BT-42 Assault Gun by tuomaskoivurinne on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

Published: Sep 17, 2009

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acrylics 2009,
Finnish assault gun, BT-42 in Viipuri (Vyborg) June 20th 1944.
Following the Soviet summer offensive in the Karelian Isthmus, the defence of the second biggest city of Finland was entrusted to the 20th Ínfantry Brigade. Despite the efforts and due several failures, Viipuri fell.

Here portrayed is the Lieutenant Sippel's gun from the Separate Armoured Company, which was lost in the fighting against better armoured Soviet tanks. The commander himself and the loader were also killed in action.

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