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Posted by: dragos August 20, 2004 08:27 pm |
"October 2 [1941]. For covering its real intentions, the enemy counterattacks with forces of the 157th Rifle Division on the front of the 1st Frontier-guard Division after a powerful artillery preparation. The Soviet forces advance along the Dalnik-Perselenets road supported by ground attack aircraft and 24 tanks (including 18 NI tanks converted from agricultural tractors). At the sight of armour, the 8th Machinegun Battalion retreats in disorder and also causes the rout of the 36th Machinegun Battalion and then of the 1st battalion of the 5th Frontier-guard Regiment, from the left flank of the division. The gunners of the 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment and of the 54th Artillery Regiment manage to destroy 12 tanks by direct fire of artillery pieces, the rest of armour continuing to advance along with the infantry. At 1300 hours, the Soviet forces are stopped at 1 km southwest of Hutor Dalnitki by the division's reserve."
Source: Pe tarmul nord-pontic (17 iulie 1941 - 4 iulie 1942), Romanian Cultural Foundation Publishing House, Bucharest, 1999. Photograph of a NI tank of the type employed at Odessa: Source: http://armor.kiev.ua/Tanks/WWII/tractor/bronetr3.html |
Posted by: Iamandi August 23, 2004 07:28 am |
10x for the link, Dragos! |
Posted by: dragos November 08, 2005 06:13 pm | ||
The article and captions regarding the NI tanks from http://armor.kiev.ua/Tanks/WWII/tractor/bronetr3.html translated in English using an online translation engine:
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Posted by: dragos November 08, 2005 06:32 pm |
Odessa, so called "Tank NI" ("Na Ispug" - "To cause consternation") equipped with T-26 type turret. It should be noted that 7.62mm machine-gun "DT" is mounted instead of original PS-1 gun [1] "NI" scheme [2] "NI" ("Na Ispug") Armored tractor. NEWOdessa, 1941 (NOT 1942 -AMVAS) [?] 1. Hull 2. Sides 3. Power bay section 4. Turret 5. Splash guards 6. Armored guard of running gear 7. Machine-gun mask 8. "DShK" Machine-gun 9. Assembly eyebolt 10. Tool box 11. Exhaust 12. Side console of chassis 13. Frontal plate of chassis 14. Rear plate of chassis 15. Hitch 16. Towing hook 17. Idler 18. Supporting roll 19. Carriage axis 20. Driving-wheel 21. Carriage 22. Road wheels 23. "DT" machine-gun Source: http://rkkaww2.armchairgeneral.com/galleries/Armored_Tractors.htm |
Posted by: dragos November 08, 2005 06:48 pm |
Tractor tank Razumovskaya 13 (Разумовская) Six blocks west of Cossack / Staro bazarny Square (Сквер Старобазарный), small park next to Razumovskaya 13 Located in a small park is a Tractor Tank from World War Two. During the 73-day Nazi siege of Odessa, industrial workers sheathed ordinary tractors in ship steel, mounted machine guns on them and sent them into battle. Many of the same workers who built these tanks, rode them into combat. It had a terrible clatter when storming enemy positions, usually causing a panic among Nazi troops. Odessites began to call it the "scare tank". The name stuck, so that even in official documents it was referred to as the "scare tank". The plaque on this monument reads: Odessa Tank - NI (Na Ispug ) (To Scare) Workers of the plant "Yanvarets" - to the battle-front 1941 Source: http://www.odessaguide.com/odessa_ukraine_virtual_tour/odessa_ukraine_travel.php?page=79 |
Posted by: Dani November 08, 2005 11:28 pm |
It is also a replica at Kubinka: http://www.jagdtiger.de/index2.htm?http://www.jagdtiger.de/SovietTanks/NI-01.htm |
Posted by: SiG December 01, 2005 09:28 pm | ||
The vehicle in those photos is not an Odessa tank but a SU-45 made at Harkov Edit: correction While looking for info about this vehicle, I found out that it isn't really a SU-45 (Komsomolets tankette with 45mm gun), but a KhTZ-16 armored tractor with a 45mm 20K gun. See here:http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=74221 |