In Smolensk occupied

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[saag]

I wonder where the English Vickers come from at the anti-religious museum.

[Bro 3-12]

Honestly, more nasty than interesting!

Smolensk has seen everything in its lifetime.

[inkass_98]

Quote: saag

I wonder where the English Vickers come from at the anti-religious museum.

"Echoes of War" (C), most likely - the trophies of the Civil War.

[Ascetic]

Quote: inkass_98

Echoes of War "(C), most likely - the trophies of the civil war.

British tanks stood as exhibits remaining after the Civil War. During the war, the Germans exported these tanks to Germany.

[saag]

Quote: Ascetic

British tanks stood as exhibits remaining after the Civil War. During the war, the Germans exported these tanks to Germany.

I have a different assumption, these are trophies, but German trophies, these tanks were in service with the Poles, so the Fritzes saw them and rolled on them

[Ascetic]

Quote: saag

I have a different assumption, these are trophies, but German trophies, these tanks were in service with the Poles, so the Fritzes saw them and rolled on them

No. The old English tanks "Riccardo" during the Civil War, installed as a monument near the Assumption Cathedral in Smolensk. AT In 1938, by the order of Voroshilov, the Riccardo tanks in the amount of 14 units were transferred from the Red Army warehouses to two cities: Smolensk, Rostov-on-Don, Kharkov, Leningrad, Kiev, Voroshilovgrad and Arkhangelsk to use them as historical monuments of the Civil War. Here is another photo Between the tanks, the German reconnaissance and headquarters vehicle Sd.Kfz.3 - Mercedes-Benz 170VK.

A German motorcycle messenger DKW NZ-350 asks a soldier for directions near a Soviet T-26 light tank with a cylindrical tower, lined up on Smirnov Square in Smolensk. During the occupation of Smolensk, the tank was used by the Germans as a road sign.

The German infantry passes by the Soviet BT-7 tank crashed in the Smolensk region.

[Ascetic]

Quote: Ascetic

In 1938, Riccardo tanks in the amount of 14 were transferred from the Red Army warehouses in two cities: Smolensk, Rostov-on-Don, Kharkov, Leningrad, Kiev, Voroshilovgrad and Arkhangelsk for use as historical monuments of the Civil War.

Here is the tank Mk V Ricardo in Kharkov (below) - they say that he disappeared without a trace.

And in Lugansk there are as many as 2 pcs. preserved

This one in Rostov-on-Don has not been preserved. There is still a tank museum in Kubinka.

[parusnik]

And these grinded Smolensk ... like Poles, French ...

[For Courage]

Views on grave crosses satisfied!

[wasps]

What a great deal our grandfathers and great-grandfathers did by breaking the ridge of the Nazis ...

[0255]

I agree! It is sad that now they say about the Victory "stupid scoops threw meat on clever Germans".

[Crang]

It’s not only clear what the MK.I tanks did there from the time of World War I?

[DartVerter]

Maybe it's not MK-1, but captured French B-2? They are similar in appearance. From the photographs I also want to note that for all the bestial nature of the Third Reich, the soldier was photographed against the background of the Glinka monument, and not against the background of the "blown up Glinka monument." Let us recall the war with monuments among their ideological followers ...

PS: And why did they stick the Israeli flag on me? There has always been a Russian. How to fix it?

[Vasek]

Quote: DartWerther

And why did they stick the Israeli flag on me? There has always been a Russian. How to fix it?

Late, my friend!
Look in your pants, maybe you already "converted" without asking for consent?

[Panikovsky]

but I liked the photos with the cemeteries.

[zulusuluz]

Is the photo good or bad ... This is our story and that of the Germans. And you can’t forget her!

[surovts.valery]

Quote: Ascetic

British tanks stood as exhibits remaining after the Civil War. During the war, the Germans exported these tanks to Germany.

This is MK.V, only in 1919 -1921. The Red Army captured 59 British Mk.V tanks from white (1- in Arkhangelsk, 2 in Georgia, the rest in southern Russia from Denikin, 19 in Taganrog, 9 in Rostov, 18 in Novorossiysk and in Crimea near Wrangel). Almost all of them served in the Red Army until the early 1930s. Perhaps these are from some tank unit stationed in Smolensk. There is still the option that these are tanks from Latvia or Estonia, it seems they had four of them. Which also participated in the Civil War: as part of the English armored detachment at Yudenich and during the British intervention in Arkhangelsk. Well, the Germans, as well as those mean people, picked up, everything will fit in the household.

[Iegorka]

Smirnov Square was renamed Victory Square.

[denis88]

Phew. What nasty faces in these photos ...

[Vladimir57]

The soldiers are in strange shape. It seems to be a ROA.

[Yellow white]

Quote: Vladimir57

The soldiers are in strange shape. It seems to be a ROA.

Perhaps it’s definitely not the German form, it’s a pity they are not on that side!