Soviet Motor Gunboats of World War II: The Red Army's 'River Tanks' from Stalingrad to Berlin

by Przemyslaw Budzbon

A compelling account of the heavily armed and highly mobile Soviet river gunboats which took on the Germans during World War II.

Russia's enormous river system has long been its highway and, as early as 1908, the Tsar's armies were developing armoured riverboats that brought tank-like mobility, firepower and survivability to Russian battlefields.

This book, the first history of these vessels in English, explains how...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472857216
• ISBN13: 9781472857217
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.1" x 9.5"