I hope you all enjoyed watching this video about this fascinating tank ace Dmitry Lavrinenko, the top scoring allied tank ace that knocked out the incredible amount of 52 tanks in just two and a half months. I have without a doubt butchered the Russian names so I apologize for that. I hope some Russian viewers can help me out on this? I would love to know how I should actually pronounce the Russian names. Like always, if you didn’t understand me there are English subtitles available to make it easier to understand. You can of course always use my scripts for your own research purposes. Kind regards The AceDestroyer

@tankgirl2074

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for uploading this video, TAD. Its wonderful someone is shedding light on many of the brave men and women who fought in the Soviet armed forces during the Great Patriotic War. I commend you on attempting Russian pronunciation. Even with my baby Russian, I could follow the events. :) Well done!

@TheAceDestroyer

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you @@tankgirl2074! Happy to see you enjoyed it!

@AlexanderViduetsky

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video and kudos to you! Don't worry about how you pronounce the Russian names and geographic locations - everything is easily understandable. From all those who served in the Soviet Army: Thank you!

@thenevadadesertrat2713

5 жыл бұрын

Wittman killed 125 tanks. B.t.w. Can you name a German tank that had an aluminum engine. Those engines are Ok, but they cracked easily.

@thenevadadesertrat2713

5 жыл бұрын

@@tankgirl2074 I am not trying to take away from Russian bravery and achievements. On the other hand, Germany started the war with the worst tank and ended up with the best. B.t.w, Stgs were far more effective at less cost. German tank formations were usually better organized. Their tanks had communication systems. No one else did.

If he had lived longer his score would have been equal to Carius, Knispel or Barkmann. Maybe higher. With his almost predatory ambush tactics he scored almost consistently. Smart thinking.

This tribute to a Red Army ace is a tribute to your channel's objectivity . This is how war and history should be looked at. You have my respect and admiration.

@TheAceDestroyer

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I really appreciate it!

As an old Tanker myself, I approve of this series/channel!

@TheAceDestroyer

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm very happy to hear that!

@nomdeguerre13

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheAceDestroyer yes, watching many of your videos. Really appreciate your time and interest in these things, especially with you being a younger man. I am only 50, but have many great memories of being a tanker, some of them include your countrymen. No matter what side you were on, it is still a brotherhood.

He did it during the darkest days of the war when everything else was going the enemies way.

Thanks for telling the story of this Russian warrior.

I salute his achievement and sacrifice. I wouldn't make a big deal about the T-34/76 inferiority compared to the German aces though. The time and place Lavrineko made his kills the Germans were 40% Pz-2s and 25% captured Soviet early war crap. His T-34/76 was the best tank there most of the time.

@peterlewerin4213

5 жыл бұрын

The early T-34 had strengths but also weaknesses that did impact the kind of action he seems to have preferred. The tank had poor optics and no cupola, making it difficult for the TC to manage an ambush and for the gunner to quickly acquire targets--and, yeah, the same crewman had to do both jobs somehow. Lack of intercom and platoon-band radio also made it difficult to coordinate quick, decisive attacks. Finally, as tanks were lost, they were replaced with inferior-quality ones from the improvised factories in the East. Lavrinenko and his men had to compensate for all these problems with superior crewmanship. Having done that, they were able to leverage the strengths of the vehicle, such as the good cannon and the excellent mobility.

@dmitriyivanov4688

5 жыл бұрын

Т 35/57

@dmitriyivanov4688

5 жыл бұрын

Т 34/57

@SAarumDoK

5 жыл бұрын

And with your thinking a T-34 ace can't be saluted like som others are because it was "superior" at a certain point ? Wheren't the germans got the "superior" vehicles in most part of the war ? That's quite contracdictory. Every tankers in this conflict must have the same respect, aces or not. Relgardless of their allegiance. It saden me that the russians / usa / british aces are regarded as inferior by some inviduals.

@andrewbluesbrother1841

4 жыл бұрын

You are crazy Baby 😎

Lavrinenko was successful because he fought smart. He set up ambushes and hit the Germans where they weren't expecting. Had he gone balls out and and charged the Germans - as lots of Soviet tankers did - he'd have been killed far earlier. Ironic that he died outside his tank from a mortar shell, but the Eastern Front tended to be lethal no matter where you found yourself.

@ahsyettungnashraph6245

5 жыл бұрын

brain on ambush. yes. balls? no.

@benlaskowski357

4 жыл бұрын

Smart wins.

I have been checking youtube every day for a new video since you uploaded the last one. Got a fresh cup of coffee and getting ready to enjoy this video! Can't wait for the next one. =)

Really enjoy these videos please carry on making more!

This is a great piece! It boggles the mind what it takes to stop a battalion with only one tank! Thank you AceDestroyer for sharing these wonderful war stories and doing the in debt research!

He had one obvious advantage over many of his Soviet peers. He had received several years of military training and practical experience before entering combat. His feat is astounding, particularly when you consider the extremely short time frame in which his battles occurred. It might be fair to claim he was the greatest tank ace ever (assuming Soviet historians did not exaggerate his accomplishments).

Love your tank ace series. Keep putting them out and Ill keep watching and sharing. thanks again.

@TheAceDestroyer

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Happy to see that you are enjoying them!

I've got to give this man is due respect. Patriot and a damn good shot.

The Tiger equipped with the 88mm canon was not on the battlefield in 1941. The T34/76 despite its numerous failings was one of the best tanks on the Eastern Front. Properly deployed, it was decisive against the Panzer II, III, and IV available to the Germans at the time. His success is what you would expect from the imaginative use of a superior weapon.

I love that you just give facts and have zero bias for both sides.

Not only are your documentaries unique and personalized, you seem to continuously provide never before seen war footage and I've seen hundreds if not thousands of hours of war films. Keep up the outstanding work.

Amazing video! like always! thanks for the good work!

What a hero, i enjoyed that, thanks !

this is a real gift ! i really appreciated the discovery of this (for me) unknown tank ace, thanks a lot !

@TheAceDestroyer

5 жыл бұрын

No worries! It's my pleasure!

Outstanding video... thank you for this!

Once again, a well researched and beautifully presented video, Thankyou.

@TheAceDestroyer

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate! It means a lot to me!

Excellent History about the tank ace!

Informative, thank you. 👍

Great video. Thank you.

Great video, thank you!

I agree with other commenters about the quality of the German tanks during Barbarossa. Not all that impressive - the II's and III's. A nice repast for the T34. Nevertheless, a fitting tribute to a true tank ace. Thank you!

I miss you mr. Destroyer Sir. Your work is exemplary.

Well done! Thanks!

Great as always.

Appreciate what you do, keep it up.

@TheAceDestroyer

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Happy to hear that!

Nice to hear about a Soviet hero. My country Norway owe them our freedom. As a 19 year old draftee I did my service in still existing positions in the extreme northeastern part of northern Norway. I swear I can to this day sense the fear and death within those originally German positions. One of those forgotten battles took place there that most ppl have never heard of. (The battles around the Neiden and Neiden river)

Thanks heaps for another great doco' .

Cool video thanks 😉👍👍👍

well done, and thank you for the research exceptional videos to go along with the narrative. new sub.

@TheAceDestroyer

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I really appreciate it!

Good stuff. Forgotten stories. Good reminder of personal accomplishment under horrible conditions.

Great video.

great content hope we see more soon lld3r

Very interesting. Thanks.

Another first rate video Ace!!!! This man deserves to be remembered since he is the tank ace of aces for the allies. Also, you never hear how the Soviet tankers did indeed do some damage to the Panzer forces in 1941. Very nice footage of KV-2s in action as well!!!!!!

@robertbruce7772

5 жыл бұрын

Also in 1941, the Soviet tanks did not have radios, so it was even harder for those Soviet tankers to coordinate tactical actions, etc.

Greatstuff and you are so right important to represent the other tank aces

I appreciate the history very much. Clearly, he was a great tactician and leader... 'I must stay with my one tank (however great) and defend this village against the Nazi armored battalion'.... and then doing it confidently. This is contrary to the usual top-down Soviet leadership style. I think this era of poor communications worked in his favor! I think he understood German tactics all too well.

Thanks again for the awesome history of these brave soldiers! Like to know ww2 history and how the tanks would come to evolve into what they are today.

@philsmith7629

5 жыл бұрын

N

Love it!

Well done!

Well made video and very interesting. Thank you for uploading this and spreading the word on a very brave and smart tanker who is completely unknown in the West. I don't agree with his tank being inferior to the German models of the time, but he was extremely successful at a time when the fate of the war hung in the balance, and many of his comrades were out skilled by their German enemies.

Love your videos. Just discovered your channal.

@TheAceDestroyer

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate! Very happy to hear that!

I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!

@TheAceDestroyer

5 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that!

So amazing he is forever immortalized in call of duty world at war

@randymarsh5249

4 жыл бұрын

No, he wasn’t.

@nihil4361

4 жыл бұрын

what the fuck are you speaking about

@derekhenschel3191

4 жыл бұрын

I was, making a joke, you thick brains

*Hey there.* *Dmitry* is pronounced as "Dmitryi" due to the letter й in "Дмитрий". It's like an "i", but with no ah-sound at the start and it's short. Fyodorovich. Only the first syllable is stressed here, so it's "fYOdorovich". Also, "yo" is a single sound. *Besstrashnaya.* The second syllable is stressed, "besstrAshnaya". Also, while technically being a village, it's still a Stanitsa, which means "camp" or "resting place (for many)". Basically that's how cossacks called their temporary camps where they left their wives and children while being out there, campaining. Besstrashnaya means "Fearless". *Kuban Oblast.* Кубанская область. Kubanskaya Oblast has been shortened to Kuban Oblast. There is a thing in Russian called 'Soft Sign', here it is - Ь or ь. It softens letters before and/or after it. 'T' in Oblast is like 'T' in "tea" and 'N' in Kuban is like 'N' in "new". Also, in Oblast, only the first syllable is stressed. Colonel *Katukov* , not Katukova. Russian surnames have genders. -v is a male form, -va is a female form. You were calling him by a female vesion of his surname the entire time :D *Frontoviki* . The last syllable is stressed, not the third. *Antonov* . Well, 'antOnov'. *Serpukhov* . Kh, again, is like 'h' in "Hunter". *Lystsevo* . Y is very stomach-y and should be almost growled. Also, 'ts' is 'ц' and it is pronouced like a single sound. Like 'tsk', for example. *Gusenevo.* 'gUsenevo'. Your pronounciation of *Voznesenskaya* and other names was good enough, even though a bit Germanised. I'm sorry for being such a grammar (nazi?) soviet. Love the content, take care.

@TheAceDestroyer

5 жыл бұрын

Ah thank you so much! Just what I needed! Thanks! Very funny I found the 'Katukova' spelling on several English pages, so they all had it wrong than... Don't be! thanks for helping me out on the Russian pronunciation! Happy to hear that you enjoyed it.

@KnightlyFYI

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheAceDestroyer I would gladly help you with pronunciations in your future videos, if you want. Just message me.

@sirmiles1820

5 жыл бұрын

I love you how corect ace. Please teach u more russians. i love Russians from Ph

@henrikw377

5 жыл бұрын

@@KnightlyFYI You the real MVP. But it may also be worth pointing out that 'o' is often pronounced as 'a'? I don't speak Russian but I have learned some very basic pronunciation stuff. Like Lystsevo, using the pronunciation pointed out above, should also be pronounced with an 'a' at the end right? Or V-a-znesenskaya?

@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785

5 жыл бұрын

Ringo Starr from The Beatles just got a lesson on Russian pronunciation! Wow!

I like your vids thankyou You have a nice calm pleasant voice May I ask your nationality? Your pronunciation for German and Russian names is excellent! Time to up the ante and bring in voice over some ww2 Japanese clashes Keep it up 🤘

@TheAceDestroyer

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! I'm from Belgium by the way.

The old tanker creed rings true here. “Stay on the tank, always stay on the tank”!

@ChrisCorson

5 жыл бұрын

“Apocalypse Now” line that is appropriate here... “....never leave the boat.” Or the Tiger will get you.

let's do some destroying with the IL-2! good vid!

Its refreshing that you have given fair consideration to ally "aces".

Where could we find his memorial/spot?

The name of his village roughly translates to: with out fear. It's in the female form though.

@khorne6434

3 жыл бұрын

Fearless*

@ivanprivalikhin5916

3 жыл бұрын

@@khorne6434 biz means without so it's a direct translation not my opinion of it. thanks for your unnecessary effort though.

Wittmanns First "Tank" was a Sturmgeschütz with the short 7.5 "Stummel" Kanone. Carius First tank was a Pz.38T with a 3,7 Kanone. She wasent no Problem for a T34.

@Lasstpak

5 жыл бұрын

only most of their kills were in a Tiger tanks

@keen8549

5 жыл бұрын

Kurt's first tank was "Panzer II"

@tyronefleming2455

5 жыл бұрын

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@user-ry3lk7fv5q

5 жыл бұрын

Uwe Sohlbach so what?what you want to say or prove?

@karlp8484

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, I noticed that too. The narration implies that the German tank aces all started their careers in Panthers and Tigers, but in reality, they began their war with pretty shitty tanks or hastily conceived assault guns. What was not rubbish of course is the excellent selection and training process employed by the Panzerwaffe which was considered an elite branch of the Wehrmacht.

my sincir compliments for this piece of juwelrie

Pls do more Videos about the battles that took place in the East. My Grandfather was a Pilot in Ju Transport plane, he got shoot down near Stalingrad and was captured. I asked him about the time there as i was younger but he did not want to tell me much about it sadly. i lived in the same house as him untill he died, i thought he was a normal mann working and living like a normal person. i did not understand what happend to all this Old men living among us what they did what they saw what they where going through but they where there....

@christianhoffmann8607

5 жыл бұрын

my grandfather was a motorcycle courier in France and Russia. he refused to tell anything except once when he told about coming under a heavy artillery barrage and having to hide for hours in a roadside ditch during the "waiting time" when Army Group Center didn't advance further because they were waiting for the Kiev battles to finish. I do have his war diary though, but I cant read it so far because I have to learn the old writing style which I currently can't read. One day hopefully 😓

that was a cold winter. brrrrrr

When you find out that your teacher was a highly decorated tank ace

Hi, I think this video is great! If you don't mind, I would like to ask your permission to share this video to the other website in China for the embarrassing reason that KZread is blocked from accessing in China, I will give sources of the original website. Thank you very much.

@TheAceDestroyer

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm very happy to hear that! Yes, by all means go ahead.

@yifanxia2893

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheAceDestroyer Really thank you！

You can't compare the Tanks Wittmann, Knispel and he drove. There are approx. 2 years between his death and the introduction of the Panther. By that Times the sovjet Tanks had also improved greatly. And contrary to popular beleaves, the M4 was no slouch either. He was a great Tank commander and probably/might match other more popular tank aces but all these guys were aces because of their ability to assess the Situation and act acordingly. Working around the shortcommings of your tank is,after all, what makes an ace an.

@Daedae-yo9ow

11 ай бұрын

No tank in the European theater was a bad tank they were all advanced for their time except for maybe the Italian tanks but they still had a good army considering they gave the allies a lotta hell during the invasion of Italy and in south africa and worst part is had the Italians had proper military command they would've made the campaigns on Africa and Europe much harder.

My hero

He was a true fighting man. RIP, Dmitry.

Comrade lavrinenko was truly a hero.

Oh he was a Vilumiansk type of Cossack. Got it 👌

Hero

Nice to see tank aces from other than the Germans, and few allies.Although true in the early days of the invasion, the German Panzerwaffe had "technically" inferior tanks compared to the T-34.(even though there were only a few T-34's available) We need to remember the Russian tactics and training hindered them more than German forces and training.

This man was a true hero

Please do a video about American and a British tanks in Soviet employ such as the M3 Lee, M4 Sherman, Valentine tanks and Matilda tanks! Or Allied tanks captured by the Germans.

@firepower7017

5 жыл бұрын

Joseph Satri Cleofe Villanueva I KEEP FINDING YOU! GET BACK DAMN IT!

Hmm. Not Russian here,but it seemed to me you did exceptionally well with the Russian words and names. One small critique, though. If my memory is accurate,the Mark VI Tiger did not appear on the Eastern Front until late 1942,early 1943. And initially in small numbers. Not sure, but you did say that he faced Tigers. Maybe not ?

@TheAceDestroyer

5 жыл бұрын

I don't think I said Tigers, but as usual a small error could have slipped in. The Panzers he fought were most likely Panzer II's, III's potentially some IV's as well or StuG's and Pz. 38's.

no tigers or panthers in 1941 a t/34 was bad ass than

I will admit he does deserve more credit and also from a War Thunder player like myself.

I was told by my father who fought against the Germans in Italy and France that good tactics are very important when fighting against a determined enemy with superior firepower. Lavrinenko used good tactics to destroy German tanks and other equipment when he was outnumbered.

please use maps when you name towns, great video tho!

@TheAceDestroyer

5 жыл бұрын

I was going to use maps, but I had a hard time finding some of the small hamlets, so I eventually decided not to use map in order not to create confusion.

Make a movie out of it

all the SUPER high kill counts are on the OstFront simply because that's were most of the fighting happened.

@yulusleonard985

5 жыл бұрын

No... German aces are put into front line until they die that's why they can rake that number of kills while allied aces are promoted into higher position leaving battlefield and training their new recruits. that's why while German aces have many kills they lose while Allied aces be American/Brittish/Soviet only have few kills but ultimately they win.

@JeanLucCaptain

5 жыл бұрын

Yulus Leonard well it's a combination of both factors.

@yulusleonard985

5 жыл бұрын

@@JeanLucCaptain You can always wonder why Allied second highest tank ace Kolobanov disappear from history? The reason is simple he was promoted to company commander after destroying two German tank company and his job switched from killing enemy tank and just observing the battlefield. Same goes with Zetsayef the soviet highest sniper kill count. He was promoted to Lieutenant after Stalingrad and he retire his sniper rifle and commanding his own company. This is why their kill count stopped after some time. Also soviet accumulate their kill count per battalion instead on individual.

@JeanLucCaptain

5 жыл бұрын

@@yulusleonard985 I say it's because of post war anti soviet propaganda.

@yulusleonard985

5 жыл бұрын

@@JeanLucCaptain Anti soviet propaganda or not one thing is clear. The Allied (American/Brit/Sov) promote talented soldier removing them from combat duty to commander/trainer position while on the German side they fought to death.

your statement also contradicted, the fact that early t34 with 76.2 gun also superior to many pz 3 and 38t let alone the older version

i feel as though the gunner should be the ace since he ultimatly kills the tank if he cant hit he cant kill

@whoareyou1034

5 жыл бұрын

I guess it is because the commander is the one who gives the orders of where, how and when to shoot. I have thought about that too.

@tankgirl2074

5 жыл бұрын

In the T-34/76, the commander was also the gunner. The tank had a 4 man crew, two of which were in the turret. The turret crew was the commander (who had to aim the gun and fire it) and the loader. In the lower hull was the driver and machine gun operator/radio operator. Only command tanks had radios in 1941. Unlike German tankers where the commander got the credit instead of his gunner, the full credit as gunner does go 100% to Lavrinenko

@MartinSheckelstorm

5 жыл бұрын

We'll i guess you don't listen to well huh?...he was the gunner as well....🙊🙉🙈

@michaelroot1960

5 жыл бұрын

Wittman wouldn’t except his knights cross unless his gunner Balthasar received one as well.

@ChrisCorson

5 жыл бұрын

Michael Root the crew got credit for kills. That is my understanding.

I know there was a war on....however 54 kills equals 4 or 5 men per tank that died... rest in peace brothers..whatever side you were on....lest we forget..

@TheAceDestroyer

5 жыл бұрын

I know that we should never forget the victims of the conflict, but tank kills aren't really what they sound to be. A tank kill is temporarily knocking out a tank, blowing up a track for example, or rendering the gun useless, forcing the crew to bail out. But, a kill can also be knocking out the tank entirely with unfortunately the entire crew.

@michaelroot1960

5 жыл бұрын

A tank kill doesn’t neccesarily mean the crew was killed. Some instances some or most of crew may have escaped, but yes some obviously perished.

Well, I think the aces videos should have began with him and continue to the german aces. Lavrienko's are great, but dont make compares!

@TheAceDestroyer

5 жыл бұрын

In hindsight you're absolutely right and I shouldn't have compared him to others. I have a new video on the way though, about Radley-Walters. A Canadian tank ace.

Cut down by a mortar splinter, damn that sucks. No mention of how many anti - tank guns he destroyed? Wittman considered anti - tank guns to be higher value targets because they were harder to locate and kill over tanks. Funny how everyone concentrates on the tank vs. tank kill figures.

you know only 1/3 of the german tanks in that time was of the type PZ III and PZ IV the rest consissted of obsulite PZ I, PZ II and variebls

@kenba96

5 жыл бұрын

And it was around the time when the t34 came in greater number then the pz IV F2 with the long 75mm

@kenba96

5 жыл бұрын

Started to come

@yulusleonard985

5 жыл бұрын

@@kenba96There are only 200 active T-34 at the beginning of the war. Most of them destroyed within 1 week at Broody anyway.

@kenba96

5 жыл бұрын

@@yulusleonard985 yes but there was a larger number KV-1 on the field amd was for the moast part them who desroyed the enemy tanks and also the Pz IV in the beginning only had about 20-50mm of front hull armor , as the F2 model too and that had the long 75 gun

@yulusleonard985

5 жыл бұрын

@@kenba96 I think the total number of their Kv-1 was around 145 across entire army. All concentrated at Broddy and all of them are lost. There are more Panzer III or IV than T-34/KV 1 combined at the start of the war. Also German lost many of their panzer at Broody to the point Guderian is almost sacked.

why are they tank ace and not aces? do they not consider the other 3-5 crew members aces?

@TheAceDestroyer

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I know right. The rest of the crew hardly get's a mention in the old filed. It is always extremely hard to find the full list of crew members, even for 'successful' tank commanders. It's as if the loader, gunner, driver,... weren't a part of the crew.

@BOB-wx3fq

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheAceDestroyer wow really cool of you to respond it confuses me because often how is it not a loader a gunner or a driver perhaps the main reason a tank ace got his success for instance the notorious michael wittman story in France where he "singlehandedly" knocked out a British armored column, they make it as if he was the lone wolf, he drove, loaded fired and found all his targets? did men like knipsel and wittman have different crews at different eras? pilots are easier, but is a gunner on a bomber who perhaps shot down 5 or more enemy interceptors not an ace in his own right? sorry to dribble on, its late and i appreciate when video makers, especially talented ones take the time to respond to viewers take care keep up the good work, loved your video on narva

@TheAceDestroyer

5 жыл бұрын

No worries! That's what i'm here for. Yeah indeed, these things are not a one man job. I know that the Germans usually kept the crews until one got wounded or one was killed, than that man was replaced. It could also happen that the higher ranked officers in the group changed tanks when his tank broke down. Than, the officer would take place in another tank, keep the crew of the other tank and the replaced commander would then be 'tank-less' together with the original crew of the high ranked officer. I have good news if you enjoyed the Narva video. I'm trying to make a 4 or 5 part series on the battle so, stay tuned for that.

@BOB-wx3fq

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheAceDestroyer sure will👍 good luck to you man!

@BOB-wx3fq

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheAceDestroyer ace, I have a request and I feel only you could do these topics that many don't focus on plain truth I find it hard to find good information on the halbe and the chaos that ensued there, it just intrigues me to no end, SS and Werhmacht betraying each other under to the pressure of 2 Soviet armies non stop advances and shelling what do you need from me to help you help me make a great video on this? just watched your dieppe video again and it's truly perfect, you can tell you really do your homework and leave any partisan biases at the door 👌

Consider that the Soviets didn't have two-way radio communications in the T-34 at that time (lend-lease would fix some of that later on) And he could not talk to the other tanks or to his Major or Colonel, they lacked the command and control that the German had and put to good advantage. There were lots of reasons for the disproportional losses Russia Suffered from the German. Man for Man the Russians were evenly matched, The German had better command and control, two-way radio com, close in air support and better small arms for the troops. The Russians had space, the distance was an advantage that made up for shortcomings in other areas, throw in the poor roads, and weather, Russia is a lot further north than you think, political leadership and General Staff that had a callous disregard for the men that had to do the fighting, along with some pre-war stupidity in the farming sector, and when you add in the fact that the German Army had 500,000 horses to feed among other things. It all comes together to explain the horrific losses that occurred in that part of the Second World War. Not a surprise Dmitry Larvinenko is, after all, a Koban Cossack they have a long tradition of Soldiering. I wonder if his grave is marked? So many of them are still listed as Missing.

@TheAceDestroyer

5 жыл бұрын

I tried to find a picture of his grave, but I couldn't find one. I hope somebody else knows if he has a known present grave or not.

@UltraTotenkopf

2 жыл бұрын

*What non-proportional losses are you talking about, the losses of the European Union army and the Red Army are approximately equal, the huge losses of the USSR are due to the massive genocide of the local population!*

You surprisingly did not butcher Russian names or towns too much. They are easily recognizable. Great job!

@TheAceDestroyer

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I honestly thought I did as I have no clue on how to properly pronounce Russian.

Died too young .alot of kills for 2 1/2 months

He looks like Marlon Brando, Hollywood actor.

tss.. good only on ambush.

The T34 had its own problems. No communication systems. The commander had to stick his head out of the turret, that was usually the end for him. Lots of those tanks had aluminum engines Those did not last even 100 hours of running. Russian assault tactics were very simple, mass attacks without regard of human losses. Russia lost about 30 million folks during the war. Both sides made mistakes. The German mistake was to tackle 135 countries at the same time.

Is there also an american tankace and what was his name?

@TheAceDestroyer

5 жыл бұрын

Yes the Americans also had a few tank aces. Lieutenant-Colonel Creighton W Abrams for example. Another tank ace was Staff Sergeant Lafayette 'War daddy' Pool. Those two are the best known but there will certainly be some others as well.

so how many tigers he killed? if you compare him to Wittman?

@flogger8413

Жыл бұрын

"Wittmann was a notorious kill thief who was known in his unit for claiming everything he shot at and at one point his company CO went as far as to censure him for it. In multiple cases, he argued that he should be awarded the kill for enemy vehicles that had been struck by multiple friendlies and when he was denied he jumped the chain of command to complain. Furthermore, his range scores (TC ranged, gunner aimed, if TC messes up range gunner will miss) were middling average which begs the question how did he go from being below average when being tested to a superstar when being followed by the Reichsministry for Public Enlightment and Propaganda?"

@leftistturk

Жыл бұрын

Wittman rest in piss get backed by canadian shoemaker in american tank with british gun

Nowbody. give. a. .........

When you're mostly fighting Panzer 2's and Panzer 3's, I guess the T34/76 would kick German ass!

Good story, but one small problem with a detail. If Dmitry Lavreneko was born in 1914, it was in free Russia, not the USSR. The Soviet Union did not come into existence until after the 1917 revolution. The year 1917 is when the Soviet enslavement of Russia began.

@TheAceDestroyer

5 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah! You're absolutely right! Russia was still under Tzar Nicolas 2. How could I forget that! Thanks for correcting me here, I appreciate it!

@mrjones5636

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, it was first enslaved by the tzar, afterwards enslaved by the soviets.

I get a bit annoyed when Russians are downplayed as to their fighting skills in WWII. It's an insult to them as well as an insult to the Germans. But I will point out as several others have, at the time Lavrinenko was actually in the best (by far) tank of the war. The Germans didn't really have an answer to the T-34 until the Panther came out in mid1943 and even then it had a lot of problems which took time to sort out. Strange comment about visibility being the main flaw of the T-34. All tank commanders would poke their heads out of the turret unless actually being fired upon, visibility being pretty bad for all tanks. The main weakness of the T-34/76 was that the commander was also the gunner. This was fixed with the T-34/85 which had a bigger gun too. But the manoeuvrability and speed of the T-34 really were far superior to anything else.

@thenevadadesertrat2713

5 жыл бұрын

The T34 had its own problems. No communication systems. The commander had to stick his head out of the turret, that was usually the end for him. Lots of those tanks had aluminum engines Those did not last even 100 hours of running. Russian assault tactics were very simple, mass attacks without regard of human losses. Russia lost about 30 million folks during the war. Both sides made mistakes. The German mistake was to tackle 135 countries at the same time.

@michaelroot1960

5 жыл бұрын

Too think the Wehrmacht didn’t have an answer for the T-34 until 1943 is ludicrous.

@konstantingr5928

5 жыл бұрын

its called western propaganda .. if you want a good view of russian army in ww2 watch tik channel

@karlp8484

5 жыл бұрын

@Derro Farm So what, did I say otherwise? The King Tiger is after the Panther and the original is before.

@elgringo8585

5 жыл бұрын

@Roughman if u see the terrible losses they had their tactics must have been a joke. Not sure how u r trying to argue on that?

Dmitry did very well, killing 52 tanks in just 2 to 3 months, while most German aces survived for most of the war, so its unfair to compare the two, which is what most of these wehraboos are doing in the comments

@callum8428

5 жыл бұрын

What were the tanks he was up against? Panzer 2’s and 3’s, hardly a challenge for a T34.

@comradeivan9326

5 жыл бұрын

T-34s during that time had a chronic shortage of 76mm shells, even then, better to defeat panzer 2s and 3s with a T-34 than driving Tigers and panthers against T-34/76's

@yulusleonard985

5 жыл бұрын

@@callum8428 Otto Carius also have most of his kill T-26 and BT-7 on his PZ III before he moved to 502 heavy tank battalion and stationed near Leningrad and doing slugfest with KV battalion for years sometime win sometime lose.

@callum8428

5 жыл бұрын

Comrade Ivan honestly mate it’s all falling upon deaf ears, the panzer 2 and 3 were totally out classed by the early T34’s. You’re talking about the chronic shortages, yet this is the tale of one tank ace.

@elgringo8585

5 жыл бұрын

@@comradeivan9326 that's not true lol.

He probably would’ve stopped the advance and pushed back the Germans had it not been for that mortar shell, the Germans aren’t necessarily known for their mass tank production abilities.

T34 in 1941 was as protected as any Panther or Tiger was in 1943... even more .. Germans in 1941 did not have tanks that could fight with T34 at medium ranges... they had to come ridiculously close to have chance penetrating T34s armor..

@johannsebastianbach9003

5 жыл бұрын

Tiger

@JaM-R2TR4

5 жыл бұрын

@Outdoors Bushman yes, but so did Panthers.. Germans had to move them everywhere by train, because on its own, they were unable to make a 50km dash, which greatly limited German maneuvering capability... anyway, im not saying T34 was great tank.. it was not. But in 1941 its armor and gun was something that German tanks had hard time to cope with..

@Nedula007

5 жыл бұрын

Most battles were not tank vs tank

@yulusleonard985

5 жыл бұрын

The Germans have something called panzerjager company/battalion from early war. To destroy any tank they don't need a tank. They only need these guys.

@konstantingr5928

5 жыл бұрын

jep in movies they did ... then tell your story again when you see a german ace video