Is it true that the T-34 was built in the United States during WWII as a help to the Soviets, so they could beat the Germans?

by EngagedGuilty
Georgy_K_Zhukov

The answer to this is "No". The T-34 was produced at the following Soviet factories in the following numbers, although as with any Soviet statistics, these are more estimates that absolutes, and there are higher numbers given which likely also include full-overhauls rather than just new production.

Factory Production
UZTM 719
CzKZ 5,094
Zawod No. 174 5,867
STZ 3,770
Zawod No.112 12,604
ChTZ No. 183 1,675
UTZ No. 183 28,952
Total 58,681

The closest thing that can be said about American "production" is that the T-34 was based off of the Christie suspension design, an American design which they had initially copied wholesale with the BT-2, a copy of the Christie. To be sure, America (and the UK) was building tanks for the USSR, but rather than going through the process of retooling for production of Soviet designs (assuming the Soviets would even have agreed to it), they were sending their own designs.

Type Delivered
Matilda II 918
Valentine 3,332
Churchill 263
Cromwell 6
Tetrarch 20
M3 Stuart 1,232
M5A1 Stuart 5
M24 Chafee 2
M3 Lee 976
M4A2 Sherman 3,664
M26 Pershing 1
M10 3in GMC 52
M18 76mm GMC 5
T48 57mm GMC 650
M31 ARV 127
Total 11,253

T-34: Mythical Weapon by Robert Michulec

Soviet Lend-Lease Tanks of World War II by Steven J. Zaloga