Soviet infantry entrenched along the Eastern bank of the Western Dvina River fires a Maxim machine gun toward German positions during the liberation of Vitebsk in June 1944. Read more
A Soviet Maxim machine gun crew struggles to haul its heavy weapon across a steep riverbank during the August 1945 offensive against the Japanese Kwantung Army in Manchuria. Read more
A camouflaged Soviet armored train equipped with a twin Maxim anti-aircraft machine gun mount during the desperate fighting on the Eastern Front in 1941. Read more
Red Army infantry armed with Mosin–Nagant rifles advance alongside T-26 light tanks during fierce fighting against German defensive positions in the summer of 1941. Read more
A Soviet Maxim machine gun crew fights under German artillery fire during the brutal battles for Crimea in the spring of 1944. Read more
Guards Private Pavel Karpov of the Red Army shaves with an American Gillette razor supplied through Lend-Lease shortly before demobilization in Germany after the end of World War II in Europe. Read more
Destroyed Soviet BA-10 armored car with the burned remains of a Red Army crewman during the brutal fighting on the Eastern Front in 1941. Read more