Robert Forczyk - Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front, 1941-1942 - Schwerpunkt

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Excluding machine-gun-armed Pz.I light tanks, which were no longer assigned to Panzer-Abteilungen. I also will exclude similar Soviet light tanks or tankettes such as the T-37 and T-40. By 1941 standards, these were not tanks.

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