The science of winning: how the Red army had changed by 1945

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What it takes to win is the best weapon, brave soldiers, or something else? What is the secret? And why the Red army was defeated in 1945, and in 1941 was lost? We understand. Best weapon? In the 41st year of the red army was massive and quite advanced in design self-loading rifle Tokarev SVT, rapid-fire machine guns Degtyarev DS-39, grenade Dyakonova and… lost. In the victorious 45th considerable number of Soviet infantry still fought with trehlineykami and “maxims”, it would seem, long since obsolete. “Maxim” during the assault on Breslau, 1945 If we measure “millimeters” (which actually should not ...

The science of winning: how the Red army had changed by 1945

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