Soviet CAVALRY 1935-1942

The Red Army was substantially motorized from 1939–1941 but lost most of its war equipment in Operation Barbarossa. These losses were temporarily remedied by forming masses of light cavalry which were used as strike forces in the Battle of Moscow. Heavy casualties and shortage of horses soon compelled the Soviets to reduce the number of cavalry divisions. As tank production and Allied supplies made up for the losses of 1941, the cavalry was merged with tank units, forming more effective strike groups. From 1943–1944, cavalry gradually became the mobile infantry component of the tank armies. By the end of the war, Soviet cavalry was reduced to its pre-war strength. The logistical role of horses in Red Army was not as high as it was in the German Army due to Soviet domestic oil reserves and American truck supplies.

Set bevat;

• 2 Soviet soldaten
• 2 Paarden
• kaarten set voor war game spel

Schaal 1:72

Zvezda 6161