In the story of the Great Patriotic War Hundreds of the names of the heroes of tankers are inscribed, whose feats are amazing today and even shock. Their bravery allowed to stand in the hardest battles, and the semelter helped, even when the number of the enemy was superior several times. Last Sunday, the country was honored by all those involved in the Day of Tankist, and we decided to remember the defenders who fought in the "Machine of Combat".
Zinovy \u200b\u200bColobanov and Road to Leningrad
Senior Lieutenant Zinovy \u200b\u200bColobanov During the Great Patriotic War, commanded the mouth of heavy tanks 1-y. Northern Front Tank Division. On the approaches to Leningrad, the famous tank fight took place at the Council of Arctic, in which KV-1 Kolobanova destroyed the enemy column of 22 combat vehicles. This battle made it possible to detain the offensive of the Germans and save Leningrad from the lightning grip.
Crew KV-1 Z. G. Kolobanova (center), August 1941 Photo: P. V. Maysky
Vladimir Hazov and three T-34
Vladimir Hazov's senior lieutenant was instructed to stop the column of German tanks in the village of Olkhovatka. Reaching the specified area, decided to act from the shelter. The young officer believed that the main weapon was surprising, and did not lose. Three Soviet T-34 They managed to defeat 27 German combat vehicles. Numerical superiority did not allow the enemy to exit the winner of this battle, and the platoon of Hazov in full swing returned to the location of the battalion.
Alexey Roman and the capture of an impregnable bridgehead
The last water obstacle on the way to Berlin was the Oder River, these frontiers the enemy tried to keep at any cost. The tank company of the senior lieutenant Alexei Roman was the first in line for crossing the river. For a few days in the hardest battles, tankers not only managed to force Oder North-west Breslau, but also captured the prigible, impregnable first, German bridgehead. For the heroic crossing a young officer assigned the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
Dmitry Zakrevsky and sophisticated German tank
Scouts under the command of Captain Dmitry Zagrevsky hijacked the German tank from the enemy rear. During the operation not far from the village of Buzuluk, the defenders discovered Nazi T-IV, and in it portable cards of the enemy commanders and others secret documents. The bravery and an email allowed scouts not only to overcome the German and Soviet line of defense, but also return to the location of the battalion in full.
IN Tank forces served. Petrifier. So, there were combat shooting, target at a distance of 1 km. Who from the first time in the target did not get, he took a 30-kilogram shell in his hands, ran with him to the target, X * twisted the target until she fell, and returned with the shell on the hump back. Sometimes made it crawl. Save service ...
D. Avno Already, the companion of my uncle told him like his company, enhanced by "strangers" (people ~ 200), threw a stall some hole in our defense in rn curr Horn. The task was to keep "to the last drop of blood" the only way to which German tanks could take advantage. Tanks stop and die - grace! The company was driven into place, shipped a little bit of "half a gun" of anti-tank grenades, said that there would probably come to the tanks tomorrow and left. Living them remained less than a day. No other anti-tank agents provided.
The commander examined the terrain and ordered: "I am ashamed, people go to visit us from Germany, and we have such a broken road."
"Give it probably from fear" - many thought.
The commander continued: "Everyone to shake out all of the storms and for me."
The company went to the slander's hill closest from the road, from some metallurgical factory nearby. The commander made the slag and carry the commander and carry to the mound. On the road itself, the slag was raised uneven, there is more there where the road in the town goes. "So that they were somewhat" - the commander tag.
The slagozashper lasted for a very long time, all the bags were inwhawing into rags, the blades were drunk to the cuttings. They fell asleep almost two kilometers of the road. The people are angry and tired, now it is also pumped up midnight.
In the morning, a signal was filed with the groove: "I see tanks." Helling his almost useless grenades, the soldiers knew that life was over. Finally, the tanks began to go to the "landscaped" road.
The third tank of the column lost the caterpillar first, and in a minute this epidemic covered the rest of the cars, the number of eight. Standing tank if it is not angry, the thing is not dangerous. Without completely realizing you, the UAS, the Germans were threatened and the tank tow truck. The infantry of the Germans is not bad, forward without tanks will not go - a jam. Our "For Stalin" to go on them, there is also no reason.
The commander, formally fulfilled the combat task - stop tanks, sends the race to find at least some bosses and transfer - "The task is made. There are no losses. " The messenger brought good news - "You can go away at night, there is defense from behind. It will be possible, then cover with artillery. "
The secret of the commander in his formation technique for cold metal processing. Nickelslaki - waste of metallurgy, terrible abrasive, only a little inferior Corundum and aluminum oxide. No caterpillars will withstand the mockery of such a rubbish, and that pleasantly - the caterpillar comes into disrepair entirely, taking with it most of the entire drive.
Accordion
41nd year. Our kV-1 stalls on the neutral strip. The Germans knocked on the armored for a long time, offered to surrender to the crew, but he refused. Then the Germans hooked the kV two light tanksTo drag our tank in your location. When they started towing, our KV-1 tank began (apparently there was a "launch from the pusher".), And the beauty of German tanks towards our positions.
ABOUT Lady My buddy showed me instruction on PTO (scheduled maintenance) Tank T-72. On the english language. The beauty is that this instruction was written in Ethiopia, Ethiopian tank specialists. And they studied at ours, then there are still Soviet, Mistorts. And recorded a sequence of operations directly from the words of our tankers. For example, you need to change the engine oil. Tankist self-detects all operations, while simultaneously explaining their sequence. Of course, the terms go. And Ethiopian specials through the Ethiopian translator carefully listens, looks behind the actions of our and everything neatly writes. Those words that are in Ethiopian (or what about them?) There is no language, it writes in English letters. For example, the filter will be Filtr (I know that in English is Filter, but Ethiop has written in his own way), TRAK - TRAK, gun - Pushka, Tower - Bashna. Etc. The trouble is that our tanker who was braced there on a business trip himself poorly owned a special terminology. And if he knew that the filter was called a filter, and the gun is a gun, then weakly disassembled in the courtyard and transmission. Or maybe not weak, only the official names of the nodes, he clearly did not know and enjoyed the generally accepted army jargon ...
Serving in the army already understood everything. I explain the rest. The most innocuous terms were written in this way: Mandula, Hrenovina, Figovina. The rest (and they are much more) and are not subject to publicity due to their absolute abnormality.
It is curious that in the instructions there were detailed pictures, where the listed nodes were indicated by the arrows. Mandule, in particular, was called the excavated bronorry engine with blinds. And what the shutters themselves were called - I will not say.
P Ara survived his peppers with this spring received on star communication "Compolate - Prapor - Demob" clear installation: while the tank does not paint - you do not see the will. And the tank, bitsuko, healthy, he stands on the pedestal and can be resting in the sky. And home passion like hunting. And spring because.
Well, painted. As it should be on the charter - brush, from the bucket, in three layers. Yes, yes white rims, red stars, housing - green.
The work was accepted by the command, peppers received the long-awaited "ticket to life" and piled up closer to their native places.
And then it was raining. Two layers of Gaisha Glazes in the ditch and regiment met the morning, lined up on the rainfall near the heroic T-34 ki, painted in the best traditions of the Pillars-sixties: Yellow flowers throughout the multi-torrent pink body, Love inscriptions and chicken legs on the BOKA
TO The Soviet troops from Germany were displayed, our guys wanted to leave their mark in the memory of local residents, in particular they decided to hunt for local counseurs. Have you ever seen the eyes of a person who does not see what they want from him? If you want to see how to do somehow in the weapon store and ask 18 kilograms of fractions number 3 for ducks ...
So.
Early morning, the sun is rising above the beautiful little lake in the center of Germany ... The weather is just the grace of the clarification quietly and melodiously :) Krykaya swims by your mercy on your dear things ... Suddenly, our Soviet ensign pops up on the lakeside, I have fallen a little after yesterday's drift, and gives Automatic line from AK to the sky ... Ducks Naddly cracking climb into the air, but ... Have you ever rushed very much? Well, so, the ducks are bold much stronger ... they would probably flew away if it were not for a shot of an anti-tank gun, charged 18 kg of fraci ...
In general, full and satisfied were all but ducks and comrades from Greenpeace.
W. Well, I do not know - the truth is not, but here such a bike one familiar tanker told. During the exercises at the landfill, one tank fell into concrete moat. The armor cracked and and from the crack sticks out the driver of the mechanic-driver. The sheltered Polcan, scratching the head, issued a phrase: "I saw everyone, but in order to break the armor ...
Second world War. Losses in tank divisions on both sides are calculated with dozens of baked cars and hundreds of dead soldiers. However, the White Tigra, the German Tank, generated by the hell himself, and the Vanka of Death, the miracle of the surviving Russian tanker with a unique gift, its battle. His battle. Your duel.
Tanker at the "foreign car". Won Germany, ... Dmitry Loza
Pottery, Tanker, Lesson Vladimir Pershann
A new book From the author of bestsellers "Commander of the Pinded Company", "Mortal Field" and "Penfish from a Tank Company". Piercing Roman about the fate of the Soviet Tankist during the Great Patriotic War. He walked fire, blood and copper pipes. He survived in a terrible meat grinder of 1941 and Tomzene Adu of the 42nd. He was a suicide batch, he burned six times in the tank, but always returned to line. Behind his shoulders - the defense of Moscow and the victory under Stalingrad, and ahead - the hardest battles for Kharkov, Kursk arc and battle for the Dnieper ... Do not expect from this book of winning fanfare ...
Tankers. "We died, burned ..." Artem Drabkin
New series of leading military historian. A brief course of the Great Patriotic War, taken as the basis of a popular television series. Continuation of SuperBestseller "I fought on the T-34". The legendary "thirty-tall" was not willed by the chief symbol of victory and, ascended to the pedestal, stands as a monument to liberation throughout Russia and half of Europe. What did Veterans of the Wehrmacht remembered, speaking about the horrors of the Eastern Front? Armada soviet tanks. Who carried the bulk of war on their shoulders, paid the highest price for victory and died ...
Tankist at the "foreign car" Dmitry Loza
Hero of the Soviet Union Dmitry Fedorovich La View as part of the 46th Guards Tank Brigade of the 9th Guards tank corps Passed thousands of kilometers but the roads of war. Starting to fight in the summer of 1943 near Smolensky on the tanks "Matilda", already in the fall he moved to the Sherman tank and came to Vienna. Four tanks on which he fought, burned, and two were seriously damaged, but he stayed alive and participated with his corps in the war against Japan, where he went through the sands of Gobi, Hinghan Mountain and the Plain of Manchuria. In this book, the reader will find talented ...
Tankist Dmitry Laja
He was born in another world. But a messenger sent by the magician in search of a powerful artifact could he think that he had leaving his world would be in another where the war was going on. Where steel cars go to battle, and iron birds fall from the sky with crosses on wings.
Klim Voroshilov - 2/2 or three tankers and dog Anatoly Loginov
Annotation: Three friends working in a small Ukrainian company "Tankouservis" went in June 200 .. years for hunting, and got ... in June 1941 - in the most difficult for the Soviet Union, the period of war. Before them is a difficult task - not only survive, but also to do everything to approach the victory over the enemy. They do not apply for the role of advisers to the USSR leadership. Just do everything that can, where is the harder - on the front line. Make heavy, bloody, dirty, terrible, but such a job. And they help them "red" - a tank KV-2, and the Central Asian Shepherd ...
"Tigers" in the mud. Memories of the German tanker Otto Carius
The commander of Tank Otto Carius fought on the Eastern Front as part of the North Army Group in one of the first crews of Tiger. The author immerses the reader into the smallest of bloody battle with his smoke and Powder Gare. Talking about the technical characteristics of the "tiger" and his fighting qualities. The book provides technical reports on the tests of the Tigra and reports on the combat operation of the 502th battalion of heavy tanks.
Three tankers from the future. Tank breakthrough time ... Anatoly Loginov
New word in the genre of alternative fiction! An unexpected turn of the classic plot about the "failure in time". Once in June 1941, the three of our contemporaries do not rush to the Kremlin, at the reception to Stalin, do not try to become "the secret advisers of the leader", and, repaired by repassing the knocked sq-2, take battle. Because the past can only be changed so - not "from above", where the inertia of history is too large, and put the shoulder to the shoulder with the grandfathers and great-grandfathers. Because ultimately the outcome of the war is not solved in high headquarters, but on the front line, and create a miracle ...
Legends of Tankists Andrei Martyanov
Andrei Leonidovich Martanov - Russian writer and translator of fantastic and historical works; The main genres are historical novels, fantasy, fantasy. For the first time declared itself as a writer, the Roman "West Star", dedicated to the mythology of Ancient Scandinavia (the Big Zilant Prize 1997 for best work of the year). It also known for the cycle of historical and fantastic novels of the "Time Bulletins" (in collaboration with M. Kizhina), fantastic novels "Rugen operation", "Roman with chaos" and others. If you picked up his book, you can always ...
Means Guderian Soldier Meet
Abstract Publisher: The author of the book "Memories of a soldier" - the former Colonel-General of the Tank Troops of the Wehrmacht Gainz Guderian, who took an active part in the implementation of Hitler's "Lightning War" plans. "Memories" are a unique document of the Epoch, the narrative of the dramatic events of the European and world History in the period 1939-1945 Hoaxer: This text has been reproduced by the publication of Guderian, "Soldier Memories", M.: Milivdat, 1954., And then the publication was, respectively, by the translation of German - H. Guderian. ERINNERUNGEN EINES SOLDATEN. ...
German tanks in battle Mikhail Baryatinsky
If you believe the statistics, since the existence of the Third Reich in Germany, a little more than 50,000 tanks were produced and self-propelled guns - two and a half times less than in the USSR; And if you also consider the Anglo-American armored vehicles, the numerical superiority of the allies was almost six-time. But despite this, German tank forceswho became the main shock force of Blitzkrig, won for Hitler of the floor of Europe, reached Moscow and Stalingrad and were stopped only with the colossal voltage of the forces soviet people. And even when the war rolled down ...
Captured not to take! Victor Burtsev
Nearby future. Russia, refined by poverty and internal conflicts, exchanged tactical nuclear strikes with Ukraine and enhancing in a catastrophic war with Georgia. Former tanker Valery Ptahin, who is involved in a mysterious military mission at a neutral territory. Nearby past. Soviet Union, whose troops shortly before the beginning of the Great Patriotic War invade Finland. Regiment Commissioner Stanislav Voskoboinikov, directed by command in a mysterious military mission in the depths of Finnish territory. ...
Great Dragon T-34 Igor Podgursky
July 1943. In the height of the tank battle under Prokhorovka, the crew of Captain Kovalev, who has already spreads goodbye to life, suddenly in the eyes of amazed Germans literally dissolve in the air, and even with a thirty-tonne "iron horse" in addition. Where they found themselves who created this case, how a whole Major of the Wehrmacht was born to the fighters of the Red Army, it was already very soon to find out the millet tankers. In the meantime, those who have fallen from the fire, they are forced to fight back from the detachment ... Black knights who have clearly who accepted them T-34 for a dragon or some other way ...
Witnesses of this battle, which occurred in November 1941, were the boys from the village of Chkalovo. Division of tankers from the 6th tank brigade with the price of his lives was stopped promoting the German column of the Germans, who tried to surround our 56th army that defended Rostov-on-Don.
In the morning, not far from the village of Chkalovo, a tank division in the composition of the five "thirty-leaders" and four T-26 occupied defense. Tankers disguised their tanks, and one of the T-26 was nominated to the road.
As the boys said, there was no radio communications in the tanya, since all the commands were transmitted to flags. Not in vain say that the connection is the nerve of the army. And with this in 1941 it was bad in the RKKA. Highly great importance In battle is coordination of actions. How much could have been prevented by losses, having timely react to emerging threats.
Tankists seem to have understood well that they have very little chance to get out of this fight alive. Curious boys who came-through combat machinesThey distributed all the supplies that they had. To whom he got awake to whom the bread, and one, the very small, commander of the group presented the chocolate tile.
And then the tankists began to drive the kids home. Someone did, and some, the most curious, hid in the bushes, not far from the position.
Suddenly, the T-26, who was standing by the road opened the shooting, then a tanker appeared out of the car and began to signal the rest of the crews with red flags.
And at that time shell fell into it. Apparently he struck the alert, because the tank literally scattered into pieces. All tank workers died.
And the German column was already visible. It had tanks, armored personnel carriers, covered with tender trucks with guns, motorcyclists. Some have already burned. The shots of the deceased tank did not disappear.
At this time, all our tanks were opened in ambush. Rales were shot around the German column, but the Germans did not remain in debt.
The boys were terrified into the ground. As later it turned out, they all got contusion. Such strength was the fire German fire. From the smoke no longer can have seen our tanks or the German column.
Our tankers constantly changed their positions, made maneuvers and led the fire around the enemy. And then in one of the "thirty-leading" shell fell. The tank stopped, he went smoke out of it, but none of the tankers had left the car. Apparently they got a contusion and could not leave the car, and then the tank exploded. It is terrible to see how from the tank breaks up a multi-torque tower and throws it a few meters away.
Soon two lung tank were shot down. One of them broke out, tankers jumped out of it. They were like flaming torches. Tankists rolled around the ground, trying to knock down the flame, helped each other. They all remained near their car. It was a real crew machine combat! They fought together, and died together.
In a couple of minutes, another "thirty shop" was shot. The flame covered it, but the tankers continued to fire. The car was knocked out by German tanks, going around our positions. The crew of the burning thirties turned the tower toward these machines and several shots destroyed self-propelled and light German tank. Tankers prevented a breakthrough of our positions, but it was done by the price of their own life.
Smoke dragged the field and the boys had already poorly visible the unfolded battle. They saw how the last remaining T-26 was stopped near them. Tankist, who gotten out of him, deftly climbed on Birch and became a binoculantly follow the maneuvers of the Germans. He noticed that the fascists began to bypass our tanks again, and the flags began to feed signals. The Germans discovered the observer and tried to destroy it. T-26 tried to prevent them. But soon he caught fire.
The observer tanker rushed to the revenue to his crew. He managed to pull out both tankers from the car. There was a jumpsuit on it, but he was able to knock off the flame and then hung off the burning overalls of his commander.
The tank commander, the very lieutenant who treated the boy chocolate was apparently a man of strong will. The explosion was taken away both legs, but he continued to command.
Then the observer tanker dragged the commander and the driver's mechanics to the next funnel.
Nothing is known about their further fate. Some said that the Germans, finding tankers, poured them with gasoline and burned alive. Others said they were saved, and at night they helped to get to ours.
Of the nine tanks arrived in the morning, there are only two "thirties". But the losses of the enemy were significantly more. Here is another T-34. And then this blazing car, gaining speed, rushed to the enemy.
She rammed a German tank. The blow was such a force that the German tank turned over, and "TirtyTvenka", spinning on the spot, gaining the speed, hit the armored personnel carrier The Germans rushed to the gossip. But the forces were unequal and German tanks, surrounding the "thirty-seater", shot her to the emphasis.
The last remaining T-34 tank held a long time ago. He did not give german tanks break into the village. But, then the Germans launched anti-aircraft guns. As a result, the motor was damaged and the caterpillar is interrupted. Tankists still tried to launch the engine, but the tank has already been surrounded by German infantrymen.
The crew hustled in a tank. The Germans tried to open hatches and, when they could not have succeeded, they began to offer tankers to surrender. Two Germans even climbed onto the tank and began to knock on hatch helmets.
They were no longer afraid of this Russian tank. He could not shoot the caterpillars shot down, the engine is silent. They calmly stood around the tank and waited, when the Russian crew surrenders. And at this time there was an explosion. Tankists preferred death to death and undermined their car. The force of the explosion threw the tower, pulled out the frontal sheet. All the Germans who were near the tank were killed.
Many different fascist armored vehicles. Bodies of killed enemy soldiers were lying around the field. The Germans suffered huge losses and abandoned further advancement in this direction.
Fascists, revised by their losses, forbidden to bury tankers. Locals buried them at night in a nearby grove.
In the magazine of hostilities of the 56th Army, it was written about this that on November 20, 1941, the Promotion of German armored vehicles was stopped by Tankikists of the 6th Tank Brigade in the village of Chkalovo.
The names of these tankers, like their feat, are now forgotten. There is even no monument on their graves, since no one can show exactly the place where they are buried.
It is said that "grateful descendants" arranged an unauthorized landfill in this grove and now it is littered with garbage and household waste.
This feat is comparable to the feat of the defenders Brest Fortress, Stalingrad! Yes, if there is no time on our long-suffering land, there is a grave of unknown soldiers who gave their lives for their homeland!
As it is a pity that many of them remained stupid, and we could not even be able to betray the earth!
Forgive us for it!
"Tankist's story" Alexander Tvardovsky
And what is your name, I forgot to ask him.About ten-twelve. Trouble
From those who are leaders in children
Of those in the farm settlers
Meet us as expensive guests.The car is observed in the parking lots,
To carry them the water with vendors - not work,
Bring soap with a towel to the tank
And the plums are misappropried ...Fight a fight for the street. The fire of the enemy was terrible,
We broke through to the square forward.
And he is nail - do not look out of the towers -
And damn it will understand where it hits.Here guess, for what house
He has been kept - so many holes,
And suddenly a guy ran to the car:
- Comrade Commander, Comrade Commander!I know where their gun. I called ...
I crawled out, they are there, in the garden ...
- But where where? .. - And let me go
On the tank with you. Rightmit.Well, the battle is not waiting. - Close here, buddy! -
And here we ride to the place in four.
There is a boyfriend - mines, bullets are fistile
And only a shirt bubble.Drove up. - Here. - and with reversal
We go to the rear and the full gas give.
And this gun, at the same time, with the calculation,
We were dismissed into loose, bold black mill.I wiped sweat. Served Gar and Sauce:
A large fire came from home to the house.
And I remember, I said: - Thank you, the drain! -
And hand, like a friend, shook ...There was a difficult fight. All now, as a quest,
And just can't forgive:
From thousands of persons I would recognize the boy,
But what is your name, I forgot to ask him.
Analysis of the poem of the Tarvodovsky "Tanker's story"
Alexander Tvardovsky since childhood wrote poems, but his life was more connected not with poetry, but with journalism. On the front, the Twardowsky left the Military Correspondent of the newspaper "guarding the Motherland" in 1939, when heavier fights were walking for Finland, and returned to peaceful life only in the spring of 1946. For 7 years of front-line life, the author managed to scold not only the whole of Russia, but also Europe, published hundreds of essays and military reports. At the same time, Tvardovsky did not forget about verses that are perceived today as illustrations to those distant and terrible events.
It is noteworthy that, remaining faithful to journalistic principles, Tvardovsky and in verses tried to transfer everything seen or heard with astounding accuracy. This also applies to the poem "Tankist's story", created in 1942. It was written by eyewitness - one of the participants of the tank pain. However, it seems that the Tvardovsky personally saw everything that happened on the dusty street of a small provincial town, which Soviet troops tried to beat off from the fascists.
The poem begins with regret that the narrator did not have time to find out the name of the main character of the narrative - a local boy of 10-12 years old from among those who were called "misfortune". They are started in any company, the initiators of the yard fights, as well as the faithful assistants of Russian soldiers. One such a levit and approached the Soviet tankers during the battle to show exactly where the firing position of the enemy is located. "There is a boyfriend - mines, bullets are fistilled, and only a shirty bubble," this is how the poet of the hero of his work describes the poet.
Soldiers-tankers did not have anything else, how to take with them the young brave to armor and, guided by his instructions, go to the rear to the enemy. As a result, as the eyewitnesses of those distant events recall, "this gun, at the same time with the calculation, we were disappearing into a loose, fatty chernozem." The soldiers thanked their assistant and, as if an adult, shook his hand. But no one to ask the boy's name to ask, about which the participants in those events are sincerely regretted. "Of the thousands of persons I would find out the boy," the tankman notes, who, in fact, this ripper saved life. However, the soldiers understand that such young heroes It could be found in every city. And it is the children of war that defended their homeland on a par with adults, Tvardovsky dedicated this exciting poem with elements of journalism.
