Baby T-34-85s born this spring are now old enough to leave the nest on their own.
Tank Archives
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Tank Archives
@Tank_Archives
Military history writer specializing in armoured warfare in the 1930s and 1940s.
Joined January 2016
- Only 1% of the 660,000 women serving in the Red Army fought in the tank forces, but even the stories of that 1% are not fully known. Here is just a small portion of the women who fought and died in #tanks in the Great Patriotic War. #history #WW2 #WWII #InternationalWomensDay
- The 88 mm Pak 43 was a powerful anti-tank gun but also very heavy and difficult to move. Instructions were issued #OTD in 1943 indicating that the weapon should be used in areas where the front is stable but has limited usefulness in mobile warfare. #artillery #history #WW2 #WWII
