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"Unscheduled report of an extraordinary event
Unit: GBTU Scientific Research Proving Grounds
Region: MVO
Event: wound during trials
Time: 10:00 August 8th, 1944
Location: shooting range of the NIBT Proving Grounds, Kubinka station, Western Railroad
Victims:

Rank and position
Name
Year of birth
Nationality
Education
Social status
Party affiliation
Place of birth
Nature of wound
Sergeant Loader
Toldykin, Fedor Pavlovich
1924
Russian
7 grades
Kolkhoz farmer
VLKSM
Sorochkinsk, Chkalov oblast
Ragged forehead wound
Sr. Sergeant Gunner
Butorov, Ilya Innokentivich
1922
Russian
5 grades
Worker
VLKSM
Bysherovo, Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Minor head bruise
Description of the event:

On August 8th, 1944, at 10:00 when testing the effect of the D-25 122 mm gun (#266-44) installed on an experimental ISU-122 #249 against armoured hulls, the gun fired unexpectedly when loaded during the fourth shot, as a result of which the recoil of the gun wounded the loader Sergeant Toldykin (ragged forehead wound) and gunner Senior Sergeant Butorov, who received a minor bruise on the forehead."


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