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PARTICIPATION OF THE SOUTHWEST OPERATIONAL TEAM OF GUARDS MORTAR UNITS IN FIGHTING IN THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 1941 TO JANUARY 1942: EVALUATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS
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Oleg Evgen'evich Ashcheulov
Institute of the Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow
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Submitted:
January 1, 2017
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Abstract.
The publication is devoted to one of the symbols of the weapon of the Soviet Union victory in the Great Patriotic War - the rocket launchers BM-8 and BM-13 “Katyusha” - and evaluation of their use within the Southwest operational team of Guards mortar units in October 1941 - January 1942. The author publishes a declassified document from the Central Archives of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation “Summary of Rockets Application in the Southwestern Front” for the first time.
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Key words and phrases:
Великая Отечественная война
гвардейские минометные части
«Катюша»
боевое применение
Юго-Западный фронт
The Great Patriotic War
Guards mortar units
“Katyusha”
deployment
Southwestern Front
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