One of the tanks from the Second World War, which took part in the military parade in Kursk, overturned while climbing on a transport truck.
"The T-34 tank slipped off the platform and overturned while climbing onto the transport truck. The driver of the tank was not injured," reports Tas.
The "T-34-85" tank was delivered from the Leningrad region and led the military parade in Kursk on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of that famous battle.
T-72B3 tanks, BMP-2 armored ships and Tornado-G missile launchers, as well as airplanes and helicopters, including the MiG-29SMT, MiG-31 and Mi -24“.
According to reports, the parade was watched by 17.000 citizens, writes Tanjug.
The Battle of Kursk was the largest mechanized engagement in history. It lasted from July to August 1943, and was opened by the Germans on July 5 when they launched their summer offensive, "Operation Citadel".
It ended with the defeat of the Germans, who failed to break through the front in an offensive for the first time since the beginning of the war.
The Germans entered the Battle of Kursk with 780.000 soldiers, about 3.000 tanks and 10.000 artillery pieces. On the other hand, the Soviets were waiting for them with almost two million soldiers, more than 5.000 tanks and 25.000 artillery pieces.
The culmination of the skirmishes was the Battle of Prokhorovka, which is still the largest tank battle in history.
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