Picture of the day.

michaelmaltby · Jan 19, 2019

the pic source: the Bundesarchiv

Wurger · Jan 19, 2019

Horses and horsepower in Russia , 1941...

the pic source: Bundesarchiv.

michaelmaltby · Jan 19, 2019

... the Soviets complained about receiving L-L Matildas and Churchill tanks but they fielded some g*d-awful stuff of their own

Wurger · Jan 19, 2019

IMHO it was the propaganda only . But the truth was different. Russian crews liked the L-L stuff very often. For instance the P-39 Airacobra . In the past it was usually said that was wrong designed plane and it wasn't useful for the soviet pilots. But the opinion wasn't as it was expressed officially. Pilots liked the plane especially for the radio-set that provided a radio-communication of a very good quality.

special ed · Jan 19, 2019

There are pictures of p-63s and B-25s in use after the war, most always in units that would not go into combat.

michaelmaltby · Jan 20, 2019

... I don't disagree ... L-L, especially US LL, aircraft were a godsend for the Soviets ... robust and well designed and equipped, but L-L armour was, IMHO, a different story. Truth of the matter, on the Eastern Front where distances were so great and Soviet reserves so vast ... tanks, any tanks, were a welcome support for both sides. There were Matildas at the Battle of Moscow in December, 1941 and there were Churchills at Kursk in July, 1943. The Soviets were glad for both ... but they knew what British crews also knew ... that neither tank was a match for well-deployed, motivated German armor.
So I regard all Soviet dissing as just propaganda ... and with all due respect, the T-34 was widely respected and deployed by the Germans ... and inspired a T-34 killer, the Panther.
So ... when the Soviets 'got it right' ... they got it right.