A. Anikin

 

The Chief Sergeant of the Marine Corps of the Soviet Black Sea Fleet of the Red Navy A. Anikin.

The Soviet Marine A. Anikin is armed with anti-personnel grenades RGD-33 (hand grenade Dyakonov) and 7.62-mm TT pistol (Tula Tokarev).
A. Anikin is wrapped in cartridge belts from Maxima’s machine gun with 7.62 mm caliber cartridges. In his hands, the Marine keeps the RKKA commander’s binoculars (presumably AU 6×30) and a cigarette.
In the background there is a view of the Sevastopol roadstead and the Konstantinovsky fort.

 

 

Location: Sevastopol, Crimea, Russia
Date: April 1942

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