06/22/2016 - Iron Sights Productions We like to find interesting Russian photos, articles, and documents and translate them so English audiences can appreciate them too.

Here's a picture of a Ba-11 armored car from 1941 taken in Kubinka, Russia together with its Russian caption translated into English. 

"A Ba-11 heavy armored car tested at military proving grounds in Kubinka, 1941." 

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Inside the Chieftain's Hatch: Panther. Part 1

06/22/2016 - Iron Sights Productions World of Tanks and the company behind it, Wargaming.net, do more than just make popular computer games. They are also heavily involved in historical education and preservation.

This includes their incredible video series hosted by Nicholas Moran called "Inside the Chieftain's Hatch."

The latest episode featured above covers the exterior of a Panther Ausf A. Open the video in YouTube and check out all the other videos previously made. There are also tours of entire warships done in this manner.

If you like it, make sure to subscribe to The Chieftain's YouTube channel.

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Russian2English Captions: WW2 Reindeer Teams

06/22/2016 - Iron Sights Productions We like to find interesting Russian photos, articles, and documents and translate them so English audiences can appreciate them too.

Check out this photo and caption featuring a Russian reindeer team delivering bombs in the middle of WW2.

Reindeer teams transferring air bombs to the Vaenga airfield allowing Northern Fleet's PE-2 bombers to carry on their missions. (source) 

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