“The barrel is long, life is short”, “Double salary - triple death”, “Farewell, Motherland!” - all these are front-line nicknames for artillerymen of 45, 57 and 76 mm caliber guns, who were entrusted with the deadly task of burning German tanks. Every battle, every damaged panzer cost a lot of blood, and victory in a duel with Hitler’s tank aces required colossal endurance, courage and skill. And until the very end of the war, the Panzerwaffe, including the formidable Tigers, suffered their heaviest losses not in duels with Soviet tankers, but from our artillery fire. “THE MAIN MAIN THING IS TO TAKE THE TANKS AWAY FROM THEM!” - this “catchphrase” from “Hot Snow” has become a universal formula for Victory.