Russian t 34: Crew of the tank named “Sergey Kirov” (board number 107) from the 1st Leningrad Red Banner Red Army Tank Brigade prepares its armored vehicle for the upcoming battles against the Nazi Wehrmacht.
The crew of the Russian t 34 tank: tank commander Lieutenant Matvey Ivanovich Kapustin, driver mechanic sergeant Yakov Tikhonovich Tokarev, sergeant radio operator Nikolai Ivanovich Starchenko, tower gunner senior sergeant Fedor Dmitrievich Panov. The Order of the Battle Red Banner is depicted on board the tank tower. Leningrad Front.
The Russian T-34 is a Soviet medium tank of the Great Patriotic War period, which has been mass-produced since 1940. During 1942-1947 – the T-34 main tank of the Red Army and the USSR Armed Forces.
The T-34 was the main tank of the Red Army until the first half of 1944, before the arrival of its modification T-34-85.
Russian T-34 is the most massive tank of the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union.
Location: Leningrad Region, USSR
Photo Time: January-February 1943