Many countries in the 1920s and 1930s attempted to create multi-turret tanks—true powerful "land battleships." Both the United Kingdom and the USSR developed tanks with five turrets, but only the Soviet tank was eventually adopted for service. Created in 1932, the five-turret T-35 weighed over 50 tons, measured almost 10 meters in length, and had a crew of 9-11 people. In terms of firepower, the tank surpassed all domestic and foreign counterparts. It was equipped with one 76.2-mm gun, two 45-mm guns, and six or seven 7.62-mm machine guns. However, the tank had rather weak armor, which only protected it from bullets, shrapnel, and small-caliber artillery. Additionally, it was slow and unwieldy, making it an excellent target. "The T-35 was no picnic," recalled driver-mechanic Ivan Smolyakov. "It was a very heavy machine and complicated... They often broke down, especially the transmission. On my machine, we changed two gearboxes in six months." Thanks to its formidable appearance, the tank became a regular participant in military parades. Moreover, it was depicted on the "For Courage" medal. By the start of the war against Nazi Germany, the T-35 was already quite outdated. Nevertheless, about 60 units were still in the Red Army, 48 of them in Ukraine. In the first weeks of fighting, all of them were lost—some destroyed by the enemy, but most broke down during marches. One captured tank was taken by the Germans to Germany, and according to some reports, it participated in the Battle of Berlin on the Nazi side. Although the combat career of the T-35 ended in the summer of 1941, propaganda did not want to abandon such an impressive image. As a result, the five-turret giant continued to appear on Soviet propaganda posters in the following years of the war.