The crew of the Soviet JS-2 heavy tank from the 222th separate tank Ropshinsky Red Banner Order of Kutuzov of the III degree of the regiment of the Red Army on vacation.
Author’s name of the JS-2 photo is “Musical moment”.
Charging of JS-2 cannon the Private Boris Vasilyevich Kalyagin (born in 1924) plays the harmonium for his crew. Next to him stands the driver Konstantin Alexandrovich Kargopolov (born in 1923). On the JS-2 tank turret the commander of the gun was privat Ivan Andreevich Kazeikin (born in 1922) and the commander of the platoon of the Guard Lieutenant Boris Ivanovich Degtyarev (born in 1923). The 6th Army of the 1st Ukrainian Front of Bolshevik’s Red Army.
Location: Breslau, Germany
Date: April 27, 1945
Author: Anatoly Egorov
Sources of information about the JS-2:
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