Soviet KV-2 heavy tanks of the 8th Tank Division of the Red Army

Soviet KV-2 heavy tanks of the 8th Tank Division of the Red Army

May 19, 2016 #Red Army, #Wehrmacht

Soviet KV-2

 

Two abandoned by their crews the Soviet KV-2 heavy tanks from the Red Army Armored Force. Turrets are located in the stowed position, machine guns removed: Soviet KV-2 heavy tanks apparently abandoned due to malfunction or the lack of fuel during the retreat of the Red Army under the blows of the Nazi Wehrmacht. German Blitzkrieg in Russia, Operation Barbarossa, Eastern Front, Second World War.

 

 

Photography Location: Zhovkva, Lviv region, Ukraine, USSR
Time taken: June 5, 1941

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