Picture of the Day

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One of 400 Sockellafette la für 5 cm KwK 39/1 Bordkanone, 1945.

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Tali-Ihantala.

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Berlin 1945.

"It was the time of full daylight, but to us, it seemed that the battle was taking place in the evening twilights. Somebody later said to me that on the 30th April was a sunny day in Berlin. Not a glint of it could come down to us through the smoke" - Stepan Neustroev

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StuH 42 (Alkett 10-11.43 prod.) from StuG.Abt. 177.

"The Sturmhaubitze, deployed together with the Sturmgeschütz, has performed outstandingly. Rounds with impact fuses are highly effective on soft targets. When challenging tanks, the effect of the hollow-charge round was invariably successful." - StuG.Abt. 177, report dated August 1943

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Destroyed T-26 in Krim 1942.

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Scouts from the 229th Guards Light Artillery Regiment examining a destroyed SU-85 in Mykolaiv Oblast, March 1944.

Spoiler

Scout on the right, Andrey Stepanovich Galeta was promoted to Lieutenant in 12/1944 and was later killed during the Battle of Berlin, 27 April 1945.