![]() The result was the T-34 medium tank, whose superb capabilities shocked the German Wehrmacht when it invaded the Soviet Union. When Soviet tank designers were preparing a successor to the BT Fast Tank series, they combined its excellent mobility with thick, sloped armour and the unprecedented firepower of a 76 mm high-velocity gun. ![]() They were similar to what other countries called medium tanks. The French cavalry tanks ( Chars de Cavalerie) focused on speed in addition to power and protection of the other designs. There were medium tanks that focused on anti-infantry capabilities (such as in World War II: the Panzer IV short-barrel, and the M4 Sherman), and medium tanks which were more focused on the anti-tank role, mounting high-velocity tank guns. In the period leading up to World War II, the British stopped using the term Medium for their tanks as the new philosophy of Cruiser tank and Infantry tank which defined tanks by the role came into use. Medium tanks of the interwar period included the British Vickers Medium Mark II and the Soviet multi-turreted T-28. Sherman medium tank from World War II, the workhorse of U.S. Its existence outlasted the super-heavy tank and heavy tank but eventually was eclipsed by the main battle tank. The medium tank doctrine came into use in the interwar period. ![]() It was smaller and lighter than the British heavy tanks and only carried machine guns. The first tanks to carry the name Medium appeared in the First World War with the British Medium Mark A "Whippet".
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