gudarian later recalled. the 4th panzer division was stopped.nks, she had to go through a difficult moment, for the first time, the significant superiority of russian t-34 tanks was revealed. the division suffered significant losses. the planned rapid attack on tula had to be postponed. it should be noted that the germans then, of course , did not have tanks like at the end of the war; then there were no panthers, no tigers, or even improved t-4s, but nevertheless a tank. there were many, they were very fast, due to this enhanced maneuver, they very often achieved results. on october 2, 1941 , german troops went on the offensive on the central sector of the front. they attacked soviet positions on the flanks, on both sides of the smolensk highway. german tank lines broke through our defenses and rushed towards each other. lost. having mingled with the crowds of civilians . many units were completely depopulated, and the surviving soldiers hastily retreated to the east. correspondent vasily grosman wrote: i thought i saw a retreat, but not only d

later gudarian remembered.division was stopped by russian tanks and had to endure a difficult moment. for the first time , the significant superiority of russian t-30 tanks was revealed. the division suffered significant losses, and the planned rapid attack on tula had to be postponed. it should be noted that the germans had tanks then, of course, not like at the end of the war, then there were no panthers, no tigers, or even improved t-4s, but nevertheless there were a lot of tanks, they were very fast, due to this enhanced maneuver, they very often achieved result. 2 october. mixed with the crowds of civilians, the surviving soldiers hastily retreated to the east. correspondent vasily grosman wrote: “i thought i saw a retreat, but not only did i not see such a thing, but i didn’t even imagine it.” exodus, bible. cars are moving in eight rows, a warrior is tearing up dozens of trucks simultaneously escaping from the mud, crowds of pedestrians are walking with bags, bundles, and suitcases. having defeated three

targets that will be destroyed very quickly, so they will be... but not with such tank strikes, ala gudarians it possible for them to break through in some areas of the front, well, it is unlikely that they will break through significantly, but they are capable of exerting significant pressure, excuse me for the taftology, well, for example, at bakhmut , under bakhmut they have already concentrated 80 thousand manpower and continue to strengthen, besides, there were 30-40 there, that is, they have increased twice, in other places they are strengthening, they are accumulating manpower. well, they don't particularly accumulate equipment, because they can, well, for example , supply such and such tanks to the front line only 70, well , a maximum of 75 per month and that’s it, at least two, three, four times more than what they can supply, so it will be quite economical there , and therefore vasyly, these could be such assault actions, you know, this is not a military basis, this is more a political basis, we know that on march 15-17 in russia there will be so-called elections for the president