Another interesting and largely unknown page in the history of the Stalingrad battle is the first combat usage of British Lend Lease Churchill tanks on the Eastern Front. The first two units to be equipped with these tanks, the 47th and 48th Independent Guards Tank regiments of 21 tanks each, took an active role during Operation "Koltso"(Ring) -- the destruction of the encircled 6th Army at Stalingrad from January 10 to February 2, 1943.
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