Okay is one about Russian Zinoviy Kolobanov When he was joining the 70th Infantry Division on 14th November 1933, student Zinoviy Grigorevich Kolobanov did not even dream about having his name connected to one of the most famous tank skirmishes in the Great Patriotic War. 19th August 1941 was a grim day for Leningrad forces of USSR. German armoured forces were easily dispatching light soviet tanks of the BT series and the T20 family. The Commander of the German 8th Division’s vanguard had no reason to worry while his 20 vehicle group was approaching the crossroad at the edge of Krasnogvardeysk swamp. Shortly first tank was out. German vehicles stopped, believing it ran across a mine. 150 meters farther, gunner Starshiy Serzhant Andrey Usov was already taking aim at the group’s rear, 800m further to the west. Few moments later, hit by a 76mm shot, tank at the rear of the group had caught fire and disabled the chance of a retreat. Astonished German tankers were trying to figure out who was shooting at them. Panicked they did not noticed 5 hunkered down KV-1 tanks, belonging to the First Battalion’s Third Company under command of Starshiy Leytenant Kolobanov. Spotted late and well hunkered down, his KV-1 had continued firing until it had depleted his double battle compliment of APCR shells (total of 220) and only then had the second Soviet tank fired from its new position. When the dust was down. Count of the skirmish was 43 destroyed German tanks. The crew of tank number 864 have counted astonishing 135 hits on their KV armour – neither of the hits penetrating their armour. They alone had managed to destroy 22 enemy tanks, two Self-propelled guns and two halftracks.