22 baked German tanks on the Leningrad Front. Boy tanker Kolobanova, entered the story
During the Kingisepp-Luzhsky defensive operation for 30 minutes of battle, Kolobanova crew shot 22 tank opponents. There was no living space on the KV-1 armor - 114 enemy shells got into the Soviet car.
By the anniversary of the feast of the brave tanker, the restorers of the historical and cultural complex "Stalin Line" recreated a heavy tank KV-1, found in the swamp at the village of Sennensky district of the Vitebsk region.
Zinoviy Grigorievich Colobanov (December 25, 1910 - August 8, 1994) - Soviet tanker-speakers, in the Great Patriotic War - Senior Lieutenant, Commander of the Company of Heavy Tanks, in the post-war - lieutenant colonel of the stock.
On August 20, 1941 during the Kingisepp-Luzhsk defensive operation, the crew of his KV-1 tank in one battle in the area of \u200b\u200bthe strategic transportation hub of the Tskarsov-Krasnogvardeysk (now Gatchchina), 22 tanks of the opponent in the column, and the total Rotary Z. G. Kolobanova, consisting of five heavy tanks of the KV-1, together with the cadets of the border school and the militia of Leningrad on this day, in the same region, 43 German tanks from the 1st, 6th and 8th tank divisions held on August 20, 1941 were replaced His positions to suspend the offensive on Leningrad and the surroundings of the Luzhsk group of Soviet troops.
In the war years, the feat of Zinovia Kolobanova was not widely published, and for the fight instead of the Golden Star Hero, to which he was presented, he received the Order of the Red Banner.
After the war, Colobanov remained serving in the Belarusian Military District, then quit the reserve and worked on Minsk Auto Plant. The tanker himself did not become in 1995, but the memory of him lives so far.
Today, thanks to the game World of Tanks, the name of the Belarusian hero knows millions of people around the world, and the real tank of KV-1 with combat scars from German shells can now be seen on the ICC "Stalin Line".
A year ago, 42.tut.by spent three days with search engines on the rise of this unique machine http://42.tut.by/473289, and today I learned all the details of her revival.
At the beginning of restoration work, experts faced numerous difficulties - only the tower managed to raise the whole, and only a piece of front part with the remissions of the transmission, the driver of the driver and the frontal armor, which storing the hits of anti-tank guns is left.
The tank was pretty: on the tower we found with a dozen marks from the armor-piercing shells and bullets of a large-caliber machine gun, "Alexander Blumov, executive director of Stalin Line, was told, - and in the windshield sheet of the corps, right above the driver's mechanic, - dent from the projectile 50 -mm anti-tank gun.
Mark in the lower head of the tank from the shell of 50mm German cannons.
In the distant 41st tank workers could not get the stuck tank from the swamp and undermined it. The heavy tower flew off a few meters and drowned in a swamp, thanks to which he was preserved to this day.
- Part of the body remained above the water, and after the war it was cut into a metal. This was done after the tank himself could not stretch out of the water, "Alexander Bluma says in his voice," we found a broken steel cable on the body. It's a shame that such a car is completely preserved to the present day. Indeed, there is something to regret that the part of the body belongs to the metal belonging to the unique Tank of the 1940 sample with the L-11 gun, there were no more than 64 pieces.
Find an unprinted housing of the SV-1 tank body turned out to be an impracticable task, as well as the running part from SU-152, also built on the basis of this heavy tank. From this hard situation Representatives of the Belarusian Railway, gave the tractor made on the basis of ISU-152. This self-propeller was created on the basis of a heavy tank of IP. Motor-transmission compartment and chassis IP-1 and KV-1 had a lot in common. The tank, you can say, restored to the whole world: the second ISSU-152 gave him the "Universal Mining and Metallurgical Company" to the second ISSU-152, the "Universal Mining and Metallurgical Company" helped, took part in the restoration of MAZ-Man.
ISU-152, turned into a tractor. Photo: "Stalin line".
After the necessary elements of the design were found, Alexander Mikalutsky and Vladimir Yakushev and Vladimir Yakushev were found for the tank.
The works had a lot to achieve conformity with the historical prototype, it was necessary to cut off the cut and part of the body, then cut the necessary parts necessary for the restoration, "says Vladimir Yakushev. - In the course of the work, we noticed that at the factory where the tank was manufactured, frankly chelturili - the bolt holes were drilled incorrectly, and the bolts themselves were simply brewed during the assembly.
The Deputy Minister of Defense, Igor Lottenkov, noted that the feat of Tankists Zinovia Kolobanova was unique. Never have a lot of tanks managed to completely destroy the battalion.
The Germans left for Leningrad remained no more than 20 minutes when several heavy machines were stood on their way, which were commanded by Zinovy \u200b\u200bColobanoes. During the battle, 43 tanks of the enemy were destroyed under the state farm, and the Germans failed to break into urban suburbs. This fight also speaks of the genius of Soviet designers: KV-1 received many hits, a sight was broken, surveillance devices, jammed the tower, but the tank continued to fight.
Reconstruction of the "fight under the troyovitsy".
NB! The article indicates 43 destroyed tank during the battle, but it should be clarified that Kolabanov personally destroyed 22 cars.
The historical component has always been important for Wargaming. Thanks to the game World of Tanks, interest in the history and exploits of Soviet tank workers has repeatedly increased.
When we learned that the "Stalin Line" restores the legendary Soviet car KV-1, we were pleased to participate in this project, "said the developer of the Minsk Studio Development of World of Tanks Konstantin Nikiforov. - Wargaming for a long time in the framework of the "Remember everything" initiative promotes the restoration of legendary samples military equipment And the revival of interest in history using modern technologies.
According to Nikiforov, the KV-1 is very popular with the players, and the Kolobanov medal, where this car is depicted, is a cherished trophy in the game. In the region with the RU domain per day, only about 1,500 such medals are earned with the total number of registered players in 40 million. This is a very rare distinctive sign in Tanks.
The grandson and the great-grandfather of Kolobanov against the background of the tank of the KV-1. In the same way, their heroic ancestor fought.
At the presentation, the grandson of the famous hero-tanker Alexander Colobanov was also present. According to him, the grandfather rarely spoke about the war.
- My grandfather was a modest man, never braghracted, did not boast his feat and rarely spoke about the war, although we knew about his awards. Although Zinovy \u200b\u200bColobanov was a fun man when he spoke about the war, he became very sad. During his lifetime, few people knew about his feat, and his grandfather did not try to talk about him. Of course, now it would be nice, and I wish he did not see this moment.
After almost five months of complex works, a unique tank received a second life. An inexperienced look is difficult to distinguish the recreated car from the original. According to Alexander Bomla, from the original, this KV-1 is distinguished by only a few minor details.
Monuments are different, some stand on the pedestals with marble signs that are not reading any passerby, but there are lives like our kV-1. The tank will take part in historical reconstructions, once again recreation of history and the feat of our great-grandfather.
And in confirmation of his words to the guests of the complex, this Battle was played.
... Far 1941, another nameless height and one of hundreds of battles who have walked in the first days of the Great Patriotic. German intelligence Prepared an ambush into which the column of Soviet troops landed. Under the bullets of the Nazis, the infantry rushes a swarming and lies. In order to save the soldiers, the T-34 rushes in the front position of the enemy, but it fears the tagged shot of a disguised enemy gun. In the meantime, two more German tanks bypass infantry from two sides and clamp into the ticks.
It would seem that the end is inevitable, but at this time the silhouette of the armored giant kV-1 appears through the smoke. A hail of shots fell on the armor of the Soviet giant, without causing it much harm. Soon both German tanks are roaming, and inspired infantry sminets in hand-to-handed nicknames. Under the applause of the audience announcer announces: "Victory!".
More information from Wikipedia:
Born on December 25, 1910, in the village of Arefino Murom district Vladimir province (now Vachsky district Nizhny Novgorod region). In the ten-year-old age he lost his father who died during Civil War. In addition to Zinovia, mother alone raised two more children. When children have grown, the family moved to a permanent residence in the village of Great Zagarino, where the collective farm was organized at that time. 19-year-old Zinoviy actively participated in his organization.
After graduating from eight classes high School He studied at the Gorky Industrial Technical School.
On February 16, 1933, from the third year of the technical school, it was called in the ranks of the Red Army. Cadets of the regimental school at the 49th rifle shelf of the 70th Infantry Division. In May 1936, he graduated from the Oryol armored school named after M. V. Frunze, was awarded the title of lieutenant. After graduating from the school, as an excellent party, who had the right to choose a place of service, chose Leningrad, "who loved in absentia." He served in the Leningrad Military District Commander of the Tank of the 3rd Separate Tank Battalion of the 2nd Tank Brigade.
From October 1937 to 1938 he studied at improvement courses command lineAfter which he served as an assistant commander of the Merzerkiv Division of the 210th Rifle Regiment (04/23/1938), a platoon commander of the 6th separate tank brigade (07/31/1938) and then a tanker commander (11/16/1938). Five days before the start of the Soviet-Finnish war on November 25, 1939, Z. G. Kolobanov was appointed commander of the Tank Company of the 1st Light Tank Brigade on the Karelian Isthmus.
Participated in the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940. He passed from the border to Vyborg, burned three times. Journalist "Red Star" Arkady Fedorovich Pinchuk also published information that for a breakthrough of Mannerheim Colobanov lines became a hero Soviet Union (In early March 1940 received Golden Star. And the Order of Lenin) and he was assigned the extraordinary rank of captain. But for the brother of his subordinates with the Finnish servicemen after the signing of the Moscow peaceful agreement dated March 12, 1940, the title and the awards were deprived.
Member Great Patriotic War From July 3, 1941. Translated to the northern front commander of the company's heavy tanks-1, the 1st tank regiment of the 1st tank division. According to the magazine "Red Star" by A. Pinchuk, in the 1st tank division of Z. G. Kolobanov got from the stock. According to Z. G. Kolobanova, "Because I already had a combat experience - I walked all the Finnish and burned in a tank three times, then I gave the Starley and appointed the company commander."
She walked the second month of war. After continuous battles under Pskov, Kingisepp and the meadow Division, holding back on the Germans, cooked to the city of Krasnogvardeisk (now Gatchina), Krasnogvardeisk - an important knot of railway and highways on the approaches to Leningrad. The situation was extremely disadvantaged for us. Parts defending the frontier on the Luga River were cut off from the main forces. Others - with heavy battles went away to Leningrad. The reserves sent from the deep rear have not come true. The fascists fell huge connections of tanks, seeking to see our troops and grab Krasnogvardeysk with the go. We used ambushes of heavy tanks, counting on the power of a sq.
The crew of the KV-1 tank in battle on August 20, 1941 at the Occupation (Mise) of the Troops in the Krasnogvardeisk, now Gatchina district Leningrad region: Commander Tank - Senior Lieutenant Colobanov Zinoviy Grigorievich, Commander Machine Senior Sergeant Andrey Mikhailovich Usov, Senior Mechanic-Driver Starshina Nikolai Ivanovich NikiForov, Junior Mechanic-driver Krasnoarmec Nikolai Feoktistovich Spring and shooter Rasteist Senior Sergeant Pavel Ivanovich Kiselkov.
The crew of the famous tank
On August 19, 1941 after heavy battles near the Moloskovtsy Z. G. Kolobanov arrived in the 1st battalion of the 1st regiment of the 1st Tank Division. The division was replenished with new KV-1 tanks with crews arriving from Leningrad. Commander of the 3rd Tank Company of the 1st Tank Battalion Senior Lieutenant Z. G. Kolobanov was summoned to the division commander General V. I. Baranov, from which he personally received an order to cover three roads leading to Krasnogvardeisk (now the city of Gatchina) from the Luga , Volosovo and Kingisepp (through the Tallinn Highway): "Place them and stand to death!"
On the same day, Rota Z. G. Kolobanova from five kV-1 tanks was towards the coming opponent. It was important not to miss German tanks, so in each tank was loaded in two ammunition of armor-piercing shells and the minimum amount of fragantive fugasal.
According to the study of O. Skvortsov, the events developed as follows. Evaluating the likely ways to move the German troops, Z. G. Kolobanov sent two tanks on the Luzhskaya road, two - on Kingisepp, and he himself took a position in the seaside road. The place for the tank ambushes was chosen in such a way as to cover two possible directions at once: the enemy could reach the road to Marienburg on the road from the Trokovitz, or on the road from Syukelevo. Therefore, the tank tank for heavy tank KV-1 No. 864 of the senior lieutenant Z. G. Kolobanova was arranged only 300 meters opposite the T-shaped crossroads ("Landmark number 2") with such a settlement to lead the fire "in the forehead" if tanks They will go on the first route. On both sides of the road was a swampy meadow, which made the maneuver of German armored vehicles.
Options for the reconstruction of the combination of the combination of KV-1 senior lieutenant Z. G. Kolobanova with the German tank column in August 1941
The next day, August 20, 1941, after noon, the crews of Lieutenant M. I. Eddokimenko and the younger lieutenant I. A. Degtyar were the first to meet the German tank column at the Luzhsky highway, writing on their own expense of the tanks and three armored vehicles of the enemy. Then, about 14:00, after unsuccessfully completed airflow on the seaside road, the German intelligence officers, which the crew of Z. G. Kolobanova missed the approach of the fundamental forces of the enemy unimited by the crew of Z. G. Kolobanov. Light tanks moved in the column (presumably pz.kpfw.35 (t)) by the German 6th Tank Division (in other sources, the 1st or 8th-i tank divisions are also called).
Waving until the head tank column was painted with two birch on the road ("Landmark No. 1"), Z. G. Kolobanov commanded: "The first landmark, on the head, straight shot under the cross, armor-piercing - fire!". After the first shots of the commander of Usov, A. M., former professional artillery instructor, a participant in the war in Poland and Finland, three head German tanks caught fire, breaking the road. The must then moved fire onto the tail, and then to the center of the column ("Landmark No. 2"), thereby having deprived the opponent with the opportunity to go back or towards the Troops. (According to other information published in the St. Petersburg Diary newspaper on September 14, 2015, three immediately hit the first three shots of the crew of Kolobanova Tank of the enemy were located in the head, tail and in the middle of the column) on a narrow road, on both sides of which were swamp, The crush was formed: the cars, continuing the movement, stumbled upon each other, moved to the side of the road and fell into the swamp, where mobility completely lost and could only lead fires from the towers. In the enemy's burning tanks began to rush the ammunition. The German tank workers led a response fire, even all the opponent's tanks bandaged in the swamp had to suppress fire. 114 German shells fell into the tank tank of Solobanov. But the armor of the KV Tower has proven itself from best side. In 30 minutes of battle, the crew Z. G. Kolobanova got off all 22 tanks in the column. Of the double amplification, 98 armor-sized shells were spent.
I was at this time at the observation point of the fortified area and heard the balloon canonade. Then drove into place. In the intersection of the roads of the bustling of German tanks. Heroic battle and, perhaps, unprecedented in the history of war. This is what Colobanovs did - they detained the opponent's offensive in this important direction for a long time. Not really helped the fascists of the 8th tank division, thrown on the strengthening of the mechanized case.
P. I. Pinchuk, former commander of the 1st Tank Regiment of the 1st Tank Division
According to some testimonies, together with the command of the tank part to the place of battle, the "Special" correspondent of the newspaper Izvestia arrived, the staffing correspondent of the local militia newspaper "On the defense of Leningrad" Pavel Maysky, who, presumably, filmed a panorama of burning cars.
By order of Komdiv V. I. Baranova, the crew took the second prepared tank tank waiting for a re-attack. Apparently, this time the tank was discovered, and the tanks of fire support pz.kpfw.IV began the shelling of the KV-1 from the far distance to distract attention and not allow to lead aiming fire on tanks and motorcycles that at this time were breaking to the agency and further in Chernovo. In addition, they needed to force the Soviet tanks to leave the position to embark on the evacuation of the baked tanks. The tank duel did not bring the result to both parties: Z. G. Kolobanov did not declare about one destroyed tank at this stage of battle, and his tank broke out external surveillance devices and jammed the tower. He even had to give him a team to leave the tank tank and deploy a tank to bring the gun to the German anti-tank guns, lifted during the battle to the tank at a close distance.
However, the Kolobanov crew fulfilled the task, while tilling the German tanks of fire support pz.kpfw.IV, who could not support the promotion of the Soviet defense of the second company of tanks, where she was destroyed by a group of kV-1 tanks under the command of Kombat I. B . Spieller. After the fight on the KV-1 Z. G. Kolobanova counted more than a hundred hits (in various sources the number of dents on the armor Tank Z. G. Kolobanova is given different: 135, 147 or 156).
Thus, as a result of the crew of senior lieutenant Z. G. Kolobanova, 22 German tank was beaten, and all his company recorded 43 tanks of the enemy (including the crew of the younger lieutenant F. Sergeeva - 8; younger lieutenant V. I. Lastochka - 4; Junior Lieutenant I. A. Degtyar - 4; Lieutenant M. I. Evdokimenko - 5). In addition, the commander of the battalion I. B. Spieller burned two tanks. On the same day, the mouth was destroyed: one passenger car, an artillery battery, up to two inches of infantry and was captured by one enemy motorcyclist.
Despite the fact that for August 20, large losses in tanks were not recorded in German documents, this does not refute the number of baked tanks declared by the Soviet side. Thus, 14 tanks of the 65th tank battalion of the 6th Tank Division, written off on irretrievable losses from August 23 to September 4, can be attributed to the results of the battle with Rota Z. G. Kolobanov. And in early September, three companies of the 65th tank battalion were reduced in two mixed composition. The rest of the tanks apparently were renovated. September 7, Major General Erhard Raus (Him. Erhard Raus.) Appointed a temporary commander of the division instead of Major General Franz Landgraf. O. Skvortsov suggested that "the change of commander of the division was caused by the results of this battle, and on August 19, it became such a shameful spot for the 6th German Tank Division, which in all memoirs the events of this day are bypass."
In September 1941, for this fight, the commander of the 1st Tank Regiment of the 1st Tank Division, a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Belarus, the first tanker, received the medal "Hero of the Soviet Union" (No. 26), D. D. Poshoden All members of the crew Z. G . Kolobanova was represented by the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union. Division commander of the Hero of the Soviet Union General V. I. Baranov also signed these ideas. However, at the headquarters of the Leningrad Front, the Colobanov awards are reduced by someone to the Order of the Red Banner, and the commander of the guns to the senior sergeant A. M. Usov to the Order of Lenin. Premium sheets with a torn red pencil representations by the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union are stored in TsAMO RF.
Colobanov received the Order of the Red Banner on February 3, 1942. Crew members: Commander of the gun Senior Sergeant A. M. Usov was awarded the Higher Order of the USSR by the Order of Lenin, Senior Mechanic-Driver Starshina N. I. Nikiforov - Order of the Red Banner, Radister Senior Sergeant P. I. Kiselkov and Junior Mechanic Red Army N. F. Rodnikov - Order of the Red Star.
September 7, 1983 at the opening ceremony of the monument to the heroes of the battle 09/19/1941
Opening of the monument Colobanov 8.05.08
07:51 02.03.2015
At the end of August 1941, the 3rd Rota Rota Colobaeva defended the approaches to Leningrad in the area of \u200b\u200bthe city of Krasnogvardeysk. Every day, every hour was "on the weight of gold" - military enterprises and civilians were evacuated from the northern capital. August 19, Z. Kolobayev received a personal order from the division commander: to block three roads that lead to the city from the side of the meadow, Volosovo and Kingisepp. Protect three roads with five tanks - only he could cope with these. Tankist by then passed the Finnish war, burned three times in the tank, but each time he returned to construction.
All this was like this:
In silence harsh
There is a heavy tank,
In the fishing line is disguised,
The enemies go crowd
Iron Intukhanov,
But takes the battle
Zinoviy Colobanov. These poems are only a small passage from the poem, which was written in September 1941 by the poet Alexander Gitovich in honor of the commander of the 3rd tank company of the 1st Tank Battalion of the 1st Tank Division of Senior Lieutenant Zinovia Kolobanova. A month before that, - 20 August 1941 the crew of the tank, which was commanded by the 30-year-old Colobanov, destroyed 22 German tanks in one battle. In total, for this day, 5 tanks rank Kolobanova beat 43 enemy tanks. In addition, an artillery battery, a small car and up to two mouths of the Hitler's infantry were destroyed. It happened just in those days about which a solid opinion was developed: Soviet troops at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War were only retreating, without providing the enemy of serious resistance. Heroic accomplishments Zinovia Kolobanova and his subordinates are designed to dispel this myth - the Red Army fought in the summer of 1941 with the fascist-German invaders of all his might. Comdes order: "Stand to death!"At the end of August 1941, the 3rd tank company Kolobanova defended the approaches to Leningrad in the neighborhood of the city of Krasnogvardeysk. Every day, every hour was "on the weight of gold" - military enterprises and civilians were evacuated from the northern capital. August 19, Z. Colobanov received a personal order from the division commander: to block three roads that lead to the city by the city of Luga, Volosovo and Kingisepp. Protect three roads with five tanks - only he could cope with these. Tankist by then passed the Finnish war, burned three times in the tank, but each time he returned to construction. Tanks "Clement Voroshilov" kV-1 against German pz.kpfw.35 (t)There is a scheme of that very battle.The position of the hard tank of KV-1 Kolobanova was at an altitude with clay soil, at a distance of about 150 m from the development of roads, near which two birch trees grew, called "Landmark No. 1", and approximately 300 meters from the intersection indicated "Landmark No. 2 " The length of the area of \u200b\u200bthe road viewed about 1000 m, 22 tanks are easily located on it when a hiking distance between the tanks of 40 m.Shloride is a place for playing fire in two opposite directions (such a position is called Caponer) is explained as follows. The enemy could reach the road to Marienburg or on the way from the Troops, or on the way from Syukelevo. In the first case would have to shoot in the forehead. Therefore, the caponier was diverted directly opposite the intersection with such a calculation so that the course angle was minimal. At the same time I had to come to terms with the fact that the distance to the development was reduced to a minimum. Colobanov fought on such a car.Around 14:00 on August 20, after unsuccessfully completed airflow, which Germans were held, German intelligence officers trained at the Soviet train, whom the Colobanov crew missed unhindered, waiting for the approach of the essential forces of the enemy. For a half - two minutes, while the head tank overcomed the distance to the intersection, Colobanov was convinced that there are no heavy tanks in the column, finally made a battle plan and decided to skip the entire column to the fork (reference point number 1). In this case, all the tanks have time to pass the turn at the beginning of the bulk road and to be within reach of his gun. Light tanks PZ.KPFW.35 (T) of the German 6th tank division was moving in the column (other sources are also called the 1st or 8th tank divisions). When the tanks in the head, the middle and at the end of the colon, the colobanov not only Blocked the road at both of the ends, but also deprived the Germans of the opportunity to move onto the road leading to the troops.
In the enemy column there was a terrible panic. There are some tanks, trying to hide from the destructive fire, climbed the slopes and there was tall in the tower in the swamp. Then they were burned. Others, trying to turn around, stumbled on each other, knocking caterpillar and rollers. Frightened crews, jumping out of burning machines, rushing between them in fear. Most of them fell under the machine-gun fire. For 30 minutes of battle, Kolobanova crew shot all 22 tanks in the column. Of the double amplification, 98 armor-piercing shots were spent. After the fight on the KV-1, Zinovia Kolobanova counted more than a hundred hitting.
Tank KV-1 with damage.Present to the award!Immediately after that tank Battleending the full victory of Soviet weapons, a note about the feat of the Tankist Kolobanova appeared in the Red Star newspaper. And in the archives of the Ministry of Defense preserved unique document - Premium leaf Zinovia Kolobanova. Sheet 1 page.It confirms information on the number of baked tanks, but perhaps the most important thing - Zinovia Kolobanova and all members of his crew for the courage and heroism shown in victorious battle were presented to the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union. But the highest command did not consider that the feat of tankers deserves such a high marks. Zinovia Kolobanova was awarded the Order of the Red Banner, Andrei Usov - the Order of Lenin, Nikolai Nikiforov - the Order of the Red Banner, and Nikolai Rodnikova and Pavel Kiselkova - the orders of the Red Star. After the navigationThree more weeks after the battle under the company, the Rota of Senior Lieutenant Kolobanova held back the Germans on the approaches to Krasnogvardeysk in the area of \u200b\u200bthe big snag. During this time, 5 tanks of Kolobanov destroyed three mortar batteries, four anti-tank guns and 250 German soldiers and officers. September 13, 1941, Krasnogvardeysk was left by the units of the Red Army. Kolobanova's company was again left at the most important thing at that moment - she covered the waste of the last military column to the city of Pushkin. Tank KV-1September 15, 1941 Senior Lieutenant Colobanov was seriously injured. At night, in the cemetery of the city of Pushkin, where the tanks fled fuel and ammunition, the German shell broke out near the square. Solobanova. Tanker received a fragmentary wound of the head and spine, the contusion of the head and spinal cord. War for Zinovia Kolobanova ended.He was sent to the treatment at the Traumatological Institute of Leningrad, to the very city that Tankist was so successfully defended. Before the blockade of the Northern Capital, the hero-tanker was evacuated and until March 15, 1945 was treated in EvicoPood No. 3870 and 4007 in Sverdlovsk. But in the summer of 1945, recovering after injured, Zinovy \u200b\u200bColobanov returned to the system. Thirteen years later, he served in the army, going to the reserve in the rank of lieutenant colonel, then lived for many years and worked at the factory in Minsk. With his wife and son. In the early 1980s, a monument was decided to put a monument under the troogovitsa. Zinovy \u200b\u200bColobanov wrote a letter to the USSR Defense Minister Dmitry Ustinov with a request to highlight the tank for installation on the pedestal, and the tank was allocated, however, not a kV-1, and later IS-2.Ond the fact that the minister satisfied the request of Kolobanov, says He knew about the hero-tanker, and his feat did not question.
Why not hero? To the question: "Why is the Hero Tankist Colobanova in the years of the Great Patriotic War, nor after her ending was not given the title of Hero of the Soviet Union?" There are two answers. And both of them lie in the biography of Tankist Zinovia Grigorievich Kolobanova.
The first reason - after the war, the Krasnaya Star journalist A.Pinchuk published information that I supposedly for the breakthrough of Mannerheim Colobanov Z.G. He became the hero of the Soviet Union (in early March 1940 he received the Golden Star and Order of Lenin) and he was assigned the extraordinary title of captain. But for the brother of his subordinates with Finnish servicemen after the signing of a Moscow peaceful agreement dated March 12, 1940 kolobov Z.G. The titles and rewards, documentary information confirming the receipt of Colobanov Z.G. The title of the Hero of the Soviet Union for participation in the Finnish War is not. There is no reason - on December 10, 1951, the kolobov was transferred to the group of Soviet troops in Germany (HSVG), where he served until 1955. July 10, 1952 Z. G. Colobanov was assigned military rank Lieutenant Colonel, and on April 30, 1954, the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR was awarded the Order of the Red Banner (for 20 years of service in the army). This time from the tank battalion in the English occupation zone was deserted soviet soldier. Saving a Kombat from the Military Tribunal, the commander announced Colobanov Z.G. About incomplete service compliance and transferred it to the Belarusian Military District. IN soviet time The presence in the biography of even one of the listed causes was quite enough to refuse to assign the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union. Zinoviy Colobanov left life in 1994, but veteran organizations, social activists and historians to this day are attempts to achieve the title of Hero of Russia. In the Gatchina district of the Leningrad Region, where Zinoviy Colobanov fought in 1941, the collection of signatures was organized under the appeal A request to dwell the hero-tanker honored at the very beginning of the Great Patriotic War high awards posthumously. In the year of the 70th anniversary of the victory, according to the public, it would be quite logical and appropriate.
In 1933, Zinovy \u200b\u200bColobanov was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army. In the "Winter War", breaking the position of Belofinnov, he burned three times in the tank. On March 12, 1940, a peace treaty was signed between the USSR and Finland, after which the fighters of both parties began to be bridged, for which the commander of the company Colobanov was degraded to the reserve, deprived of titles and awards. At the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, Zinovy \u200b\u200bGrigorievich was restored in the ranks of the Red Army.
On the night of August 8, 1941, the German North Army Group began a rapid attack on Leningrad. On August 18, the commander of the 3rd tank company of the 1st Tank Regiment of the 1st Red Banner Danke Division Senior Lieutenant Zinovy \u200b\u200bColobanov was summoned to the division commander General V.I. Barana. The Division headquarters then was in Krasnogvardeysk (now Gatchina). Showing on the map Three roads leading to Krasnogvardeysk from the side of the meadow, Volosovo and Kingisepp, Kotiv ordered: "Place them and stand to death!"
Start fulfillment
On the same day, the company Kolobanova - five new tanks of the KV-1, built in the Kirovsky factory, was put forward to towards the enemy. The crew of the KV-1 consisted of five people, the tank was in service with a 76 mm gun and three machine guns of 7.62 mm caliber. The thickness of the tower and frontal armor of the body was 75 mm. The 37-mm German weapon did not even leave his traces on his armor. In each car, two aircraft shells and a minimum of fragantic fugasal were loaded into each car.
With the commanders of the machines carried out reconnaissance, and it was ordered to create two shelters: the main and spare. Two tanks - Lieutenant Sergeeva and Junior Lieutenant Evdokimenko - Colobanov sent to the Luzhskaya highway, two - under the command of Lieutenant Lastochka and the younger lieutenant Degtyar - on the road leading to Volosovo. Zinovy \u200b\u200bColobanov himself went on the road connecting the Tallinn Highway and the path to Marienburg.
On combat position
Column of German Tanks PZ.KPFW III
The crew of the Tank with the onboard number 864 consisted of the commander of the senior lieutenant Kolobanova, the commander of the gunner of Senior Sergeant Andrei Usov, the senior mechanic-driver of the German Nikolai Niki Phoforov, the younger driver-driver of the Red Armyman Nikolai Rodenkova and the Radrute Radar Senior Sergeant Razelkova. The deployment of her tank Colobanov determined in such a way that in the shelling sector was the largest, well-visible cut of the road. He defined two guidelines: the first were two birks on the road to Marienburg, the second is an intersection with an expensive to the troops. Around the position stood hay stacks and a small lake where the ducks were swam. On both sides of the road were wetlands. It was necessary to prepare two positions: the main and spare. On the main tank, it was necessary to bury in the ground in the tower.
The crew worked all day. The soil was solid, and to escape the caponier (the construction of the flank fire on the two opposite directions) was not easy under such Mahine. In the evening both positions were ready. Everyone is terribly tired and hungry, only here the place for the province in the tank was occupied by the shells. The shooter-Radist Pavel Kisselkov volunteered to run on the poultry farm for Guses. Brushed goose was welded in a tank bucket.
In the evening, the lieutenant approached Colobanov and reported on the arrival of infantry. The combat hosted Colobanov ordered to place closer to the forest, aside from the tank so that they would not fall under the shelling.
Judgment Day
Crew Tank Kolobanova №864
On the morning of August 20, 1941, the crew was awakened by the hum of German bombers going to Leningrad. Calling the commander of combat efforts, Colobanov ordered him not to enter into battle until his instrument spoke.
German tanks on the Solobanov plot appeared only in the afternoon. These were PZ.KPFW III with 37-millimeter guns from the 1st Tank Division of Major General Walter Kruger. It was hot, some of the Germans, who choose outside, sat on the armor, someone played on the Garmoshka. They were confident in the absence of an ambush, but nevertheless in front of the column were allowed by three intelligolar cells.
Quietly closing the hatch, the crew of the KV-1 froze. Colobanov gave an order not to shoot in intelligence and prepare for battle. German motorcycles turned on the road leading to Marienburg. Colobanov ordered the eldest Sergeant Kiselkov to report to the headquarters about the appearance of the column of the Germans, and he himself considered fascist tanks in the periscope: they were in the abbreviated distance, substituting the left side under the gun of the KV-1. In the headset, there was an unhappy voice of the Spieller's Kombat, who asked why Colobanoes misses the Germans and does not shoot. There was no time to answer the commander. After all, the first tank in the column was stood with two birch, to which it was about 150 meters. Colobanov just managed to report that in the column 22 tanks.
"The first benchmark, on the head, straight shot under the cross, armor-piercing - fire!" - Commanded Colobanov. The first tank was hit by accurate hit and immediately caught fire. "Light!" - shouted the mustache. The second german tank was shot down by the second shot. Behind the reaching cars were filled with a nose in the feed ahead of the walking, the column was squeezed as a spring, a traffic jam was formed on the road.
To locate the column, Colobanov ordered to translate the fire on the closing tanks. It was about 800 meters to the last car, so Usov failed to hit the target from the first time: shell did not fly. Correcting the sight, senior sergeant four shots struck the last two tanks. Since both sides of the road were marshed meads, the enemy was trapped.
Tank duel
From that moment on, Colobanov began to fire enemy tanks as in a dash. The remaining 18 cars began to lead
The messy shooting along the hay stacks, having accepted them for disguised firepoints, but then they still found the position of Tank Kolobanov, and then a real duel began. A flurry of armor-piercing shells collapsed on Kavelshka. Fortunately, additional 25-millimeter screens were installed on the KV Tower in addition to the standard armor. The guys teared from the smoke of the gunpiece and shuffle from shocks of the dumplings on the tower.
Kolya Rodenkov in a mad pace drove the shells in the executioner of the gun. Andrei Usov, without breaking away from the sight, led continuous fire on the fascists. The Germans, realizing that they were in the Western, began to maneuver, but it only complicated their position. KV-1 continuously continued to fill the column. Tanks light up like matches. The enemy shells did not cause substantial harm to our car - the superiority of the KV-1 was affected in armor.
German infantry units moving behind the column rolled out four anti-tank guns (PTO) PAK-38 on the road). And here the fragantive fugasic shells were useful.
"A straight shield, fragant - fire!" - ordered colobanoes. Andrei Usov managed to destroy the first calculation of German PTO, but they managed to make a few shots, by having damaged the panoramic periscope Kolobanov. Under the cover of the nikolai kisselkov, which joined the battle of combat efforts, got out on the armor and installed the spare periscope. After the second shot, the enemy gun jammed the tower, the tank lost the opportunity to maneuver the to the gun and turned into a self-propeller. Colobanov ordered to leave the main position. KV-1 reversed got out of Caponiary and moved to a spare position. Now all the hope was on the mechanic-driver Nikiforov, who, fulfilling the orders of Usov, suggested a tool, maneuvering the corps.
All 22 tanks burned, guests rushed inside them, the three remaining German PTOs flew into the air one after another. The column was broken. For more than an hour a tank duel lasted, and during this time Senior Sergeant Usov released 98 shells on the enemy. After examining the armor of his tank, the crew of the KV-1 counted 156 traces of hits.
Combat Spileller came to contact with Colobanov: "Colobanov, how are you there? Burn? " - "burn, comrade Kombat. All 22 burn! "
Feat the hero
IN AND. Baranov, the commander of the 1st Tank Division, which was among which the company was made by Kolobanov, signed an order for the representation of Zinoviya and the crew of his tank to the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. The answer came from the bet: "What are you? He just came out of prison. Discredited our army at the Finnish front. " At the headquarters of the Leningrad Front, the awards were reduced. Colobanov received the Order of the Red Banner. Commander tools Senior Sergeant A.M. Usov was awarded the Order Lenina, Starshina N.I. Nikiforov - Order of the Red Banner, Senior Sergeant P.I. Kisselkov is a medal "for the courage."
The feat of a simple Russian guy from the Vladimir province on the century remained in russian history. A year after this battle, Zinoviy Colobanov was seriously injured, during the war lost contact with his family. Only after the war due to the broadcast, in which the issues of missing data announced, he found Svy's wife and son, who did not know.
Leningrad in August 1941 was in a very difficult position, the events at the front on the approaches to the city developed in a very bad, dramatic for the defendant Soviet troops scenario. On the night of August 7, August 8, the German units from the 4th tank group struck in areas settlements Ivanovo and Big Sabsk, advancing in the direction of the settlements of Kingisepp and Volosovo. Just three days later, the enemy's troops approached the Kingisepp-Leningrad highway, and on August 13, the German troops managed to cut the iron and highway Kingisepp-Leningrad and forcing the Luga River. Already on August 14, 38 Army and 41 Motorized German corps were able to break out about the operational space and nail to Leningrad. On August 16, the city of Kingisepp and Narva, on the same day, part of the 1st German corps took the western part of Novgorod, the threat of a breakthrough of German troops to Leningrad became more and more real. To the famous tank Boywho will glorify the name Kolobanov, remained a few days.
On August 18, 1941, the commander of the 3rd tank company from the 1st battalion of the 1st Red Banner Tank Division of Senior Lieutenant Zinovia Kolobanova called to himself personally commander of the Division Major General V. Baranov. At that time, the headquarters of the part was in the basement of the cathedral, which was one of the attractions of Gatchina, which at that time was called Krasnogvardeisk. In the oral form of the Baranov gave Colobanov an order to overlap at any cost of three roads, which led to the Krasnogvardeisk from Kingisepp, Volosovo and Luga.
At that time, the Kolobonov company had 5 heavy kV-1 tanks. Tankists were loaded into cars in two ammunition of armor-piercing shells, fragantive-fuzasnyi took little. The main purpose of Tankists Kolobanov was not to miss German tanks on Krasnogvardeisk. On the same day, on August 18, the senior lieutenant Zinovy \u200b\u200bColobanov brought his company to meet the coming german parts. He sent his two cars to the Luzhskaya road, two more sent to the road to Volosovo, and placed his own tank in the ambush, organized by the crossroads of the road, which connected the Tallinn Highway with the road to Marienburg - the northern outskirts of Gatchina.
Zinovy \u200b\u200bColobanov personally spent the reconnaissance of the area with their crews, giving instructions on where it should be positioned for each of the tanks. At the same time, Colobanov prudently forced tankists to equip 2 caponia (one main and spare) and thoroughly disguise positions. It is worth noting that Zinovy \u200b\u200bColobanov was already quite an experienced tanker. He went with the battles of Finnish war, burned three times in the tank, but always returned to the system. With the task, overlapping three roads leading to the Red Guard, only he could cope.
Colobanov equipped his position near the state farm of the troops, located opposite the Stoekhrome poultry farm - on the development of the Tallinn highway and the road leading to Marienburg. It has equipped the position of about 150 meters from the highway, which approached Siassalevo. At the same time, a deep caonyr was equipped, which hid the car so that only the tower was sticking out. The second caponier for a spare position was equipped not far from the first. From the main position, the road to Siassalevo was perfectly visible and shot. In addition, on the sides of this road there were wetlands of the terrain, which greatly hampered maneuver armored vehicles and played their role in the upcoming battle.
The position of Kolobanova and its KV-1E was located at a low height with clay soil at a distance of 150 meters from the development of roads. From this position, the "Landmark number 1" was well visible, two birks growing from the road, and approximately 300 meters from the T-shaped intersection, which was indicated as "Landmark No. 2". In total, the sterling section of the road was approximately a kilometer. 22 tanks could easily be placed on this site while maintaining a hike distance between them 40 meters.
The choice of space was due to the fact that from here it was possible to fire in two directions. It was important because the enemy could reach the road to Marienburg or on the road from Syukelevo or from the Troops. If the Germans appeared from the Troops, they would have to shoot in the forehead. For this reason, the caponier was diverted directly opposite the intersection with the calculation that the course angle will be minimal. At the same time, Colobanov had to come to terms with the fact that the distance between his tank and the development of roads was reduced to a minimum.
After the equipment of the disguised position, it remained only to wait for the approach of the enemy's strength. The Germans appeared here only on August 20. After a noon, the crews of the Tanks of Lieutenant Evdokimov and the younger lieutenant Degtyar from Kolobanov's company met the armored vehicle column on the Luzhsky highway, writing out 5 destroyed tanks and 3 opponent's armored vehicles. Soon the enemy saw the crew of Tank Kolobanov. The first to notice the motorcycle scouts, whom Tankists have missed further, waiting for the emergence of the main forces of the German troops.
Around 14:00 on August 20, after unsuccessfully ended for Germans, German motorcyclists drove into the state-farming on the semorest road. Next for them on the road there were tanks. For those one and a half, two minutes, while the enemy's head tank overcomed the distance to the intersection, Zinovy \u200b\u200bColobanov managed to make sure that there is no heavy tanks of the enemy in the column. At the same time, the plan of the upcoming battle was ripe in his head. Colobanov decided to skip the entire column to the sector with two birch (landmark No. 1). In this case, all the enemy tanks have time to pass a turn at the beginning of the bulk road and turned out to be under the fire of the instrument of its shielded kV-1. In the column, apparently, the light Czech tanks pz.kpfw.35 (t) were among the German 6th Tank Division (in a number of sources, the docks are also attributed to the 1st or 8th tank divisions). After the plan for battle was compiled, everything else was the case of technology. Having hanged tanks in the head, the middle and end of the column, Senior Lieutenant Colobanov not only blocked the road on both sides, but also deprived the opponent's ability to move onto the road, which led to the troops.
After the traffic jam in the enemy column was formed on the road, a terrible panic began. Some tanks, trying to get out from under the fire, descended the slopes and jerked in a swampy terrain, where they finished them from Kolobanov. Other enemy machines, trying to unfold on an unwitting road, stumbled upon each other, knocked out caterpillars and rollers. Frightened German crews popped out of burning and baked cars and in fear rushed between them. At the same time, many were killed by machine-gun fire from the Soviet tank.
The first time the Nazis did not understand where exactly they were shot. They began to hit all the shops of the hay in the visibility zone, thinking that tanks or anti-tank guns were disguised in them. However, they soon spotted disguised sq. After that, an unequal tank duel began. A whole range of shells collapsed on the KV-1E, but to do something in the tower of the tower with a Soviet heavy tank, which was equipped with additional 25-mm screens, they could not. And although there was no trail from the disguise, and the position of the Soviet tank workers was known to the Germans, it did not affect the outcome of the battle.
The battle lasted only 30 minutes, but during this time the crew of Kolobanova was able to break down the German tank column, having having having bought all the 22 cars that were in it. From the colobanis taken on board, the colobanov shot 98 armor-sized shells. In the future, the fight continued, but the Germans no longer climb. On the contrary, they began to use the pz.kpfw.IV tanks for fire support and anti-tank guns, which led fire from far distance. This stage of battle did not bring the parties to special dividends: the Germans could not destroy the Tank Kolobanov, and the Soviet tank officer did not declare the enemy's destroyed machines. At the same time, at the second stage of battle on the kolobanov tank, all the instruments of observation and the tower are broken. After the tank came out of the battle, the crew counted on it more than 100 hits.
The whole company Kolobanova destroyed 43 tanks of the enemy during that day. Including the crew of the younger lieutenant F. Sergeeva - 8, younger lieutenant V. I. Lastochka - 4, younger lieutenant I. A. Degtyar - 4, Lieutenant M. I. Evdokimenko - 5. Also was the declared destroyed passenger car, an artillery battery And up to the two mouths of the adversary infantry, captured one of the motorcyclists.
Surprisingly, but for such a fight, Colobanov did not receive the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. In September 1941, the Commander of the 1st Tank Regiment of the 1st Tank Division D. D. Puesday, all members of the crew of Tank Kolobanov were presented to the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union, this submission was signed and the commander of the Division V. I. Baranov. But at the headquarters of the Leningrad Front for some reason changed this decision. This change is still not a reasonable explanation and causes a lot of disputes and versions. One way or another, Colobanov was presented to the Order of the Red Banner, and Putoder A. M. Usov to the Order of Lenin. Perhaps the command of Lenfront simply considered it impossible to assign the title of Hero Colobanov on a general background of large strategic failures, and Krasnogvardeysk was still sent to the Germans. According to another version, in the Colobanov case, there was some kind of compromising his information, something that prevented him to get a reward. Truth we no longer know anyway.
On September 15, 1941, Zinoviy Colobanov received a difficult wound. This happened at night in the cemetery of the city of Pushkin, where the tank of senior lieutenant was refueling with ammunition and fuel. Next to his kV broke out the German projectile, fragments tanker was injured in his head and the spine, in addition, Colobanov received a contusion of the spine and brain. At first he was treated in the Traumatology Institute of Leningrad, but then was evacuated and until March 15, 1945 was treated in evacuation hospitals in Sverdlovsk. On May 31, 1942 he was awarded the title of captain.
Despite the difficult injury and contusion, the colobanov after the war again entered the service in tank troops. Zinovy \u200b\u200bColobanov was in service until July 1958, after which he quit up to the reserve already in the rank of lieutenant colonel. He worked and lived in the capital of Belarus. He died on August 8, 1994 in Minsk, buried there.
Today, a monument is established at the site of the famous combat of Soviet tank workers on the approaches to Gatchina. On the monument there is a heavy tank is-2. Unfortunately, by the time of the construction of this monument to those most tanks of the KV-1E, on which colobanov fought, it was not possible to find, so I had to use what was at hand. At a high pedestal, a sign appeared, on which it was said: "Tank crew under the command of Senior Lieutenant Kolobanova Z. P. In battle on August 19, 1941 destroyed 22 tank of the enemy. The crew was: mechanic-driver Starshina Nikiforov N. I., Commander of the gun Senior Sergeant Usov A. M., Radist Senior Sergeant Kisselkov P.I., Chargeing Red Armenian Rodenkov N. F..
According to materials from open sources
On August 20, 1941, the crew of the tank under the command of Senior Lieutenant Zinovia Kolobanov destroyed 22 tank of the enemy.
Zinovy \u200b\u200bColobanoes on the eve of the Winter War, in which he in the rank of lieutenant fought the commander of the tank company 1st Light Tank Brigade.
On August 8, 1941, the troops von Leba almost a month protested from the Luzhsky turn, resumed an offensive to Leningrad. On August 9, 1941, the 1st Tank Division was able to break through the Soviet defense, and, going to the rear soviet troopsCombined with the 6th Tank Division. August 14, 1941 German troops cut railway Krasnogvardeisk - Kingisepp, on August 16, 1941 they took the Volosovo station and rapidly moved to Krasnogvardeisk - the former and current Gatchina.
Our troops, defending the frontier on the River Luga (70th, 111st, 177th, 235th rifle divisions, as well as the 1st and 3rd militia division), were cut off from the main forces and provided persistently resistance while surrounded. The reserves were sent from the deep rear, and the road to Leningrad for the broken Germans was opened.
The only compound capable of delaying the German offensive was the 1st Tank Division of Major Baranov General. On August 12, the division went to defense in the area of \u200b\u200bOptions, Kryakovo, Nerevez, Lelino. At this point, the division numbered 58 serviceable tanks, 4 of which were average T-28 T-28 - a tank cruiser, and 7 - heavy kV-1. The 3rd tank company of the 1st tank battalion of the 1st tank regiment of this division, which consisted of five kv tanks. This company and commanded the senior lieutenant Zinovy \u200b\u200bGrigorievich Kolobanov.
Crew Zinovia Kolobanova. Colobanov himself - in the center
On August 19, Colobanov was called to the division commander. Showing on the map three roads leading to Krasnogvardeisk from the side of the meadow, Volosovo and Kingisepp, General ordered to overlap them.
Each tank has been loaded two armor-piercing shells. Collective-fugasic shells this time the crews took the minimum quantity. The main thing was not to miss German tanks.
On the same day, Colobanov nominated his company to meet the coming opponent. Two tanks - Lieutenant Sergeeva and the younger lieutenant Evdokimenko he sent to the Luzhskaya road.
Two two kV, under the command of Lieutenant, Lastochka and Junior Lieutenant Degtyar went to defend the road leading to the Volosovo. The tank of the commander of the company was to stand in an ambush by the road connecting the Tallinn highway with an expensive on Marienburg - Northern outskirts of Krasnogvardeysk.
The crew other than Kolobanov himself included the commander of the gunner Senior Sergeant Andrei Mikhailovich Mustov, Senior Mechanic-driver Starin Nikolai Ivanovich Nikiforov, Chargeing, He Junior Mechanic-driver Krasnoamec Nikolai Feoktistovich Rovenkov and Radyst Senior Sergeant Pavel Ivanovich Kiselkov.
For your kolobanov determined the position in such a way that in the sector of the fire was the longest, well-open part of the road. A bit no time before the poultry farms, she turned almost 90 degrees and further went to Marienburg. Extensive swamps stretched around the road.
By evening, it was possible to raise the tank in the open tower of Conofire. A spare position was also equipped. After that, not only the tank itself, but even traces from his caterpillars were carefully disguised.
Closer to night a combat hoping. The young lieutenant reported Colobanov. He ordered to place the infantrymen behind the tank, aside, in the case of which they did not get under the gun fire.
KV-1 with additional booking
Award leaf Zinovia Kolobanova: Foundation 33, inventory 682524, storage unit 84. Pages 1 and 2. TsAMO, FUND 217, OPEVA 347815, Case number 6 on sheets 102-104.
Early in the morning of August 20, 1941, the crew Kolobanova was awakened by the buzz of the German bombers JU-88 at the high height of Leningrad. Watches at ten heard shots on the left, from the side of the road walking on the Volosovo. On the radio came a message that one of the crews entered into battle with German tanks. Colobanov caused the Commander of Martial Being and ordered him that his infantrymen discovered fire on the enemy only when the instrument of sq. For myself, colobanov with Usov was outlined two guidelines: No. 1 - two birks at the end of the intersection and No. 2 - the intersection itself. Landmarks were chosen with such a calculation to destroy the head enemy tanks right at the crossroads, do not give the rest of the cars to roll from the road leading to Marienburg.
Only in the second hour of the day on the road there were enemy cars. German motorcyclists rolled left and rushed towards Marienburg, not noticing the disguised square in the ambush.
The tanks of the 1st tank shelf of the 1st Tank Division of Major Major Valtera Kruger will seemed behind the motorcyclists themselves. The hatches they were open, and part of the tank workers sat on the armor. As soon as the head machine reached the reference point number 1, Colobanov ordered the Usov to open fire.
The head tank caught fire from the first shot. He was destroyed, not even time to fully avoid intersection. The second shot, right at the intersection, was broken by the second tank. Cork formed. The column clenched, as a spring, now the intervals between the rest of the tanks became minimal. Colobanov ordered to move fire onto the tail of the column to finally lock it on the road. Senior Sergeant adjusted the sight and made four more shots, destroying the last two tank in the column. The enemy was trapped.
In the first seconds, the Germans could not determine where the shooting was being conducted, and opened fire from their 50mm kwk-38 guns along the Cops of the Sen, which immediately lit up. But soon they came to themselves and were able to discover an ambush. Began a tank duel of one kV against eighteen German tanks. A whole hail of armor-piercing shells fell on Kolobanov's car. One after another, they dwell on a 25-millimeter armor of additional screens installed on the KV Tower. The KV-1 tanks with such a booking were produced only in July 1941 and fought only in the North-West and Leningrad fronts.
For the rescue, the German tankers came moving after the column infantry units. Under the cover of fire from tank guns, for a more affective shooting in a kV, the Germans rolled out anti-tank guns on the road.
Colobanov noticed the preparation of the enemy and ordered the mustache to strike with an agricultural-fuke-sized shell on anti-tank gun. With German infantry entered into battle who was behind kV combat hosted.
Usov managed to destroy one PTO with the calculation, but the second managed to produce several shots. One of them broke the panoramic periscope, from which the monitoring of the Colobanov battle was monitored, and the other, hitting it into the tower, jammed it. Usov managed to break this gun, but the kvaard lost the opportunity to maneuver fire. Great to the right to the right and left could now be done only by turning the entire hull of the tank.
Colobanov ordered the eldest mechanics to the driver of the senior Nikolay Nikiforov to bring the tank from the caponior and take a spare fighter position. In the eyes of the Germans, the tank was tangled from his shelter, drove away, rose in the bushes and re-opened fire on the column. At this time, the shooter-radioist Nikolai Kiselkov got out on armor and installed instead of a damaged periscope spare.
Finally, the last 22nd tank was destroyed.
During the battle, which lasted more than an hour, Senior Sergeant Usov released 98 shells on tanks and anti-tank guns, which were spent all. By order of the Commander of the battalion, Captain Joseph Spieller Tank Kolobanova starred from his position and, putting on armor remaining in living fighters from the platoon of her guard, departed to the location of the main forces of the Division. At the same time, eight German tanks were destroyed in the Battle of Lieutenant Fyodor Sergeyev, the crew of Lieutenant, the crew of the younger lieutenant Maxima Evdokimenko - five. The younger lieutenant in this battle was killed, three members of his crew were injured. Only the mechanic-driver of sites survived. The fifth German tank destroyed by the crew in this battle, on the account of the driver's mechanics: Sidikov tagged him. At the same time, the KV at the same time was disabled. Tanks of the younger lieutenant Degtyar and Lieutenant Lastochka on this day burned four enemy tanks each. In total, the 3rd tank rose on this day was destroyed by 43 tanks of the enemy.
For this fight, the commander of the 3rd tank company Senior Lieutenant 3Inia Grigorievich. Colobanov was awarded the Order of the Martial Red Banner, and the commander of the gun of his tank Senior Sergeant Andrei Mikhailovich mustache - the Order of Lenin.
The Trokovitsky battle seriously detained the opponent's offensive near Leningrad and saved the city from the lightning grip. By the way, one of the reasons why the Germans sought to capture Leningrad in the summer of the 41st was just the fact that the city was located in the city, which produced tanks from the city.