A mixed German armoured Kampfgruppe begins the attack into the Soviet Union.
Abandoned Soviet T-26 light tanks from Oborin’s 14th Mechanized Corps in Kobrin, 23 June 1941.
A knocked-out T-26 light tank and a victim of the early border battles.
A Pz.38(t) light tank from the 12.Panzer-Division, which was part of Hoth’s Panzergruppe 3.
A T-34 Model 1941 which overran and crushed a German l.FH18 10.5cm howitzer.
A StuG III assault gun crossing a river in the early stages of Operation Barbarossa.
Soviet tankers examine a Pz.38(t) light tank from the 7.Panzer-Division, abandoned near Yartsevo.
The onset of mud slowed down, but did not stop, German operations.
Two overturned Matilda II tanks near Volokolamsk, 1 December 1941.
A T-34 tank moving at speed in deep snow.
The interior of Hube’s command vehicle, 16.Panzer-Division.
An 8.8cm flak gun employing direct fire against Soviet armour.
A Pz.IV tank destroyed during the Second Battle of Kharkov in May 1942.
A Pz.III Ausf J with long 5cm gun.
An American-built Lend-Lease M3 Lee tank, shattered by 8.8cm anti-tank fire.
Tiger I heavy tank in August 1942.
A T-34 tank moving over rough terrain with infantry in desant role.
A Pz.IV Ausf G with long 7.5cm cannon in mid-1942.
A KV-1 heavy tank that overran a German reconnaissance car at the Battle of Ostrov.