 3 in)
Crew6 or 8

Main
armament
76.2 mm L-11 gun : 120 rounds
Secondary
armament
45 mm gun
4 × Degtyaryov machine guns
EngineMikulin GAM-34BT, water cooled Petrol 4-stroke V-12
800 hp (600 kW)
Power/weight14 hp/ton[which?]
SuspensionTorsion bar
Operational
range
road: 200 km (120 mi)
cross-country: 120 km (75 mi)
Maximum speed 36 km/h (22 mph)

The T-100 was a Soviet twin-turreted heavy tank prototype, designed in 1938–39 as a possible replacement for the T-35 heavy tank. The T-100 was designed by N. Barykov's OKMO design team at S.M. Kirov Factory No. 185 in Leningrad. The T-100 was originally conceived with three turrets and was eventually built with two. It was in competition with a similar design, the SMK, but neither was adopted and instead a single turret version of the SMK was ordered as the KV-1. All three prototypes were tested at the same time in the Battle of Summa during the Winter War with Finland.