The Monument to Soviet Tank Crews was a World War II memorial located in Prague. It is also known as the Pink Tank because it was controversially painted pink in 1991, first by installation artist Dav
The monument in 1961
The monument, depicted on a 1951 USSR stamp
"Pink" Soviet tank "Joseph Stalin" formerly as No. 23 now in Lešany military museum
The Pink Tank by Černý on the Vltava river, 24 June 2011
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The T-34 is a medium tank from World War II. When introduced, its 76.2 mm tank gun was more powerful than many of its contemporaries, and its 60-degree sloped armour provided good protection against a
Monument to Soviet Tank Crews
…Tank Army led by Lelyushenko, on 9 May 1945, ending the German occupation of Prague. It was originally intended to represent Lt I. G. Goncharenko's T-34-85 medium tank of the 63rd Tank Brigade, the first tank to enter Prague in May 1945 and subsequently knocked out in the street fighting. However, the…
T-34-85 medium tank
BT-7, A-20, T-34 (model 1940), and T-34 (model 1941)
Medium tank A-32
Pre-production prototype A-34 with a complex single-piece hull front.