Historical question about the turrets of russian tanks...

[bopokippo]

just wondering, for the following tanks

T-34/76
T-34/85
KV-1
IS-2

Which of these had a manual turret turning system? I'm guessing they all would, but could someone please elaborate on how it would work? Would there be like a winch that you keep spinning or something? Thanks

[stealthattack1]

i wouldnt know.

[Jeff 'Robotnik' W.]

they all had electrical turret traverse systems, but also had manual traverse to fine tune aim and in case the electrical traverse failed

[ACHTUNG PANZER]

Well from what I know is that only the tiger tank had a turret that could move on it's own

[Jeff 'Robotnik' W.]

nope, multiple tanks had power traverse, though the tiger was somewhat unique in that its turret was powered hydraulically and not electrically

[bopokippo]

Wait, I thought T-34s in WWII had a manual turret traverse. It says on wikipedia that the 1945 late version was updated with an electric traverse.