The Monster of Raseiniai

On the 22nd June 1941 the unstoppable Wehrmacht invaded Soviet Union. It seemed like another country is going to fall due to the blitzkrieg doctrine... Play War Thunder for free: Disclaimer: The video is historical correct, but the fact that 41st Panzerjeager Abteilung was equipped with PaK 36 and PaK 38 towed guns instead Panzerjeagers. Hence I used vehicles in War Thunder, which were also produced in that period of time and had similar firepower characteristic. In 5:10 you can see a memorial plate showing a KV-1 heavy tank. Today many historians agree that it was KV-2 tank. Notice the fact of 6 men crew instead of 5 as it would be in case of KV-1. Please notice that 6th Panzer Division was in fact Leichte Division and had mainly Panzer II and Pz 35(t) light tanks. You can see it’s Ordre de Bataille here: