The issue is dedicated to the life and combat training of soldiers of the anti-tank artillery crew of the N-th military unit.




The crew of the MT-12 anti-tank gun fires at a target on a firing range during target practice.
The gun commander gives the command with a red flag.
The gunner fires.
Winter and spring landscapes, views of the edge of a mixed forest.
Melted ice on the water.
The beginning of the spring flood.
Rooks on their nests.
A tractor in a field during spring plowing.
Panorama of the territory of a military unit, a view of the parade ground with soldiers marching on it.
Interior view of the barracks (panorama).
View of a sports town, soldiers doing exercises on equipment during morning physical exercise.
Performing a rollover, running.
Soldiers during a theoretical lesson in the classroom (panoramas).
Faces of the crew members - the gun commander, Senior Sergeant S. Vasev, privates - gunner N. Sokolov, loader I. Pankratov, tractor driver G. Kulinich and N. Kislov.
Panorama of the classroom during a theoretical lesson.
Platoon commander Senior Lieutenant Gadzhikurbanov reports on the lesson to battery commander Captain Kotsur who has entered the classroom.
Kotsur asks a question to one of the soldiers, the soldier stands up and answers.
A lesson on the material part of the guns and the combat work of the crew in the classroom.
View of the breech of the MT-12 anti-tank gun.
View of the gun's sighting devices.
The driver of the tractor during an examination of the engine.
Stands with visual training aids on the material part of the gun, hanging on the walls of the classroom (panorama), the platoon commander conducts a theoretical lesson with the platoon personnel.
The crew commander conducts a theoretical lesson with the crew, the faces of the soldiers.
The face of Gadzhikurbanov, conducting a lesson on the material part of the gun.
Gunner Sokolov inspects and sets the data on the sight during a lesson in the classroom.
The crew of the MT-12 anti-tank gun at a firing position during training firing, the work of the crew.
A shell hitting the target.
The platoon commander timing the fire.
The gunner fires alone after receiving the command that the crew is out of action.
A hit on the target.
The interior of the soldiers' teahouse.
The crew members bid farewell to their comrade N. Kislov on short leave.
Soldiers drinking tea from an electric samovar in the soldiers' teahouse, Kislov's face.
Soldiers in the recreation room.
Playing chess.
View of the decorative fireplace in the recreation room.
Sunrise.
Spring rural landscape, a tractor plowing.
Kislov walking along the street of his native village, greeting neighbors.
Kislov meeting his mother.
Kislov hugging his father.
Panorama of the military memorial at the Dubosekovo siding, people at the monuments.
Views of the memorial's sculptural groups.
The faces of Kislov and his father.
View of a part of the restored trench on the memorial's territory (above), Kislov and his father walking along the memorial's territory.
Soldiers of a gun crew during a visit to the halls of the Central Museum of the Armed Forces of the USSR. Faces of soldiers, panorama of part of the exhibition of the hall dedicated to the defeat of the Nazi troops near Moscow.
Panorama of one of the museum halls.
Soldiers leaving the museum.
The Eternal Flame is burning.
View of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Soldiers of the crew, having removed their hats, stand at the Eternal Flame during a minute of silence, panorama of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Battery personnel in the barracks while watching a television broadcast of the meeting of the 26th Congress of the CPSU. Faces of soldiers and sergeants.
1981
Moscow region Moscow
Spring Summer Winter




Airplane contrail in the sky.
Soldiers unpack weapons from the weapons room after the alarm.
Soldiers in full gear run down the stairs.
A combat aircraft takes off.
View of wooded and marshy terrain (top).
A column of anti-tank artillery batteries during a march during a tactical exercise.
Faces of soldiers sitting in the troop compartment of a tracked tractor.
An artillery unit on a tracked vehicle marches through mud and off-road conditions.
Soldiers leave the troop compartment of the tractor.
The crew members work while bringing the gun into combat readiness.
View of a part of the training ground during a tactical exercise (top).
Helicopters are flying.
A column of infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) is on a march.
The IFVs fire on the move.
Motorized riflemen leave the troop compartment of the IFVs.
Soldiers of the motorized rifle squad fire both machine guns and an assault rifle while moving in a chain.
The IFVs fire.
A motorized infantry unit attacking a simulated enemy.
Helicopters fly over.
Shells explode on the training ground.
Battery Commander Kotsur gives an order to Platoon Commander Gadzhikurbanov.
Views of the training ground, simulated enemy tanks are on a march.
The MT-12 anti-tank gun crew fires at targets during a training battle, the crew numbers are working.
Crew commander Vasev observes through binoculars and gives commands to open fire.
Tank road wheels and tracks.
Tankers open hatches, gunners climb onto the tank's armor, soldiers thank each other for their cooperation.
A slogan in honor of the 26th Congress of the CPSU on the territory of the military unit.
Crew soldiers in formation on the parade ground after the end of tactical exercises.
The division commander inspects the formation of the military unit.
A brass band plays on the parade ground.
The personnel of the military unit march past in a ceremonial march.
Soldiers getting their hair cut and ironing their uniforms in the barracks' rubble room.
A soldier shaving with an electric razor in front of a mirror.
One of the soldiers getting a haircut.
Faces of the crew's soldiers.
Crew commander Vasev with his fellow soldiers during a rest break on the territory of the military unit.
Vasev explains the layout of the gun and firing to his comrade N. Sokolov while sitting in the smoking area, faces of Vasev and Sokolov.
Comrades seeing Vasev, who has been discharged to the reserve, home.
Sokolov, a junior sergeant, talks to the crew's soldiers while sitting on a bench near the barracks.
Faces of Sokolov and the crew's soldiers.
Blooming dandelions.
Branches of a blooming apple tree.
Summer rural landscape.
1981
Moscow USSR
Spring Summer