I was watching the August 1941 video and I disappointed to see no mention of Soviet Tank ace Zinoviy Kolobanov’s exploits on the 19th of that month. I figured it was a very accomplished and impressive feat that day, so I feel like it would be a worth while anecdote here (feel free to include this somewhere if the TimeGhost team would so like to use it):
“Spiller was tasked with defending the outskirts of Krasnogvardeysk and he deployed a platoon of just five KV-1 tanks under Leytenant Zinoviy G. Kolobanov, just west of the city, along the route of that 8.Panzer-Division was approaching. On the morning of 19 August, Kolobanov’s KV-1s… waited hull down in ambush… Kolobanov’s five KV-1s opened fire at a range of 450 meters, engaging the lead elements of the Panzerjager-Abteilung 59… Kolobanov’s tanks was hit repeatedly without being knocked out, although his sights were eventually demolished and his turret jammed. He broke off the action after firing off his entire basic load of ninety-eight rounds. The Soviets claimed that Kolobanov’s platoon had destroyed fourty-two German tanks, including twenty-two by Kolobanov himself, without a single KV-1 being lost.” (Forczy, “Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front 1941-1942: Schwerpunkt”, Page 73-74).
Additionally, although I can find no English language source for this, his tank crew assessed his vehicle to have been hit 156 times by the Germans, with zero penetrations. Kolobanov was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for his efforts, and his gunner, Andrej Usov, the Order of Lenin.