Nazis Killed Her Husband, She Bought and Drove a T-34 and Then Went on a Rampage
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Nazis Killed Her Husband, She Bought and Drove a T-34 and Then Went on a Rampage
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#2> She was then put through a five-month tank training program – unlike male recruits who were given far less time before being sent to the war front (often still unprepared)
I was recently reading an interview with an old Russian tanker who fought on the eastern front in WW2 and indeed, the training was almost symbolic. One thing he said they didn't have proper cannon rounds for training (early 1942) and had to practice using regular rifles inserted into a tank's gun barrel.
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#3A true Russian Woman.
Rest In Peace!
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#4Interesting I suppose, but I didn't see that she purchased the tank. It was assigned to her.
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#5How do we know this isn't just propaganda?
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#6Soviet propaganda. Didn’t happen.
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#7Interesting I suppose, but I didn't see that she purchased the tank. It was assigned to her.
The less exciting but correct headline would be "Nazis killed her husband, she joined the army and became a tank driver".
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#8How do we know this isn't just propaganda?
Ideally from historical sources, such as battlefield reports, diaries of her contemporaries, etc.
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#9> She was then put through a five-month tank training program – unlike male recruits who were given far less time before being sent to the war front (often still unprepared) I was recently reading an interview with an old Russian tanker who fought on the eastern front in WW2 and indeed, the training was almost symbolic. One thing he said they didn't have proper cannon rounds for training (early 1942) and had to pract…
I do wonder how many of the (massive) number of plane crashes the Allied nations experienced were not due to manufacturing without much concern to safety, but instead the relative lack of training.
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#10Interesting I suppose, but I didn't see that she purchased the tank. It was assigned to her.
> For this purpose, I’ve deposited all my personal savings – 50,000 rubles – to the National Bank in order to build a tank. I kindly ask to name the tank ‘Fighting Girlfriend’ and to send me to the frontline as a driver of said tank.
Not that I have any idea how close 50,000 rubles would get you to a tank back then, but it seems she at least contributed to the cost of building it.