Название: German Aces of the Russian Front
Автор: John Weal
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2002
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 191
Размер: 11,8 Mb
Язык: English
But the German and Russian divisions differed greatly in composition and strengths. Take the all-important tank, for example, which played such a crucial role throughout the campaign in the east. At the outset the Germans deployed 17 armoured divisions (plus a further two in reserve) against the Soviet's 36 - a seeming majority of two-to-one in favour of the Red Army. In reality, a Russian armoured division of 1941 numbered some 400 tanks, whereas its German counterpart varied between 150 and 200 ... a fourfold advantage to the Soviets