Word: tanketka
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Dates: during 1942-1942
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...section of the Luftwaffe detailed to pound interior supply lines. In groups of from two to 15 planes they came over, often on 15-minute schedules, led to their prey by protecting Messerschmitts. Parachutists armed with tommy-guns were dropped extensively behind the Russian lines. Planes also were dropping tanketka (baby tanks) in numbers that caused plenty of trouble unless Soviet units isolated and destroyed them. A favorite parachute tactic was to land 100 or so men near a town or rail line, attempt to hold on until break-through units arrived overland. Often they dropped into towns, trying...
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