Refueling of the Japanese Nakajima A6M2-N seaplane
Japanese soldiers are pouring fuel into the wing tanks of the Nakajima A6M2-N seaplane of the Imperial Navy, known to American pilots under the name “Rufe”. A6M2-N seaplane was a…
Repair of the Soviet BM-13 Multiple Launch Rocket System
Repair of the Soviet BM-13 Multiple Launch Rocket System (Katyusha) on the chassis of the American truck Studebaker US6. The photo ща the BM-13 is printed on German Agfa Lupex…
Japanese sailor cleans universal guns of the Yamashiro battleship
The Japanese sailor drains the trunks of 127-mm universal guns of the “Yamashiro” battleship of the Imperial Navy of Japan. Summer of 1943.
Air gunner of the Soviet Il-2 attack aircraft sergeant P. Shulyakov
Air gunner of the Soviet Il-2 attack aircraft of the Red Army (of the regiment commander), sergeant P. Shulyakov. In the foreground 12.7-mm machine gun UBT (universal Berezina turret). 1944.
Hero of the Soviet Union Lieutenant M.I. Sipovich and Captain Korovin on the captured Finnish bunker
Hero of the Soviet Union Lieutenant Mikhail Ivanovich Sipovich (left) and captain Ivan Evdokimovich Korovin posing on a captured Finnish bunker. Lieutenant Sipovich was commander of a battalion, who captured…
Maxim four-barreled anti-aircraft machine gun is preparing to repel an air raid
The team of the Soviet quadruple antiaircraft machine gun “Maxim” model of 1931 from the 222nd Infantry Regiment of the Red Army is preparing to repel an air raid during…
Soviet officer examines Finnish handcuffs found in Vyborg Castle
A Soviet officer of the Red Army Infantry examines Finnish handcuffs found in the captured Vyborg Castle during the Soviet-Finnish war (the Winter War of 1939-1940). In the background of…
Soviet partisans with a captured German MG.34 machine gun, mounted on a makeshift machine
Soviet partisans use a captured German 7.92-mm MG.34 machine gun mounted on a homemade sledge-type machine. Location: USSR Date: 1943 Author: Jacob Davidson
The commander hands out the medal For Courage to the partisan Petr Gurko
The commander of the partisan detachment presents the medal “For Courage” to the young partisan-scout Pyotr Gurko (born in 1928). The commander hands out the medal “For Courage” to the…
Commissar of the partisan detachment S.А. Ivanov
Commissar of the partisan detachment S.А. Ivanov. Commissar Ivanov is armed with a 7.62-mm revolver of the Nagant system and an anti-personnel grenade RGD-33 in an offensive version. Before the…