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The feat of Ivan Lysenko, one against 15 tanks
August 9th, 1943 anti-tank riflemen Sergeant Lysenko entered into combat with fifteen German tanks and got out of it a winner.
In the first half of August 1943 the 27th Army of the Voronezh Front successfully advancing on Akhtyrsky direction. The enemy now and then counterattacked, using pre-defined boundaries in the depth of the defense.
147th Infantry Division was ordered to advance in the direction of Akhtyrka and establish a bridgehead on the west bank of the river Vorskla. August 8, after heavy fighting our units liberated Great Pisarevka and rushed forward in pursuit of the enemy scattered along the river. 600th Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Sokolov went to the line Kirikovka - old Rowan, where he met strong resistance of the Panzer-Grenadier Division "Great Germany" Lieutenant-General Walter Hёrnlayna. Three days of fierce fighting did not stop. Attack the enemy followed one after another. The Germans tried at all costs to return Kirikovku in which they had left a lot of all kinds of equipment, ammunition depots, even tanks on the railway platforms and a large camp of Russian prisoners.
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Tanks to the place of fighting the Germans hauled by rail, shooting them with the platform and immediately thrown into battle against our infantry.
Pz.IV of division "Greater Germany." August 1943
In the battles for Kirikovku and famous tank destroyer assistant platoon commander of anti-tank guns of the 2nd infantry battalion Sergeant Ivan Lysenko. It is armed with anti-tank gun and grenades, adopted August 9 fight with fifteen German tanks.
Lysenko chose a convenient place, set anti-tank gun so that the enemy did not see it, and shoot it was convenient.
Well trained fighter was well aware of their vulnerabilities and the first shots knocked two cars. Lysenko first shot knocked out two tanks, but the rest of the tanks were approaching, and the third tank had to beat from close range. Tank torn inside, but the explosion of ammunition anti-tank riflemen shell-shocked, and MFR was damaged by shrapnel tank armor.
When the anti-tank riflemen woke up to it already crawled another tank, seeking to crush it. The only escape was to climb to steal over the tank that Lysenko was not slow to do. Tank spun in place, wanting to lose unwelcome rider, and then rushed back. When the tank is crawling through a trench, which until recently were anti-tank riflemen, Lysenko saw a dead soldier with clenched hand and clip with him PTSD. At the same moment Lysenko dropped to the bottom of the trench, took his find, and shot several times after the German.
The fact is that unlike PTRD, PTSD had burst loading. At the loading gate is retracted, the cover box stores opened and inserted below a pack of five cartridges. PTSD was semi-automatic, and five shots could make in a row.
From tank fire broke out in flames and thick smoke.
Moving along the trench, Ivan Lysenko often changed positions, thereby making it difficult to maintain the ability to aim fire on it. Shots from PTSD Lysenko knocked out three enemy tanks, but he himself was wounded in the arm. After suffering such losses, the enemy was forced to retreat.
Ivan Lysenko combat with German tanks allowed the battalion to keep the occupied part of the village Kirikovka and ensure a successful crossing of units of the regiment over the river Vorskla.
Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of January 10, 1944 for exemplary performance of command assignments at the front of the struggle against the Nazi invaders and for displaying courage and heroism, Sergeant Lysenko Ivan Timofeyevich Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin and medal "Gold Star ».
At the end of 1945 Ivan T. Lysenko was demobilized from the Red Army, then the rest of his life he lived and worked in the village Shcherbinovsky Krasnodar region. Ivan T. died January 20, 1984.
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In the first half of August 1943 the 27th Army of the Voronezh Front successfully advancing on Akhtyrsky direction. The enemy now and then counterattacked, using pre-defined boundaries in the depth of the defense.
147th Infantry Division was ordered to advance in the direction of Akhtyrka and establish a bridgehead on the west bank of the river Vorskla. August 8, after heavy fighting our units liberated Great Pisarevka and rushed forward in pursuit of the enemy scattered along the river. 600th Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Sokolov went to the line Kirikovka - old Rowan, where he met strong resistance of the Panzer-Grenadier Division "Great Germany" Lieutenant-General Walter Hёrnlayna. Three days of fierce fighting did not stop. Attack the enemy followed one after another. The Germans tried at all costs to return Kirikovku in which they had left a lot of all kinds of equipment, ammunition depots, even tanks on the railway platforms and a large camp of Russian prisoners.
Text and 6 photos via warfiles.ru
Tanks to the place of fighting the Germans hauled by rail, shooting them with the platform and immediately thrown into battle against our infantry.
Pz.IV of division "Greater Germany." August 1943
In the battles for Kirikovku and famous tank destroyer assistant platoon commander of anti-tank guns of the 2nd infantry battalion Sergeant Ivan Lysenko. It is armed with anti-tank gun and grenades, adopted August 9 fight with fifteen German tanks.
Lysenko chose a convenient place, set anti-tank gun so that the enemy did not see it, and shoot it was convenient.
Well trained fighter was well aware of their vulnerabilities and the first shots knocked two cars. Lysenko first shot knocked out two tanks, but the rest of the tanks were approaching, and the third tank had to beat from close range. Tank torn inside, but the explosion of ammunition anti-tank riflemen shell-shocked, and MFR was damaged by shrapnel tank armor.
When the anti-tank riflemen woke up to it already crawled another tank, seeking to crush it. The only escape was to climb to steal over the tank that Lysenko was not slow to do. Tank spun in place, wanting to lose unwelcome rider, and then rushed back. When the tank is crawling through a trench, which until recently were anti-tank riflemen, Lysenko saw a dead soldier with clenched hand and clip with him PTSD. At the same moment Lysenko dropped to the bottom of the trench, took his find, and shot several times after the German.
The fact is that unlike PTRD, PTSD had burst loading. At the loading gate is retracted, the cover box stores opened and inserted below a pack of five cartridges. PTSD was semi-automatic, and five shots could make in a row.
From tank fire broke out in flames and thick smoke.
Moving along the trench, Ivan Lysenko often changed positions, thereby making it difficult to maintain the ability to aim fire on it. Shots from PTSD Lysenko knocked out three enemy tanks, but he himself was wounded in the arm. After suffering such losses, the enemy was forced to retreat.
Ivan Lysenko combat with German tanks allowed the battalion to keep the occupied part of the village Kirikovka and ensure a successful crossing of units of the regiment over the river Vorskla.
Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of January 10, 1944 for exemplary performance of command assignments at the front of the struggle against the Nazi invaders and for displaying courage and heroism, Sergeant Lysenko Ivan Timofeyevich Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin and medal "Gold Star ».
At the end of 1945 Ivan T. Lysenko was demobilized from the Red Army, then the rest of his life he lived and worked in the village Shcherbinovsky Krasnodar region. Ivan T. died January 20, 1984.
Detail of premium sheet.
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