Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I reira ano hoki he putanga pupuhi tank o ZiS-2 i huaina ZiS-4. I te tau 1941, i roto i te ngana ki te whakapai ake i te mahi anti-tangi o te T-34, i whakauruhia e nga mema o te Tari Hoahoa Morozov ki te ZiS-4. He iti noa iho o enei tank T-34-57 i hangaia, i whakamahia hei kaiwhai tank. I puta anō te whakaaro i te tau 1943 i muri i te
Ko te Pakanga o Kursk nā te mea i whakanohoia e Tiamana ngā taakaha Tiger me Panther. I whakaputaina he maha noa o te T-34 i whakauruhia ki te putanga whakarereke iti o te pu ZiS-4M me te breech hou hei whakangawari i te hanga. Ahakoa he pai ake te werohanga o te pupuhi tere-tere ki te F-34, ko te taumaha iti o tana peera kaore i taea te pupuhi i te pupuhi nui mo te whakamahinga whanui. Ko te otinga whakamutunga mo te tank ko te hoahoa i tetahi pourewa hou e ahei ana ki te whakamahi i te pupuhi 85 mm; i huaina te tauira hou ko te T-34-85.