Other than the difference in armor and the new main gun, the model 1941 was fairly similar to the model 1940. These included the turret and the hull which both had around 50-60 mm armor. The first variant of the T-34 series was the model 1941 or T-34/76B had thicker armor in most places. The T-34/76's curved turret, while effective, led to many tanks getting a shell lodged to their turret, and therefore, tearing the turret off from an enemy shell fired at that area. The early T-34/76s were death traps to escape from as the gunner and tank commander shared a single hatch. The armor protection was about 45 mm thick in the front and back part of the hull and the turret had about 45-40 mm of armor although, in some places, the armor was only 15-22 mm. The suspension of the T-34/76 was the same as all future variants and it was a Christie suspension system. It weighed about 26,000 kg and it was about 5.92 meters long. The T-34/76 could carry seventy-seven rounds of 76 mm ammunition and about 2,400 rounds of ammunition for its machine guns.

T-34-76 Medium Battle Tank