Victory Park Saratov - Open Air display

This open-air display contains among others:

Great Patriotic War
- 'Yaroslavets' Gun Boat. This boat protected the railway bridge at Saratov against enemy bombers.
- Armoured Train "Ryazan-Ural". This armoured train protected the railway bridge and plants of Saratov against enemy bombers.
- T-70 light tank.
- Katyusha's.
- ZiS-3 76mm gun.
- 37-mm automatic anti-aircraft gun 61-k model 1939
- 14.5 mm anti-aircraft machine gun ZPU-4
- Anti-aircraft searchlight Z-15-4

Cold War:
- 100 mm air defense gun KS-19
- 57-mm S-60 automatic anti-aircraft gun

Reconstructed battlefield
This replicated battlefield is part of the victory park of Saratov. There are several 'dug-outs' and also a number of German vehicles that were captured during the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). These vehicles are:

Panzerkampfwagen Tiger I,
Sturmgeschütz (StuG) III Ausf. G,
Sd.Kfz. 251.

There is also a part of a downed German plane here.

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Source

• Text: Kaj Metz
• Photos: Michael Carke