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Tiger KIllers
The German Tiger tank gained significant renown during the Second World War and remains a popular topic in discussions of this period even today. While some modern interpretations paint the Tiger as a...
View ArticleEngagement Ranges
"ConclusionsAs a result of examination of materials covering tanks and SPGs knocked out in battle in 1942, 1943, and 1944, one can consider the following assertions to hold firmly:German tanks and...
View ArticleWidespread Welding
"Order of the People's Commissar of Tank Production of the USSR #200sMoscowMarch 28th, 1943The meeting gathered in response to my order given on December 18th, 1942 in Nizniy Tagil at factory #183 on...
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Shermans in Mud
The Medium Tank M4 showed itself as an effective weapon over the course of decades of service. Tanks from the Sherman family successfully fought in every corner of the world in WW2 and after. However,...
View ArticleSuper T-50
"MemoOut of the two T-50 tanks developed by factory #174 and the Kirov factory, the one developed by factory #174 was accepted into service.The Kirov factory proposes increasing the thickness of the...
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A Soviet Look at French Cavalry
It just so happened that Soviet tank building grew out of the French school. Renault FT light tanks captured in the spring of 1919 happened to be the most appropriate type for production in Soviet...
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HPZ’s Unlucky First
August 20th, 1920, can be considered the starting point for Soviet tank building. It progressed pretty quickly. By 1921, the Red Army already had classifications for its new tanks. Captured British...
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The Most American Sherman
A number of different fates could befall a Sherman tank. They fought in the deserts of Africa, the jungles of South-East Asia, the steppes of the Soviet Union. Tanks build at American factories could...
View ArticleShopping List
"Attachment to instructions of department 1b, 8th Infantry Division, June 20th, 1941List of military equipment that must be captured for use. Items marked with a + are especially important.Guns and...
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A Tank from a Former Ally
The T-34 was a mystery for the USSR’s allies for most of WWII. A sample of the legendary tank was only sent abroad in 1943, but information about an improved variant with a 3-man turret and an 85 mm...
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100 mm D-10 vs 88 mm KwK 43
The Red Army took the threat of German anti-tank weapons very seriously, and the 88 mm Pak 43 remained a reference point for enemy anti-tank guns even after the war. In part, protection from this gun...
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Firebreathing KV from Chelyabinsk
Flamethrower tanks were not a rarity in the Red Army. Work on chemical tanks began in the early 1930s. Initially, they were meant to deploy chemical weapons, but “universal” chemical tanks appeared...
View ArticleAnti-Tank Dog Instructions
Check the equipment of both the soldiers and the dogs. "Instructions on using anti-tank dogs in various types of combat 1942A. Main pointsAnti-tank dogs are an auxiliary weapon for infantry in...
View ArticleVideo: Soviet Anti-Tank Dogs
The anti-tank dog is one of the least researched weapons in the Red Army's anti-tank arsenal. Few publications dedicate more than a few paragraphs to this unusual weapon. In my most recent video, I...
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Americans at the Right Place, at the Right Time
The first foreign tanks sent to the USSR as military aid arrived in the fall of 1941. These were British Matilda III and Valentine II tanks. They arrived in time to briefly take part in the defensive...
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The Doomed Victorious AA Tank
The T-90 AA tank developed by the Molotov GAZ factory that won the tender but never entered mass production.The situation in Soviet tank production changed radically in the second half of 1942. The...
View ArticlePanzerfaust Usage
"To commanders of formations and units of the 1st Mechanized Krasnograd CorpsCopy to: 37th MBrRecent battles showed that the enemy is using "Faust" grenade launchers against our tanks and SPGs. In...
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Well Fed Sherman
In 1942 the British asked the Americans to develop a tank based on the Sherman with improved armour. The Americans gave them the Assault Tank T14, but didn’t take much interest in the idea themselves....
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A Shortage of Guns
Practice shows that processes in the army that flow slowly tend to rapidly accelerate after the first combat engagements. This observation applies to the German SPG program. The Germans began working...
View ArticleTougher Armour
"Order of the People's Commissar of Tank Production #562sMoscowJuly 31st, 1942The meeting called by the People's Commissariat of Tank Production in Moscow on the topic of improving quality of hulls...
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