According to Lazerpig, some T34s that reached the front line would have no parascope installed, the crew literally couldn't see where they were going or aiming out without opening the hatch and climbing out. The quality differed massively based on the factory it came from as some factories started finding ways to increase production to meet quota and that meant getting rid of all sorts of components, that's corruption for you. There is even a case of a T34 with no scopes installed and the driver managed to drive right into the Germans before they opened the hatch and realised where they were and there were many cases of T34s driving straight into ditches and rivers
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