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"Filled with corpses." Why the West Twists the WW2 History? Recently, a German journalist from Die Welt newspaper Sven Felix Kellerhof urged to demolish the monument to those killed in the tank battle near Prokhorovka July 12, 1943. According to Kellerhof, who studied the aerial photography of...

The Russian view on the losses of Soviet and German armored vehicles in 1943. Kursk Bulge https://topwar.ru/158876-poteri-sovetskoj-i-germanskoj-bronetehniki-v-1943-g-kurskaja-duga.html The irreparable loss of armored vehicles as an indicator of the ability to fight Based on the level of...

The Kursk Bulge and the battle of Prokhorovka, are still the subject of fierce debate among military history buffs. And one of the reasons for such a dispute is the irretrievable loss of tanks and self-propelled guns that the parties suffered. More or less balanced estimates give a 4: 1 ratio...

Happy birthday to the USA Navy! To the men and women who serve and keep our waters safe, we thank you. Brian Mast. https://glav.su/files/messages/2019/10/13/5414301_2866e79b4399c1faea8ffe7f5107a541.jpg Great choice Brian! Congratulations from the Russian fleet...

Hi. The measurements of the JS-2 tank Length with the gun 9.83 meters. Hull Length 6.77meters. Width 3.07meters. Height 2.63meters. https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/ИС-2 I measured my Figarti JS-2. The Figarti JS-2 sizes are: Length with the gun 338mm. Hull Length 227mm. Width 103mm...

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Panfilov’s 28 Men (English subtitles) HD - Russian war movie Battle of Moscow Russians: 1,400,000 men, 1,044 - 3200 tanks versus German 1,929,400 men, 1000 - 2470 tanks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8suNNyaZqMU

Hi Wayne. What the reason do you talk to me like this. Does it make you feel better? You wanted to see my tank collection. Here are some pics for you.

Re: Russian movie “Brestskaya krepost" Hi there. I actually like your post. You rised a good points and there’s no more the opponent's mocking. Thanks for that. Now back to your: “However BS needs to be pointed out.” This comment is obviously untrue - “Firstly I never “down-playing the...

Hi Toddy. 1. Firstly I never “down-playing the efforts of allied troops” EVER. The only thing I sad was: “I can’t imagine that Allied soldiers would resist so stubbornly” I didn’t seen any resistance to Germans in the movie Dunkirk (2017). I could not find any info about stuborn resistance...

Brestskaya krepost or Brest Fortress The defence of Brest Fortress took place 22–29 June 1941. It was one of the first battles of Operation Barbarossa. The Brest Fortress was defended by the Red Army against the Wehrmacht, held out longer than expected and, after the Second World War had...

The movie based on the real story. One of the best war movies I have seen. The movie with english subtitles. ”Russian war movies are so brutal they make Hollywood war movies look like romantic comedies.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5u7u_rx9uRY&t=528s

Hi Chris. Thanks for the link. Great soldier stories. Love that! Yes, you are right about the Afghanis. No one can change the way those people live. Rudyard Kipling ones sad: East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet. Now come back to the “9th company"...

Hi everyone. For some reasons this topic became a bit tosic and it is really frustrated me. I think some of us (me included) have foggoten that this forum had been created to let a man meet another man for a friendly chat not for a fight. All of us have a beliefs and it is great when a man...

Re: Russian in Afghanistan The “9th Company" Well, there's nothing can be done. The Comic Generation. They do have a clip thinking, if the info checking required more than 2 min they just scip it. 1. I don’t give a toss about this cooked-up hoolywood hero rambo- bambo or whatever his...

Re: Russian in Afghanistan The “9th Company" Look... How should I put that. 1. This is the Movies and Media part of the Forum. I posted the movie trailer and the clip of the movie to share it to the other forum users. That was all I wanted to do. 2. Than you come with your funny...

20 years ago. Cheers.

Re: Russian in Afghanistan The “9th Company" Hi there. Sorry don’t know your name as you didn’t introduce yourself. 1. To do what Russians did in 1999 they had to have a balls of the still as at that time Russia had been in the lowest point of her history. And the 200 Russians were...

Hi Mark. Thanks for your honest post. To make it clear: I do not trust the facts in the Wikipedia and always checking the info at an independent sources. I forced to use the Wikipedia as a proof only because for many guys on the forum the Wikipedia is like the last resort on the history...

Re: Russian in Afghanistan The “9th Company" Why you are so sure about that? Sure you know that: Words worth nothing without suporting them facts. So far you did not provide any proof to suport your words. Do you know anything about the incident at Pristina airport...