Tank troops

Commander of 8th tank brigade, Colonel P.A. Rotmistrov (right) with the last tank under Rzhev.

Tanks captured by Soviet troops in the square of Demyansk

In battles in the North Caucasus, serviceable German tanks were captured. German trophy tank preparing for battle

Tank troopers training

Fascist "tigers" knocked out by the Red Army

Four fighters

Three tanks

Defense line near Leningrad. Abandoned German hardware on the highway near Ligov

The inscription on an armoured fighting vehicle says, “Long live Stalin, the Leader of the Red Army”

Tank disguise

A column of tanks

Troopers at the moment of the attack

Tank crew: commander, order bearer Chihunov (right), radio operator Makarov (center) and driver-mechanic M.P. Krivorotov (left)

The commander of the tank group, Lieutenant Tkach, sets a combat mission to the tank unit

The tank commander Sergeant Major Logachev sets a combat mission to the driver-mechanic and a Komsomol member F.E. Morgunov