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Voiskovytsy battle [Mission]

Map: Voiskovitsy - 8/20/1941
Gamemode: PushTheFrontline (3 phases)
Invaders: Red Army (Allies)
Defenders: Germany (modded (Axis)

only **somewhat** accurate
mission is balanced for both sides

[summary from http://edoc.bseu.by:8080/bitstream/edoc/87485/1/Lepeshov%20170-171.pdf]

August 1941 was truly the period of tank ambushes in the history of the Great
Patriotic War of 1941–1945. On August 20, 1941, in the area of the strategic
transport hub of Voiskovitsy-Krasnogvardeysk a tank battle which is regarded to be
"the most successful tank battle" in the entire history of tank confrontations took
place. The battle was led and won by the Soviet tankman Zinovy Kolobanov. Lots of
people still refuse to believe in its reality. However, it is known for certain that this
battle was included in the Guinness Book of Records and no one managed to repeat
its result.

Since July 3, 1941, Z. G. Kolobanov was a participant of the Great Patriotic
War. He was directed to the Northern Front as the commander of a company of KV-1
heavy tanks of the 1st Tank Regiment of the 1st Tank Division. It was August 19,
1941 when he was sent for to the division commander, Baranov. The division
commander showed three roads on the map leading to Krasnogvardeysk from Luga,
Volosovo and Kingisepp (via Tallinskoe highway), and ordered: "Block them and
fight to the death!" In the same day, the company commander sent 5 tanks to meet the
approaching enemy: two tanks commanded by Lieutenant Sergeev and Junior
Lieutenant Evdokimenko – on Luga road, two tanks commanded by Lieutenant
Lastochkin and Junior Lieutenant Degtyar – on Kingiseppskaya road, and the tank of
the company commander himself was supposed to stand at the state farm
Voyskovitsy.

The crew of Kolobanov’s tank consisted of a gun commander senior sergeant
Andrei Usov, a senior driver-mechanic foreman Nikolai Nikiforov, a junior driver-
mechanic Nikolai Rodnikov and a radio operator senior sergeant Pavel Kiselkov.
Kolobanov determined for his tank the position so that the longest, well-open
section of the road would occur in the fire sector. The tank trench was set up just 300
meters opposite the T-junction to fire head on.
On August 20, 1941 at about 2 PM, German scouts-motorcyclists followed the
riverside road to the Voyskovitsy state farm. Kolobanov's crew let them pass waiting
for the main enemy forces to approach. Then a column of 22 German tanks appeared.
After waiting until the head tank of the convoy reached two birches on the road
("Landmark No. 1"), Kolobanov commanded: "Landmark first, on the head, a direct shot under the cross, armor-piercing – fire!" After the first shots three German lead
tanks caught fire, blocking the road. Having knocked them out, the tank crew directed
fire to the tail, and then to the center of the column.
The enemy was trapped. During the battle, which lasted about an hour, 22
German tanks were destroyed. After the battle more than 100 hits of enemy bullets
were counted on the armor of Kolobanov's tank.

In total, on August 20, 1941 Kolobanov's tank company destroyed 43 enemy
tanks. In September 1941 all members of Kolobanov's crew were awarded the Hero
of the Soviet Union Order. On September 21 Zinovy Kolobanov was seriously
wounded and sent for treatment, which took a long time. After the war he stayed in
military forces until 1958, when he was transferred to the reserve.

Last update: 31.08.2025

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