Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Paivawo nechinhu chedhiramu chedhiramu cheZiS-2 chinonzi ZiS-4. Muna 1941, mukuedza kuvandudza anti-tank kuita kweT-34 nhengo dzetangi dzeMorozov Design Bureau dzakaedza kuigadzira neZiS-4. Nhamba shoma chete dzematangi aya T-34-57 dzakavakwa uye dzinoshandiswa sevavhimi vematangi. Pfungwa yacho yakabudazve muna 1943 pashure peHondo yeKursk
nemhaka yokuti Germany yakatumira zvombo zvehondo zveTiger nePanther. Chete shoma nhamba T-34 vakapakata zvishoma zvakachinjwa shanduro ZiS-4M pfuti pamwe breech itsva nyore kugadzirwa dzakabudiswa. Kunyange zvazvo mukuru-nokukurumidza pfuti akanga mukuru zvombo kupindira kuna F-34 duku uremu chibhakera kwayo kwaireva kuti aisagona kupfura yakakwana mukuru-zvinoputika bara nokuda kushandiswa. Kugadziriswa kwekupedzisira kwetanki kwaiva kugadzira turret itsva inobvumira kushandiswa kwepfuti ye 85 mm; muenzaniso mutsva wakadanwa kuti T-34-85.