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Originally Posted by peter12
At the height of the fighting in Stalingrad, the Soviets were rolling them off the assembly line - unpainted -and throwing them straight into combat.
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It was amazing to see that piece of military history still rolling and in a front line situation. They are much smaller than I thought.
I remember our position overlooked the T-34's positions. One day the Serbs fired them up to go for a spin, probably to go for a Slivovitz run. As the rolled out, the thing stalled in the open. The Croats were must have been drunk or asleep, but finally they got going, walking motars up on them. That tank crew work like men possessed to get it running and took off back to their hide.
It really was an afternoon of good comedy.