This is a Russian PPSH41 machine gun firing bolt with some impact battle damage which is near complete with no original paintwork it is rusty but solid it is a bit pitted with some rust damage it has been very well cleaned and is perfect for display or any collection. The machine gun bolt which is de activated by condition which was recovered from Suhaya Mechetka Ravine in Stalingrad which was heavily fought over during battle in the Russian City of 1942-1943. The firing bolt comes with 2 x A5 laminated information cards with map and may pictures..
The clash at the Sukhaya Mechetka Ravine on August 23–24, 1942, was a desperate Soviet delaying action that successfully blocked the German 16th Panzer Division from capturing the vital Stalingrad Tractor Factory and seizing the Volga River banks. Having rapidly outpaced their own infantry support across the open steppe, General Hans-Valentin Hube's tanks arrived at the northern rim of the steep, natural gully, only to face an improvised defensive line consisting of the 1077th Anti-Aircraft Regiment—uniquely manned by young female volunteers—alongside elements of the 10th NKVD Rifle Division and civilian factory worker militias. Lacking proper infantry protection and standard armor-piercing ammunition, the women lowered their high-velocity anti-aircraft guns to fire directly into the oncoming panzers, while factory laborers drove newly assembled, unpainted T-34 tanks straight off the assembly lines and directly into the battle lines. This fierce, unexpected resistance shredded German transport vehicles, forced the enemy tanks to take cover inside the ravine, and successfully blunted the German advance; though many of the Soviet gun positions were eventually overrun and destroyed, the stand at the Sukhaya Mechetka bought the Soviet High Command the critical hours needed to ferry regular reinforcements across the river and secure the northern sector of the city.
This is a Russian PPSH41 machine gun firing bolt with some impact battle damage which is near complete with no original paintwork it is rusty but solid it is a bit pitted with some rust damage it has been very well cleaned and is perfect for display or any collection. The machine gun bolt which is de activated by condition which was recovered from Suhaya Mechetka Ravine in Stalingrad which was heavily fought over during battle in the Russian City of 1942-1943. The firing bolt comes with 2 x A5 laminated information cards with map and may pictures..
The clash at the Sukhaya Mechetka Ravine on August 23–24, 1942, was a desperate Soviet delaying action that successfully blocked the German 16th Panzer Division from capturing the vital Stalingrad Tractor Factory and seizing the Volga River banks. Having rapidly outpaced their own infantry support across the open steppe, General Hans-Valentin Hube's tanks arrived at the northern rim of the steep, natural gully, only to face an improvised defensive line consisting of the 1077th Anti-Aircraft Regiment—uniquely manned by young female volunteers—alongside elements of the 10th NKVD Rifle Division and civilian factory worker militias. Lacking proper infantry protection and standard armor-piercing ammunition, the women lowered their high-velocity anti-aircraft guns to fire directly into the oncoming panzers, while factory laborers drove newly assembled, unpainted T-34 tanks straight off the assembly lines and directly into the battle lines. This fierce, unexpected resistance shredded German transport vehicles, forced the enemy tanks to take cover inside the ravine, and successfully blunted the German advance; though many of the Soviet gun positions were eventually overrun and destroyed, the stand at the Sukhaya Mechetka bought the Soviet High Command the critical hours needed to ferry regular reinforcements across the river and secure the northern sector of the city.
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