76mm M1942 ZiS-3 firing near Stalingrad

76mm M1942 ZiS-3 firing near Stalingrad
Here we see a 76mm M1942 ZiS-3 being fired during the fighting amongst the ruins of Stalingrad. According to a wartime caption these men were from a Guards anti-tank battery and had already destroyed eight German tanks by the time this picture was taken.
Stalingrad 1942-43 (3) – Catastrophe – the Death of 6th Army, Robert Forczyk. Covers the final act of the battle of Stalingrad, from the start of the Soviet counter-attack, Operation Uranus, to the final German surrender, a period of two and a half months, looking at the initial Soviet attacks on the flanks which cut off the Sixth Army, the battles on the outer side of the pocket, including the German relief efforts and further Soviet attacks, and the brutal battle in the Stalingrad pocket. A good account of one of the most crucial battles of the Second World War (Read Full Review)
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How to cite this article: Rickard, J (9 January 2025), 76mm M1942 ZiS-3 firing near Stalingrad , https://www.historyofwar.org/Pictures/pictures_76mm_M1942_ZiS3_stalingrad.html

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