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Soviet "Matildas" on the way to frontline. South-Western Front, April 1942 [4] |
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Soviet "Matildas" on the way to frontline. South-Western Front, April 1942 [4] |
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Mk II "Matilda" of the 13th Tank Brigade/22nd Tank Corps attacking settlement. The South-Western Front, May 14, 1942 [4]
[Rem. AMVAS - captions of the next photos from different sources brought much confusion in date and unit tok part in this attack] |
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Mk II "Matilda" of the 13th Tank Brigade/22nd Tank Corps attacking settlement. The South-Western Front, May 14, 1942 [4]
[Rem. AMVAS - the same photo in [5] has caption: landing party led by Major Mozgov attacking Getmanovka] |
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Abandoned "Matilda" II. South-Western direction, the Southern operative group, May 29, 1942 [4] |
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A German soldier examines hit Soviet "Matilda". this vehicle carries camouflage, which is unusual for lend-lease tanks on the Eastern Front [5] |
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Two different captions in two sources:
"Matilda" tanks of the 196th Tank Brigade/10th Army/Kalinin Front, 1942 [1].
Refueling "Matilda" tanks of the 10th Tank Corps/16th Army/Western Front, October 1942. Bryansk-Bolkhov direction [5]
[Rem. AMVAS - see below *1] |
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Command staff of the 3rd Shock Army observing turned over "Matildas" from the 170th Separate Tank Battalion. February, 1942 [5] |
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Tank drivers I.G. Overchenko and S.N. Prokhorov getting combat mission from company commander N.I. Antipov . The 171st Separate Tank Battalion/4th Shock Army. Kalinin Front, February 1942. [5] |
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"Matilda" crew: [5]
- Lt. S.A. Severjanov;
- Starshiy Sergant M.N(?). Rakhmanin;
- Starshiy Sergant I.S. Gezd'
- Starshiy Sergant S.A. Semyonov
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The crew of "Matilda" tank loading in their vehicle, Bryansk Front, summer 1942 [1],[3] |
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"Matilda" tanks before attack. The Bryansk Front, summer 1942[1] |
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"Matilda" and "Valentine" tanks of the 192nd Tank Brigade/61st Army/Bryansk Front is moving forward to the starting point [5] |
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"Matilda" of the 196th Tank Brigade in ambush. the Kalinin Front, June 29'1942 [1] |
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"Matilda" IICS assigned to the 196th Tank Brigade/30th Army/Kalinin Front. Nov. 1942 [5]
[Rem. AMVAS - 30th Army on Nov. 1-Dec. 1 - on the Western Front] |
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"Matildas" of the 5th Mechanised Corps on march. On foreground one can see tank equipped with 76mm howitzer. The South-Western Front, October 1943 [1,2]  |
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Tank of the "4 heroes" and its crew accompanied with their mates: [1]
From left to right:
- Starshiy lejtenant N.I. Fokin;
- Starshiy lejtenant(?-AMVAS) A.I. Vojtov;
- Starshiy serzhant P.K. Gladkikh;
- Starshiy serzhant S.T. Dorozhkin.
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Tank of the "4 heroes" and its crew. The 19th Tank Corps/Central Front, January 1943*2 [5]:
- Commander - Starshiy lejtenant N.I. Fokin;
- Tank driver - Starshiy serzhant A.I. Vojtov;
- Gunner - Starshiy serzhant P.K. Gladkikh;
- Radio operator - Starshiy serzhant S.T. Dorozhkin.
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Tank of the "4 heroes" and its crew. The 19th Tank Corps/Central Front, January 1943*2 [7]:
- Commander - Starshiy lejtenant N.I. Fokin;
- Tank driver - Starshiy serzhant A.I. Vojtov;
- Gunner - Starshiy serzhant P.K. Gladkikh;
- Radio operator - Starshiy serzhant S.T. Dorozhkin.
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"Matilda" of Lt. Razin firing against Getmanovka village. The 64th Tank Brigade. South-Western Front, August 1942 [5]
[Rem. AMVAS - in [4] attack of the same settlement is dated May 14,1942] |
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Mk II "Matilda" W.D. No. T17761, tactical number 18-17 assigned to the 37th Tank Brigade/6th Army/South-Western Front, May 1942 [4]
[rem. AMVAS - subordination of this vehicle is in contradiction with picture from [1]. At the same time [5] claims the same vehicle assigned to the 64th Tank Brigade] |
