Andrei Vasilievich Zarubin went to the front at the age of seventeen in 1943. He took part in the battles during the liberation of Hungary. He served in the 135th tank brigade as a mechanic - driver of the T-34-85 tank. 01/27/1945 burned down in a tank in the area of ​​the Pettend manor's yard south-west of Budapest. The offensive of the 23rd Panzer Corps began at 10:00 on 27 January. At first, the 135th Panzer Brigade achieved the greatest success, breaking into the Pettend courtyards at 11:00. However, the Germans did not tolerate the capture of the key stronghold, at the base of their wedge driven into the Soviet defense, and fiercely counterattacked. The biggest nuisance for Soviet tank crews in Pettend was the "Royal Tigers". The 509th heavy tank battalion was withdrawn to Shergeliesh for recovery and rest. The news of the Soviet counteroffensive forced 3 tanks to be thrown into battle, later the battalion commander's car joined them. Infantry support was provided by the Norwegians from the "Norge". The slow "Tigers" rarely kept up on the battlefield in the first hours of repelling counter-attacks, but they were still found near the edge of the tank wedge. On the contrary, the 151st Infantry Division, which was supposed to advance on Pettend together with the 135th Brigade, did not approach in time and remained in the area of ​​Kayaso st. Peter. During a two-hour heavy battle, the 135th Tank Brigade lost a significant part of its combat vehicles and was forced to retreat to its original positions. This is one of the few confirmed episodes of the effective use of the Royal Tigers in battle. Crews of four. German heavy tanks, 41 Soviet tanks were destroyed. According to the list of irrecoverable losses, the 135th brigade lost 27 T-34 tanks burned out at Pettend on January 27. This is the only information that we managed to find out about those events that took place in that distant 1945.