RES/KIT F48-0004 Soviet tank crew set (WW2) 1/48

The armored and mechanized troops of the Red Army began to be formed on a larger scale in the late 1920s and 1930s. Especially in the 1930s they developed dynamically. This was reflected both in the organizational structure and in the equipment. In the first of these aircraft, the formation of mechanized corps began in 1932, the structure of which evolved until the outbreak of World War II. In terms of equipment, new types of tanks were introduced, such as the BT-5, BT-7, T-26 and the T-28 multi-turret tank. Very successful tanks also entered the line shortly before the start of the war with the Third Reich; of course, we are talking about the KW-1 and the T-34. However, despite the fact that at the time of the German aggression, the Soviet armored forces had a quantitative advantage over the aggressor, they suffered enormous losses in men and equipment in the first period of the war. They may be explained by deficiencies in the well-trained officer cadre (the aftermath of the Stalinist purges of the 1930s), the inferior individual training of Soviet tankers compared to their German opponents, or the inferior tactics used by the crews of the tankers. Soviet tanks. . Furthermore, the doctrine of its use was not as coherent and well-grounded in training as in the German army. We can also add to this the rather poor ergonomics of Soviet vehicles or the shortage of short- and long-range radio stations in the armored forces. However, over time, these errors began to be corrected with greater or lesser success. For example, from the spring of 1942, armored armies began to be formed, which had to perform mainly offensive tasks and which constituted a slightly more ergonomic structure than the previous mechanized corps. However, it seems reasonable to say that until the end of the war, the Red Army emphasized quantitative advantage rather than qualitative advantage over the enemy, although it introduced such successful tanks as the T-34/85 or the IS-2 into service. during the war. This is clearly visible, for example, during the Battle of Kursk in July 1943.