I'm often asked the question: did the USSR like Lend Lease tanks? It depends on the tank. In this video I look at British tanks used in the USSR and whether or not the Red Army found them satisfactory.
00:00 Intro
02:10 Cruiser Tanks Mk.III through Mk.VI
04:10 Light Tank Mk.VII Tetrarch
05:50 Infantry Tank Mk.II Matilda
08:55 Infantry Tank Mk.III Valentine
12:05 Infantry Tank Mk.IV Churchill
15:38 Cruiser Tank Mk.VIII A27M Cromwell
19:03 Conclusions
***Sources and further reading***
P. Samsonov, British Tanks of the Red Army
http://tankarchives.blogspot.com/2018/02/british-primer-minister-in-ussr.html
https://www.tankarchives.ca/2023/06/first-among-equals.html
http://tankarchives.blogspot.com/2016/06/tetrarch-in-ussr.html
http://tankarchives.blogspot.com/2017/12/lady-with-thick-skin.html
http://tankarchives.blogspot.com/2017/11/british-tank-for-soviet-infantry.html
https://www.tankarchives.ca/2020/02/the-last-cruiser.html
https://www.tankarchives.ca/2016/03/cromwell-english-dictator-in-soviet.html
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Panzer III vs. T-34: Eastern Front 1941
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ACHTUNG TIGER! How the Allies defeated Germany's heavy tank
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British Tanks of the Red Army
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Panzer III vs. T-34: Eastern Front 1941
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Panzer-III-T-34-Eastern-Front/dp/1472860934/
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IS-2: Design, Development, and Production of Stalin's War Hammer
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Designing the T-34
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Sherman Tanks of the Red Army
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