Commander of the 12th Separate Tank Brigade Colonel Vasily Badanov (1895 – 1971). 9th Army, Southern Front of the Red Army, spring 1942.
In the background of Colonel Vasily Badanov photo, a KV-1 tank manufactured by ChKZ, armed with a ZIS-5 tank gun (installed on ChTZ / ChKZ tanks from the end of October 1941) is visible.
Also visible is additional frontal armor at the level of the driver’s triplex (installed on ChTZ / ChKZ tanks from the spring of 1942 until the end of the production of KV-1 tanks).
Location: USSR
Snapshot time: 1942