How tank forces evolved in the USSR & Russia (PHOTOS)
Tanker's Day is celebrated annually in Russia on the second Sunday in September.
A British Mark V heavy tank in service with the Red Army, 1918.
Refueling T-26 tanks, late 1930s.
Tank crews, 1939.
A crew dines near their camouflaged tank near Stalingrad, 1942.
T-34 tank platoon commander Alexandra Samusenko, 1943.
In a liberated village, 1943.
IS-2 tank crew near the Reichstag, 1945.
Military exercises of the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact countries in Bulgaria, 1967.
Drills in Kazakh SSR, 1970.
Tank crews of the Leningrad Military District, 1977.
A T-80 tank crew cleaning the gun, 2000.
Tank crews of a motorized rifle unit of the Southern Military District in the new ‘Cowboy’ protective gear, 2012.
A soldier in a T-90A tank during exercises in Volgograd Region, 2018.
Tank crews during a Victory Day Parade rehearsal in Yekaterinburg, 2020.
