Tank war on the Eastern Front

With new Soviet tanks, the Germans met in the first hours of the war. The appearance of the T-34, KV-1 and KV-2 caused shock among German tankers and infantry. One of the participants in the battles recalled: "KV-1 and KV-2, which we faced for the first time, were something extraordinary .... Our armor -piercing shells ricocheted from the armor of Soviet tanks ... Tanks passed through our orders and headed for infantry and rear services. " Was our tanks in 1941 the best in the world? And if so, why did the Red Army suffer a terrible defeat in the autumn-summer campaign? Whether our tanks were able to compare in 1943-1944. With "tigers" and "panthers"? How did the tanks received according to Lend-Lease fought? The new book of the military historian A.B. Shirow. On the basis of German and Soviet memoirs, historical research and secret reports on the hostilities of the tank troops, the author tells about a real tank war