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The German army, always short of equipment, was always more than happy to employ as much captured material as possible. Using captured or foreign produced equipment was a standard practise of the German Army since before the war. T-34s, T-70s, T-26s, KV-1s, KV-2s and...read more

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Absolutely spellbinding film - an incredible movie, and a very well made trailer for that movie directed by Elem Klimov in 1985. This movie is a film that truly captures the experiences and horrors of WWII. It is included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven...read more

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This tank liberated Surovikino town in the end of 1942. In 2011 this tank was lifted from a river bed and it was brought, restored and displayed at the Museum of Stalingrad Battle.

The tank was part of the 10 T-34/76 who fought in the district of Surovikino 6 of which were destroyed in...read more

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During the 17-18th of June a T-34/76 model 1943 was lifted from its peat and silt grave. The tank was located and salvaged in the Cherkassy region in the Ukraine by a "Red Star" group of enthusiasts from Kiev in 2008. Photographs and footage of the Soviet T-34/76 medium tank show the process of...read more

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The battlefields of Eastern Europe hide some quite amazing discoveries. In September 2000, the Estonian battlefield exploration group Otsing recovered a complete T-34 tank from the bottom of a lake in the woods near the provincial capital of Jöhvi (Estonia). After...read more

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With an iconic T-34 tank guarding the entrance, you know where you are. The Central Museum of Armed Forces takes you through Russia’s military history, from its earliest days to modern times. 

The focus is on World War II, from Soviet propaganda posters to weapons and banners captured...(find out more)

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A Russian KV-1 tank from WW2 rescued from a lake and restored to running order. read more

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On 2 May 1945, after one of the most intense battles in human history, the guns at last stopped firing amongst the ruins of Berlin. According to Soviet veterans, the silence that followed the fighting was literally deafening. Less than four years after his attack on the Soviet Union, Hitler's...read more

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Suddenly and without warning, early on the morning of 22 June 1941, over three million Axis forces lunged across the Soviet state border and commenced Hitler’s infamous Operation Barbarossa. Spearheaded by four powerful panzer groups and protected by an impenetrable curtain of air support, the...read more

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