tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post5765300662496075106..comments2024-03-20T11:41:56.776-04:00Comments on Tank Archives: World of Tanks History Section: Battle of RaseiniaiPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09622237223229485503noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-52636592990746036322021-02-25T13:42:46.712-05:002021-02-25T13:42:46.712-05:00This was a huge tank battle for which the engageme...This was a huge tank battle for which the engagement described was completely insignificant. Nobody even knows how the KV ended -up on those crossroads, some have guessed it was lost! I'm not try to denigrate the heroes of the story they we extraordinarily brave and resilient, I'm just frustrated on how hard it is to find out what happened in the main battle....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642584234517076655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-74602652654563518752020-07-04T20:08:21.531-04:002020-07-04T20:08:21.531-04:00The detail about 50mm rounds blowing eardrums is t...The detail about 50mm rounds blowing eardrums is taken from the experiences of other tankers. Obviously there is no way if us knowing whether or not this is true, but it can be assumed. Especially considering the KV probably took 20-40 shots before it knocked out the 4 50mm guns.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15131743295880964309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-10472000126033546422020-05-20T03:57:21.909-04:002020-05-20T03:57:21.909-04:00Right then, the Germans must have realized that th...Right then, the Germans must have realized that this wasn’t going to be like France. Even a Blitzkrieg to the foot of the Urals would have merely been Phase One.Erichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438621463266503313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-34712129064732460472018-04-25T17:48:58.478-04:002018-04-25T17:48:58.478-04:00I am sensing that the writers of this article took...I am sensing that the writers of this article took a little bit of creative license. Some of the details seem too precise and some of the information would simply be unattainable. (For example, Did they know the 50mm shells blew out their eardrums? Or was it just a guess?)HugoTroophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16518763576514494239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-935191453682986982017-08-09T17:36:17.635-04:002017-08-09T17:36:17.635-04:00at bottom of this site's article, link into th...at bottom of this site's article, link into the original article via the "Original article available here."sign, & there's a pic of the grave.. Bamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13229960001466678931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-68918162559687049992017-03-09T02:25:50.940-05:002017-03-09T02:25:50.940-05:00Ute I think they actually took the idea from here,...Ute I think they actually took the idea from here,<br /><br />http://tankarchives.blogspot.com.es/2014/12/fury.htmlMotzkorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18316989921665401048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-30998401782849540632017-03-08T21:16:28.031-05:002017-03-08T21:16:28.031-05:00A tank fighting a last ditch battle at a crossroad...A tank fighting a last ditch battle at a crossroads.......<br /><br />At least I know where the writers of "Fury" got their inspiration from now.Ute 69https://www.blogger.com/profile/00999011082603622413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-30745516135817588552017-01-12T15:03:23.257-05:002017-01-12T15:03:23.257-05:00Could any Lithuanian readers do everyone a solid a...Could any Lithuanian readers do everyone a solid and take a photo of that grave marker? I'd love to see the memorial to this bit of heroism. Donglyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11497717742122777825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-81738565500105621062016-06-25T22:43:36.319-04:002016-06-25T22:43:36.319-04:00True
True<br />Core Memoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03145079585819732343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-81144805407835615582016-06-25T22:42:39.458-04:002016-06-25T22:42:39.458-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Core Memoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03145079585819732343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-76293922816349431202016-06-25T03:05:09.828-04:002016-06-25T03:05:09.828-04:00I think they retrieved that tank. I saw a story ab...I think they retrieved that tank. I saw a story about a KV1 they pulled out of water because passing ships got damaged because of his gun. Not site if it was the same tank.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05822365021306699331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-90496943012128295882016-06-25T03:03:47.177-04:002016-06-25T03:03:47.177-04:00I think they retrieved that tank. I saw a story ab...I think they retrieved that tank. I saw a story about a KV1 they pulled out of water because passing ships got damaged because of his gun. Not site if it was the same tank.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05822365021306699331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-22127668634628000882016-06-22T15:32:51.041-04:002016-06-22T15:32:51.041-04:00"Irony mode on" Very good point Markus, ..."Irony mode on" Very good point Markus, defeating the 75% of European Axis power, most elite and better corps included, didn't help in anything to win the WWII. "Irony mode off"Motzkorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18316989921665401048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-55676430127117917892016-02-21T07:45:13.602-05:002016-02-21T07:45:13.602-05:00The USSR were at the forefront of the study and im...The USSR were at the forefront of the study and implementation of combined arms tactics right along with the Germans, who they were allies with until the summer of 1941. I consider my countryr, Canada; to be a fairly advanced nation, yet in WWII, the best domestically designed tank Canada could come up with was the RAM tank, which was a failure. We could make commonwealth tanks in the hundreds, which were successful (Vickers Valentine tank, for example).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13740448647369690268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-83325328533201598912016-02-21T07:41:38.409-05:002016-02-21T07:41:38.409-05:00I hope you are not conflating WWII facts and Cold ...I hope you are not conflating WWII facts and Cold War propaganda. I don't consider myself an apologist for Stalin and his regime. Cheers friend, see you on jmantimes youtube channel. :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13740448647369690268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-46274663285075573332016-01-15T18:25:26.623-05:002016-01-15T18:25:26.623-05:00i agree, that air power was superior, and its nowd...i agree, that air power was superior, and its nowdays even more important, but thats a pretty retarded false opinion that the war was won by the western air and sea powers....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16838956027653034965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-31948120328506835502015-12-04T12:39:17.399-05:002015-12-04T12:39:17.399-05:00if you go to raseinei neir the river my uncle said...if you go to raseinei neir the river my uncle said that some wer in the riwer ther is a sunk russia tank with is gun0 poking out<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11775301654125223397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-21644896066573817132015-12-04T12:30:59.145-05:002015-12-04T12:30:59.145-05:00corekcion 5 KM from the brige of Dubysacorekcion 5 KM from the brige of DubysaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11775301654125223397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-48252841060440818552015-11-20T05:45:34.148-05:002015-11-20T05:45:34.148-05:00Fools are still focusing WW2 armour though big pow...Fools are still focusing WW2 armour though big powers actually invested some 3-7% of their warfare for armour. The war was not won or lost by tanks but western allied massive, total air and sea power. Germans lost the war because RAF, USAAF, Royal Navy and US Navy dominated sea and air and strangled German Kriegsmarine and hapless Luftwaffe. On the other hand land battles had much minor role because after all bulk infantry soldiers had very low battle value. <br /><br />The more backward military forces the more heavy human casualties. It means that both Soviet Red Army and German Heer were very very backward for modern effective warfare with no strategic power at all. The war was won mostly by western allied air and sea power. Markusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-82518564785349453812015-09-12T19:57:33.610-04:002015-09-12T19:57:33.610-04:00Made me cry. Wish i was there when the battle was ...Made me cry. Wish i was there when the battle was taking place. would've been amazing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-1295908579108400462015-08-25T23:36:22.404-04:002015-08-25T23:36:22.404-04:00Maksim Kolomiyets covers the battle here: https://...Maksim Kolomiyets covers the battle here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCIxvRx4_l0<br /><br />It was certainly a KV-1. There are photos of KV-1s attributed to this area, whereas photos of KV-2s allegedly from Raseiniai are actually from Ostrov.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09622237223229485503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-30623137182572875722015-01-15T14:07:14.163-05:002015-01-15T14:07:14.163-05:00Sounds like it had to be a KV-II. The article men...Sounds like it had to be a KV-II. The article mentions 6 dead crewmen found; a KV-I had 5; a KV-II had 6. I originally read about this battle in the book "Hitler Moves East" by Paul Carell (Paul Karl Schmidt) where I remember he said it was a KV-II.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-77137320982498250892014-09-09T22:39:47.803-04:002014-09-09T22:39:47.803-04:00What a great story indeed. These were the times wh...What a great story indeed. These were the times when ordinary men fought with courage, bravery and honor. Though enemies they come to respect each other. Metal Slug81https://www.blogger.com/profile/13685330271596938740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-66686383654811912372014-09-08T17:59:34.557-04:002014-09-08T17:59:34.557-04:00As an ex serving British soldier I find it easy to...As an ex serving British soldier I find it easy to admire and respect the bravery of soldiers, from any country, who fight without fanatacism or ideology, but with pride for their country and homeland. There is a brotherhood amongst soldiers who have been compelled to fight by politicians who do not know the real meaning of valour, bravery or the fear of battle, and this is demonstrated by the acts of the German soldiers who respectfully buried their adversaries after a hard fought and heroic battle. It is always the soldiers who pay in blood and lives lost for the failure, arrogance and ego of the political "leaders" who only see the serviceman's sacrifice as a number to be counted on a casualty list or a plot on a map. I was proud to answer the call of my country, and put myself in the line of fire, but I hope with all my heart that future generations will be spared the horror of war. Unfortunately, given current the unrest in the middle east, Ukraine, Korea and the tensions between China & Japan, I feel the world is being driven to another mass cull of the general population to further political ambitions. Politicians are generally a spineless bunch who cannot even bear to fall on a metaphoric sword when they s***w up so I think that in order to fine-tune modern political mind about the horror of war legislation should be put in place that forbids anyone standing for election as a politician unless they have served in the military, behind the flag of their country, and know what it is to be expected to make the ultimate sacrifice. Politiicians seem to know what blood is worth in numeric terms, but until they recognise it's value the world will be a very sorry place to live.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-35761033407442512412014-07-27T02:54:59.727-04:002014-07-27T02:54:59.727-04:00I'm crying...I'm crying...A fan of Historynoreply@blogger.com