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... what's the story on the tank? It looks like the guy right on the bow is guiding the tank ... minefield ahead possibly?
Box mines, probably. Widely used by the Soviets in quick retreats.
 
michaelmaltby said:
... what's the story on the tank? It looks like the guy right on the bow is guiding the tank ... minefield ahead possibly?
Box mines, probably. Widely used by the Soviets in quick retreats.
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The caption says ... soviet soldiers with a captured Pz.Kpfw. III Aufs J on a street of a liberated village. The tank belonged to the German 18th Armour Division and was captured by the russian units of the Bryansk Front in the September, 1941.

Here is another shot of the tank.

 
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