Tank troops

Evacuation of wounded of the 2nd Ukrainian Front on Soviet tanks during the Budapest offensive

Soviet tank crewmen on tank and Romanian infantry are seen on their way to the frontline, Romania, August 1944. Photo by Izrail Ozersky/TASS

During the advance of the tank-borne infantry. Hungary, 1944

City residents welcome Soviet tank crewmen, that liberated the city, Bucharest, August 1944. Photo by Boris Losin/TASS

The picture, which has become a classic, is a joint work of A. Arkhipov and M. Redkin and is "assembled" from two negatives

Soviet tankers at the grave of tankers killed in June 1941 and buried by local residents (Belarus)

Советская танковая часть с десантом пехотинцев на улице германского городка, 1-й Белорусский фронт

Soviet tank unit in the outskirts of Berlin.

IN THE CENTRE, MY FATHER, VLADIMIR VLADIMIROVICH, AND HIS CREW. THEY WENT THROUGH PROKHOROVKA, POLAND AND THE EASTERN PRUSSIA, STORMED BERLIN AND LIBERATED PRAGUE. THEY DECIDED TO HAVE A HAIRCUT, AND YOUNG HAIRDRESSERS OF THE BARBER SHOP WANTED TO TREAT THEM WITH BLOWDRY. THIS IS THE ONLY PHOTO, WHERE MY FATHER HAS CURLY HAIR.

A moment of silence. The crew of the IS-2 tank during rest, 87th Guards Tank Regiment. Breslau

Japanese Type 2 "Ka-Mi" amphibious tanks seized on the Shumshu Island

Convoy of a Soviet tank formation moving through the Big Khingan mountain range

Convoy of T-34-85 tanks of the 2nd Far Eastern Front in Manchuria

Residents of the city of Dairen greeting tankmen of the 7th Mechanized Corps of the 6th Guards Tank Army

Residents of Chinese city of Dairen greeting Soviet tanksmen