What tank is that in the foreground? I would guess it was a T-34 variant, but he turret is unknown to me. Picture taken from the Manchurian campaign. :lol:
It has every characteristic of a T-34/85, down to the bulging turret and the mantlet outcropping where the gun is fitted. I think the distorted turret top is just camouflage material or some sort of additional protection, like Ricky suggested.