![]() ![]() Among his inventions was what is now called “front-wheel drive”, a system that propels a vehicle where its power wheels were in the front and not in the rear, eliminating chain drives that early cars used to power rear wheels. Trained as an engineer, Christie got involved with automobiles in the early 20th century. Christie was born in May 1865 just after the close of the US Civil War in New Milford, New Jersey. But the part of the story not being told is that the T-34 was possible thanks to an American inventor and two innovative Russian military leaders liquidated by Stalin as part of the Great Purge that nearly destroyed the Russian Army. More than 58,000 were manufactured between 19. ![]() ![]() The T-34 is the most successful tank ever built. The new Russian blockbuster film “ T-34” celebrates not only fictional Russian heroes who fight their way out of a Nazi concentration camp, but also a partially reconstructed tank. ![]()
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