Soviet female tank crew

[Kugelblitz]

Anyone have info about this?

[AHLF]

Anyone have info about this?

Can you be more particular?

[daveh]

Osprey are due to publish a book on entitled

Heroines of the Soviet Union 1941-45 (Elite 90) at the end of this (May)month.

I have not seen it but this may have some relevant information

[ChristopherPerrien]

Female tankers! great idea,. I was a tanker for many years, Damn, we would have got absolutely nothing done. Just like the rest of the US Army with women in it.

[Lawrence Tandy]

I have read a few times about a Russian woman tanist who served in a tank with her husbad. Can anyone elaborate on this?

LT

[Paul Timms]

The BBC did a documentary on Kursk which featured a female T34 driver. She was the only woman in her battalion. She was in combat but i don't remember much else.

[Lars EP]

Female tankers! great idea,. I was a tanker for many years, Damn, we would have got absolutely nothing done. Just like the rest of the US Army with women in it.

I don't know about Soviet female tankers, but in any other branch of the Soviet military during WW2, it seemed to work fine, up to and including female fighter-pilots.

But maybe the the Soviet Union was less sexist than you....?

Regards --- Lars

[Vladimir S.]

I didn't hear about WHOLE female tank crew.

But in WWII at least three women served as tank's drivers - Maria Logunova, Vera Taller, Maria Garagulya.

[Kugelblitz]

I have not much info about, this is why I´m asking here
About a woman and his husband, she was the commander of the tank and his husband the driver, the tank was a SU-152.
As far I know, there wasn´t full tank women crew, not like as the pilots. Normally they was as drivers.

[Kugelblitz]

... the tank was a SU-152.
...

Sorry, it is an ISU-122

[PanzerKing]

Female tankers! great idea,. I was a tanker for many years, Damn, we would have got absolutely nothing done. Just like the rest of the US Army with women in it.

I don't know about Soviet female tankers, but in any other branch of the Soviet military during WW2, it seemed to work fine, up to and including female fighter-pilots.

But maybe the the Soviet Union was less sexist than you....?

Regards --- Lars

I don't think Chris meant to be sexist...I made the mistake of thinking that at fiest also, but what I think he means is that since men are generally attracted to females; not to much work would get done because of all the flirting, not that woman can't do military jobs!

[ChristopherPerrien]

Exactly
Thanks for coming to my defense.
I will not argue about the pc issues , as it would result in alocked topics, besides I would like to hear about this.

[Oleg Grigoryev]

tank apperas to be German

[mars]

There were very few femal Soviet tank crew in the WWII, however two of them became Hero of Soviet Union. one of them was Mriay Okiyabrskaya, her husband was a Red Army officer, when the war broke out, she was evacuated to far east, she lived there for 2 years until she learnt her husband was killed in action, she was so angry that she decided to sell all of her possessions to raise money to donate to army, the onlystipulation was that she would be its driver ! The local Soviet official quickly pick the propoganda value of this offer, her request was approved.After about 5 months training, she was posted to 26th Guards Tank Brigade in Sep 1943 as a tank driver, She was 38 years old then. Driving a brand new T-34 with "Fighting Girfriend" painted on the turret, she served with distinction in the battle. On Jan 17 1944, her tank was hit on the track, under heavy German fire, she come out from Tank, calmly repaired the damage track on the spot, when she almost finished her job, she was hit on the head by a mortar shrapnel, she died two months later in hospital and was awarded the HSU title posthumously. When she died, her tank crew claimed one German assualt gun, and nearly a dozen other artilley pieces destroyed.

[Penn44]

But maybe the the Soviet Union was less sexist than you....?

Regards --- Lars

I think it is less a case of the Soviets being "progressive" than the Soviets experiencing a losses in males soldiers and needing fillers.