Voroshilovets tractor and B-4 Howitzer
To mark VE day I thought I'd post some pictures of these 1:35 military models that I completed recently.
It might seem tactless in the extreme to show pictures of Soviet WW2 equipment in view of current events in Ukraine and the barbarity of the Russian attack and behaviour of their forces.
However we would do well to recall that it was in Ukraine that much of the fighting on the Eastern Front took place, and it was in Kharkov, now Kharkiv, that much of the land force hardware for the USSR was designed and constructed. We should also remember that huge numbers of Ukrainians died directly in the battles against Germany, were murdered during the German occupation, or died as forced labourers deported to various parts of the Reich.
Voroshilovets tractor and B-4 Howitzer
To mark VE day I thought I'd post some pictures of these 1:35 military models that I completed recently.
It might seem tactless in the extreme to show pictures of Soviet WW2 equipment in view of current events in Ukraine and the barbarity of the Russian attack and behaviour of their forces.
However we would do well to recall that it was in Ukraine that much of the fighting on the Eastern Front took place, and it was in Kharkov, now Kharkiv, that much of the land force hardware for the USSR was designed and constructed. We should also remember that huge numbers of Ukrainians died directly in the battles against Germany, were murdered during the German occupation, or died as forced labourers deported to various parts of the Reich.