#soviet tank

[redarmyscreaming]

BT-7 mod. 1934 Soviet light tank crosses the border at the town of Raków in Poland. 1939.

[vikkicomics]

Anniversary of the fall of Königsberg. >Re image 2: POV, you just woke up. The anniversary was actually April 9th, but Tuesdays are so chaotic for me I didn't get around to posting. Now would be a good time for you to go and research the history of the city and it's destruction. The subject of Königsberg should not be used to stoke division, it is the tragic, shared legacy of many European peoples, may we hold hands and morn losses on all sides.

Description of Image 1: Three Prussian Officer Cadets and a junior Lieutenant gather outside of Königsberg Castle, wearing walking out dress, in April 1908. Characters are from my pre-wwi Prussian Officer Cadet drama, Moth. Their names from left to right: Vincent Odinkirk, Leon von Zelewski, Siegfried Isenstein, Gottlieb Witt. Description of Image 2: The same view of the castle, but in April 1945. Three crosses represent the deaths of the comrades in the first image. A Soviet has crawled out from a burning tank and is screaming to be put out of his misery. The Script of Moth, to which these Illustrations relate, does not continue beyond the 1920's. And so, this is likely to be my first and last piece of wwii art. The two images are 37 years and 2 world wars apart, but the castle and the surviving German officer, are meant to lend permanence to the composition. This is the destruction of his home.

[destinationsjourney]

Soviet SMK Tank

Soviet SMK Tank

The SMK was tank prototype developed by the Soviet Union prior to the Second World War. It was named after Sergei Mironovich Kirov, a Communist Party official assassinated in 1934.

Only one was built and after a trial showing the downsides of its weight and size against the KV tank and brief use in the war with Finland, the project was dropped.

More photos can be found here.

[actaecon]

[carbone14]

Char de cavalerie soviétique BT-2 - 1930's

[macks-mechas]

My next tank build:Zvezda 1/35 1943 Soviet T34-85 (late war use).

This piece of Russian machinery was used extensively throughout the war; from the battle of Kursk to the liberation of Eastern Berlin. All the while they were extensively up-armoured and altered both in factories and on the battlefield to meet new challenges head on.

This kit was a bugger to build, I will say that. The kit is very heavily based on the Academy kit design, but with a few cut corners and alterations. If you don’t like link by link tracks (I personally prefer rubber) then this kit will ruin your day. Most other link by link kits I’ve built have been specially molded to guarantee a flush fit, but these tread pieces needed a lot of work to get to stay together. When it was done, though, the rest of the build was fun.

I based this particular tank on a unit seen in May 1945 in Berlin, its stripes and numbering having been reportedly applied using fence whitewash and a mop. It was caked with rust by the time it reached the city, which I’ve done my best to replicate. I tried to also replicate weld beads, but Milliput is way too thick for the task. So I’ve since bought Green Stuff to do the job next time.

I have one more of these tanks to build, which I will be making as part of a display to look like a bombed and burnt out tank. Hopefully it goes well.

[sovietdebris]

Victory Day Parade (9 May 1990) Парад на День Победы (9 мая 1990)

vernacular photos by tankist

[lekodeath]

#35 KV-1E