T-34 Fighting Girlfriend

 

Tank T-34 “Fighting Girlfriend” at the moment of its transfer to the crew from the team of the Sverdlovsk bread and pasta plant. The tank was built with money from plant workers, most of whom were women. 93rd Tank Brigade. Winter 1943.

 

The T-34 medium tank photo source: army.lv.

 

T-34 “Fighting Girlfriend” from the 93rd Tank Brigade of the Red Army. The tank was built with money from workers of the Sverdlovsk pasta plant. Crew of senior lieutenant K. Baida. The tank was destroyed in the fall of 1943.
Data from the book M. Kolomiets, I. Moshchansky “Camouflage of tanks of the Red Army 1930-1945” p. 47

 

 

Location: Sverdlovsk city, USSR
Time when the photo was taken: January-February 1943

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