This is a battle-damaged track link from a Russian SU-76 gun, with the pin still in place. The 6-inch long link has been ripped and bent by the force of an explosion. It is in relic but solid condition rusty but stable and has been carefully cleaned, making it ideal for display or any military collection.
The track link was recovered from the site of a destroyed SU-76 on the battlefield of the Seelow Heights in 1945, during the opening battle for Berlin. This is a fine relic from one of the most famous battlefields in the final weeks of the war and comes with an A5 laminated information card with photographs.
The Battle of the Seelow Heights was part of the Seelow-Berlin Offensive Operation (16 April-2 May 1945). Fought over three days (16-19 April 1945), it was one of the last major assaults on entrenched defensive positions during the Second World War. Nearly one million Soviet soldiers of the 1st Belorussian Front including 78,556 troops of the Polish 1st Army under Marshal Georgi Zhukov attacked the position known as the Gates of Berlin. They faced approximately 110,000 German troops of the 9th Army, commanded by General Theodor Busse, part of Army Group Vistula.
The Seelow Heights saw some of the fiercest fighting of the overall battle but was only one of several crossing points along the Oder and Neisse rivers. The Battle of the Oder-Neisse was the opening phase of the larger Battle of Berlin, ultimately resulting in the encirclement of the German 9th Army and the subsequent Battle of Halbe.
This is a battle-damaged track link from a Russian SU-76 gun, with the pin still in place. The 6-inch long link has been ripped and bent by the force of an explosion. It is in relic but solid condition rusty but stable and has been carefully cleaned, making it ideal for display or any military collection.
The track link was recovered from the site of a destroyed SU-76 on the battlefield of the Seelow Heights in 1945, during the opening battle for Berlin. This is a fine relic from one of the most famous battlefields in the final weeks of the war and comes with an A5 laminated information card with photographs.
The Battle of the Seelow Heights was part of the Seelow-Berlin Offensive Operation (16 April-2 May 1945). Fought over three days (16-19 April 1945), it was one of the last major assaults on entrenched defensive positions during the Second World War. Nearly one million Soviet soldiers of the 1st Belorussian Front including 78,556 troops of the Polish 1st Army under Marshal Georgi Zhukov attacked the position known as the Gates of Berlin. They faced approximately 110,000 German troops of the 9th Army, commanded by General Theodor Busse, part of Army Group Vistula.
The Seelow Heights saw some of the fiercest fighting of the overall battle but was only one of several crossing points along the Oder and Neisse rivers. The Battle of the Oder-Neisse was the opening phase of the larger Battle of Berlin, ultimately resulting in the encirclement of the German 9th Army and the subsequent Battle of Halbe.
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