Hídvető harckocsi. Néphadseregünk technikája kártyanaptár, 1974.
Bridgelayer tank. Card calendar of the Hungarian People’s Army, 1974.
Tank attack, 1943. Photo: Dmitri Baltermants.
On July 4, 1943, almost 6,000 German and Russian tanks clashed near Kursk for the greatest tank battle in history. The Russians claimed victory in the last German offensive. The “backward” Soviets, and specifically their T-34 tanks, had defeated German technology.