The riflemen of Lieutenant Rogov’s Red Army unit (64th Army, Lieutenant-General M. S. Shumilov) are fighting for the Barricade plant (the Battle of Stalingrad). Eastern Front, Second World War.
The photo of Red Army unit is rare due to the presence in the frame of a self-loading rifle Tokarev SVT-40 in a sniper version. Sniper version of SVT-40 was inferior in accuracy and effective range to the Mosin sniper rifle of the model of 1891/30.
Location: Battle of Stalingrad
Date of filming: November 1942
Author: Emmanuel Evzerikhin
Source of information about the Red Army unit:
1. RGAFKD/256656