Traditionally only Russian ships and aircraft were named after prominent figures, though small arms also bore their inventor’s name. But two Soviet tanks are enshrined in military history not under ...
Key Point: The KV had potential but wasn’t used right. Morever, they were too tall and easy to spot. A day after the German blitzkrieg into the Soviet Union in June 1941, more than 200 Nazi tanks were ...
A day after the German blitzkrieg into the Soviet Union in June 1941, more than 200 Nazi tanks were powering through Lithuania on a race northward to Leningrad. The Luftwaffe knocked out the Soviets’ ...
With armor that made German guns useless, the KV-1 and KV-2 were unstoppable in 1941. But weight, complexity, and changing tactics left them behind. This is the full rise and fall of the Soviet KV ...
A Soviet tank used by the Red Army to defend Leningrad from the Nazis has been raised from the muddy depths of a riverbed. The KV-1 tank sank in the Neva River near Leningrad - now St Petersburg - ...
Traditionally only Russian ships and aircraft were named after prominent figures, though small arms also bore their inventor’s name. But two Soviet tanks are enshrined in military history not under ...
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