What fate awaited the crews of T-34 tanks after the battle?
What fate awaited the crews of T-34 tanks after the battle?
Unfortunately, by the summer of 1943 our medium tank T-34 was hopelessly outdated. German “Tigers” and “Ferdinands” by that time surpassed the T-34 by most indicators. The Germans had relatively few of these vehicles, but they had plenty of strong anti-tank artillery. From the memoirs of a Soviet scout. “I saw the Krauts hit our tanks from such a great distance that it was difficult to spot enemy guns and self-propelled vehicles. Scouts had no right to get involved without extreme necessity in the battle. Tankers during the offensive on the Dnieper practically did not leave the battle. Frankly speaking, the cruelty of tank battles shocked me. Once I saw at once ten or eleven burned “thirty-four”. - admittedly, it was a terrible sight. Almost all the tankers lying next to them were badly burned. - And what was left of those who were inside, it is better not to tell. Just cinders and lumps of coal.
