M. : Yauza: Eksmo, 2010. — 352 s. — ISBN: 978-5-9955-0154-1 . Their military specialty was considered at the front one of the most difficult and dangerous. They were a primary target for German gunners and gunners. Offensive with the advanced units of the Red Army, participating in the attacks of assault groups, artillery scouts-observers suffered heavy losses. So their memoirs are very rare. The author of this book also repeatedly looked into the face of death, passing with the 6th artillery division of the breakthrough from Belarus to the Elbe: “Short artillery preparation progressed, and the tanks moved forward .. Then we went up and followed them. Whistle shells and bullets, in front of some rubbish: either from explosions, or from smoke bombs fired by the Germans . Tanks stop every now and then, waiting for our brotherhood, which should have time to notice and neutralize the enemy with Faustpatron . Tanks "IS" twats are not scary, and Faustpatron - death. "There was a characteristic crackling of a German machine gun, and I was whipped on my right foot and burned on my left. My feet are covered with ... The left leg was torn to shreds, in the right two holes from which the blood ooze. Is it injured? - someone yelled. I nodded. The Big One