Tank aces of the Red Army. Baryatinsky m

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This tankers stood an insurmountable shield on the way of the enemy to Moscow and Stalingrad. It was they who took on the rain of lead and armor -piercing shells near Kursk. They were the most terrible opponent of the Tigers and Panther. It was they who intercepted a steel fist by Lake Balaton, breaking the last hope of the Nazis - “Royal Tigers”. This Isa and T-34 with direct fire were smashed by the Reichstag. Even the best Asas Panzersvaffe recognized “the fantastic fighting spirit of the Russians: some tanks lose their move, having received several direct hits, but their crews do not give up and continue to fire. Russian tankers fight to the last shell and cartridge... ”

However, why is the results of Soviet tank aces much lower than that of the German? Is the insufficient combat training level to blame? The imperfection of observation devices, sights and means of communication? The lag of domestic tank building? A vicious slogan: “Tanks with tanks are not fighting”? Or a fundamentally different approach to the combat use of armored vehicles? Whose tactics in the end turned out to be more effective? Answering the most complex and controversial questions, a well -known military historian restores justice in relation to the tankers of the Great Patriotic War.