Your ordering is off. Their initial tanks were old and ineffective. It was after the sieges that tank production in the east ramped up with T34&#x27;s. If the civilians had not taken the brunt and fought back, there wouldn&#x27;t have been enough time to produce any tanks on the other side of the country. The Soviet tank forces of 39-40 couldn&#x27;t hold a candle to the later version.