57th Rifle Division
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The 57th Red Banner Ural-Khingan Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army and the Soviet Army.
Soviet troops marching towards Khalkhin Gol
BT tank
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The BT tank was one of a series of Soviet light tanks produced in large numbers between 1932 and 1941. They were lightly armoured, but reasonably well-armed for their time, and had the best mobility o
57th Rifle Division
…fielded 11,957 men with 19 anti-aircraft machine guns, seventy-one 45 mm guns, thirty-four 76 mm guns, twenty-four 122 mm guns, twelve 152 mm guns, two BT tanks, five T-26 tanks, nine other tanks, and 753 trucks, among other equipment. Following the beginning of Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the…
BT-5 side view
A-32 prototype undergoing tests in 1939. Notice 76.2 mm L-10 gun and the presence of five road wheels.
BT-7 tanks in the Battle of Khalkhin Gol
A Soviet BT-7 model 1935 destroyed during the 1941 German offensive