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Tanc i càmera es tornen a trobar? / Tank and camera share timeframe

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Tot i que mai ho podrem saber, potser aquest no és el primer T-26 que fotografía la camera amb la que vaig fer la foto, una Contax II. Fou fabricada just quan començà la guerra civil, el 1936, i aquest model de T-26 entre el 1933 i 1936. Pertant, potser foren fabricats el mateix any...

 

Aquest rebregat T-26 d'origen sovietic és l'unic tanc de la guerra civil que es pot veure a Catalunya. Es tracta d'un dels tancs que lluità i es va perdre assaltant el Segre en la batalla de Vilanova de la Barca (1938), part de la batalla o front del Segre. Diversos T-26 quedaren encallats i perduts dins el riu durant la batalla, i en les riuades del 1982, aquest va reapareixer, sense la torreta, i ara s'ha dignificat.

 

El cap de pont de Vilanova de la Barca fou una fracassada operació republicana per trencar el front del Segre, el 25 de juliol. Durant una setmana s'ocupà la riba oest del Segre, entre Corbins, Torrelameu i Menarguens, però sense conquerir cap poble. Aillats a la llera del riu, els republicans no tingueren altre remei que retirar-se a les antigues posicions. Entremig, el poble de Vilanova fou esclafat per l'aviació feixista.

 

Foto presa amb una Zeiss-Ikon Contax II fabricada el 1936; fou el mateix model de càmera que Robert Capa emprà a la guerra civil i Omaha Beach; objectiu Zeiss Sonnar f2 de 50mm; Kodak Tri-X 400 revelat amb Rodinal.

 

www.emvb.cat/ca/11-carusel-inici/11-l-ofensiva-de-vilanov...

 

ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-26

 

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The camera which I used for this shoot is a 1936 Zeiss-Ikon Contax II. That's for sure. And the one-turret T-26 was produced in the USSR from 1933 to 1936 (and again from 1939 to 1941 but that one cannot be one of the 2nd batch). So maybe both machines have the same age! And they have meet here again...

 

This battered and turretless soviet T-26 is now displayed in the village of Vilanova de la Barca, in the former Segre front (1938), during the spanish civil war. It was lost by the republican forces during a river assault just 100 m. away where now it stands.

Several of these tanks ended sunk in the river, but in the floods of 1982, it re-emerged and now has been dignified in a sort of plynth.

 

The Vilanova de la Barca bridgehead was a week-long republican offensive in the Segre front in July 1938. It was a complete failure, just advancing 300 meters on the other side of the river, and several tanks were bogged or lost in the river. In the next days, fascist reinforcements hammered the tiny bridgehead, that finally was evacuated.

 

Picture taken with my Zeiss Ikon Contax II made in 1936 (the same model Robert Capa used in the spanish civil war and Omaha Beach); Zeiss Sonnar f2 50mm; Kodak Tri-X 400 developed with Rodinal.

 

www.emvb.cat/en/el-front-del-segre/l-ofensiva-de-vilanova...

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Segre

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-26

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