Trumpeter 1/16 Trumpeter Russian T34/76 Mod 1942 TankDescription Brief Operational History The T 34 76 was designed in the 1938 when the Red Army found that the BT 7 would no longer be effective on a modern battlefield. On December 19, 1939 the new vehicle was designated T 34 and ordered into full production. It would take until July of 1940. for production to begin, and by the end of that year only 117 examples would be completed. An order for 600 tanks was placed for the following year. These tanks