Stalin's Armour, 1941-1945: Soviet Tanks at War

Insight into the evolution of Soviet tank design which produced war—winning armored vehicles like the T—34, KV—1, JS—1 and SU—100.

Stalin’s purge of army officers in the late 1930s and disputes about tank tactics meant that Soviet armored forces were in disarray when Hitler invaded in 1941. As a result, during Operation Barbarossa, the Wehrmacht’s 3,200 panzers ran circles round the Red Army’s tank force of almost 20,000 – thousands of Soviet tanks were disabled or destroyed.

Yet within two y...