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12 Feb, 2022
Russian manual of anti German tanks
From my collection.
It's interesting information from the original owner.
"The brochure you bought was from a veteran tank crew, Turov Georgie Alexandrovich (Туров Георгий Александрович). He began his service on the T-60 and finished on the ISU-122. Personally, I haven't heard any stories from him, unfortunately he died long ago. But I know the biography during the war. He has received several awards and I have electronic copies of the award documents. It is known that in 1943 he served in the 50th Tank Brigade on a T-60 tank. In the battle for the village of Tikhonovka, his tank destroyed a German Panzer IV tank and up to 30 soldiers and officers. After how their tank was knocked out, Turov guarded the tank for 24 hours so that the Germans did not get it. For this he received a medal "For Military Merit". Since April 1944, Turov has been retraining as commander of the ISU-122. And from October 1944 he entered service in the 25th heavy self-propelled artillery regiment of the Polish Army. On April 16, 1945, Turov, while breaking through the defenses on the Vistula River, destroyed 4 bunkers, an anti-tank gun and 2 machine-gun crews. On April 24, 1945, at the time of heavy fighting, Turov destroyed a heavy tank, 2 anti-tank guns, a group of scouts and up to an infantry company. In this battle, the enemy set fire to Turov's ISU-122, but was put out in time and was soon able to continue the battle. And already on April 26, 1945, the ISU-122 destroyed a light tank, a mortar and up to 50 soldiers. For these battles Turov received the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree. September 25, 1945 - demobilized The brochure was a set of documents for soldiers of the Red Army. There was a book of the Red Army, a military ID, 2 brochures of 1942 about Soviet tanks and about German ones, as well as a magazine of the armored and mechanized troops of the Red Army for January 1945."
The brochure was published by Воениздат НКО СССР (Voenizdat) in Moscow on 1942, authorised by Red Army.
Ten German AFVs ,Panzer IV, Panzer III, Panzer II, Panzer I, Stug III, Panzer 38(t), Somua S35, Sd.Kfz 221 and Sd.Kfz 222, are printed on the both sides, and the Soviet soldiers might have learned their weak points by using the red colored marks.
The cover page of brochure.
СМЕРТЬ НЕМЕЦКИМ ОККУПАНТАМ!
Бойцы - истребители танков - бронебойщики, артиллеристы, танкисты, летчики, бойцы службы связи, наблюдения и оповещения - учитесь распознавать немецкие танки и уничтожать их!
ТИПЫ
ТАHКОВ и БРОНЕАВТОМОБИЛЕЙ
НЕМЕЦКОЙ
АРМИИ
ГЛАВНОЕ АВТОБРОНЕТАНКОВОЕ УПРАВЛЕНИЕ
КРАСНОЙ АРМИИ
Воениздат НКО СССР
МОСКВА - 1942
Place of service: 50 tank brigade:
Turov(Туров Георгий Александрович), working as a radio tank crew during the battle for the village of Tikhonovka, showed courage and fearlessness in battle and knew his job well. During the battle, Turov constantly kept in touch by radio, while simultaneously working as a machine gunner. In these battles, his crew destroyed a German T-4 tank and up to 30 soldiers and officers. When their tank was hit and the tank commander was wounded, Turov did not leave the tank, during the day he guarded his tank. When their tank was hit and the tank commander was wounded, Turov did not get out of the tank, he guarded his tank for a day, not letting the enemy get close to the tank. For his bravery and courage, Turov is worthy of the government award "For Military Merit".
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During the service of ISU-122 commander in the Polish Army:
During the battles of the regiment from April 16 to May 8, 1945, the commander of the ISU-122 Turov showed himself to be disciplined and courageous. On April 16, when the enemy’s defense was breached on the river, foreman Turov destroyed 3 bunkers, one anti-tank gun and 2 machine-gun nests. On April 24, 1945, at the time of heavy fighting during the counterattack of enemy tanks and infantry, he destroyed 1 enemy heavy tank, 2 anti-tank guns, a reconnaissance group consisting of 2 vehicles and up to an enemy infantry company. In the same battle, Turov's ISU-122 was hit by enemy fire, but thanks to her courage and skillful maneuver, he was able to withdraw her ISU-122 from under the enemy. Extinguished the ISU-122 and returned to battle again. In the same battle, he destroyed an enemy light tank, a mortar and up to 50 enemy soldiers. Worthy of the award "Order of the Patriotic War 1 degree"
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