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Wow, that's powerful imagery and symbolism.

Not visibly consistent with any T-34 model. Lack of sloping in the sides of the hull, turret position, mantlet, gun tube, tracks with rubber track blocks, small road wheels, return rollers and the commander's cupola all differ from the "Тридцатьчетверка". Not really much like anything I'm familiar with.

The turret made me think of a T-34, but you're right. It kind of reminds of an IS-2 but the turret/barrel features aren't quite correct for that either.

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Peculiar turret shape...you'd think you'd remember something like that...

The artist's pixiv page doesn't say anything, so I'm a bit lost about what exactly this is.

alicemaiwaifu said:
But he might just have drawn something fictional for the fun of making other people having discussions such as these.

PWN'T! heh

A good, hilarious discussion. Worthwhile read.

I'm going with T-34 in a sandy part of southern Russia.

The hell? Discussion was zombified after 5 months of silence?
I guess I could headshot it and say: it's a gutted Centurion.
It's one of the most widespread tanks in the world and this wreck could be from Indo-Pak wars or Iran-Iraq war or whatever.

DebeliMacak said:

I guess I could headshot it and say: it's a gutted Centurion.
It's one of the most widespread tanks in the world and this wreck could be from Indo-Pak wars or Iran-Iraq war or whatever.

No way in hell this is a centurion. Firstly the turret shape is all wrong, and secondly being a Centurion it would still be in one piece, quietly waiting for a crew to drive it away. Another important point here is that this is a damned beach, not a desert, and there is no snow (Otherwise the tank would be covered in it, duh).

Of course the turret shape is all wrong, 'cause the artist took too many damn liberties with this picture.
The number of wheels, commander's cupola, sloping of forward glacis and few other bits and bobs point to Centurion.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Centurion-MkV-latrun-1.jpg
Besides, who said anything about a desert? How about Shatt-El-Arab area?
Perhaps it's not really important. This is a highly simbolic pisture and artist just based this tank on Centurion. That's all.

I would give my vote for looking most like a WWII Russian KV-85. Only major factor that differs is the gun mantlet.

To me it looks like an M46 Patton, minus muzzle brake. None of the WWII Soviet tanks I looked at had track shoes remotely like those. Neither does the Centurion pictured. Also, if it's a Centurion, then the grenade discharger attachment points are completely, cleanly gone, as are the turret 'baskets.'

Looks to me like an early Leopard 1...