Built at Zavod N^o183 Nizhni Tagil, early 1944 During the battle for the Seelowe Heights on the approaches to Berlin, tankers of the 11^th Tank Corps and several other units created improvised anti-panzerfaust screens by taking bed springs from German homes and fastening them to the turret and hull side.
The aim was to detonate the panzerfaust warhead before it struck the armour, weakening its penetration power.
This T-34/85 of the 36^th Tank Brigade, 11^th Tank Corps, 1^st Guards Tank Army, rests at the foot of the Brandenburg Gate in May 1945 following the capture of Berlin.