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T-34-85 of Lt. Sinitzyn sustained battle damage: the split bored the hole in the gun. The
hole was in 15 cm from the gun muzzle. Do you think that tank was sent for the repair?
Never! The crew spent the hole night cutting off the damaged part by file and in the
morning the tank was combat ready. Actually, the book gave a hint on shooting from the
shortened gun.
Two T-34's under the command of Lt. Pavlov was tasked to set up an ambush for the
retreating Germans. The terrain profile did not allow to hide the tanks. However, the
detailed investigation proved that the tanks could not be seen from the road if placed in
the river (the depth allowed it). So it was done. The observer took a position in the
bushes. In some time a group of 10 trucks and a Panther appeared on the road. As soon as
the target was in position favourable for an attack, the Russian tanks suddenly appeared
from the river. The Panther was killed at the point blank range and T-34's handled the
trucks at their leisure.
Two Russian self-propelled guns (the type was not specified, probably, SU-76m) in ambush
among small hills detected three German self-propelled guns on the road. The Russian SU's
went up the hill and from the hill's top shot at the Germans. Before they answered, the
SU's rolled back behind the hill. After a few roll-on, roll-off 's all three German Stug's
were destroyed. The Germans failed to hit the ever changing position Russian machines.
A battery of German mortars was driving an especially annoying fire at the Soviet troops
on the other bank of a river. T-34 of Lt.Pavlov was ordered to suppress the battery. The
direct fire could not reach the target on the hidden position as all the tankers could see
were the tree tops . The tankers started to shoot at the tops of the trees growing near
the battery. On the second try the shells hit the trees the right way and detonated. The
splits hit the battery. The task was accomplished.
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