Trophies are an integral part of any military conflict. And in the difficult conditions of the Great Patriotic War, they were sometimes vital. That's just not all of what the Red Army managed to capture from the Wehrmacht was to the liking of the Soviet soldier. But there were also such finds that they valued more than others.
1. Trophy equipment
Despite the fact that by 1943 the production of military equipment, including heavy equipment, was able to be established in the USSR, they were still in short supply. Therefore, captured tanks and other armored vehicles were still appreciated by the soldiers of the Red Army.
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However, it is worth mentioning one detail: more than the other trophies reclaimed from the Wehrmacht remained coveted... Soviet tanks. The thing is that the technique, repulsed from the enemy in battle, was valued most dearly. And in the literal sense: they even paid more for the returned Soviet tanks or other vehicles.
2. Hand weapon
In fairness, it is worth noting that in the early stages of the war, the Red Army actively took German small arms not so much because they were better than the Soviet, but because of the "weapon hunger. "
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However, some of the German "firearms" the soldiers of the Red Army always took with pleasure. We are talking about Wehrmacht pistols. The thing is that such weapons in the Soviet army were received only by the command and officers, and from the Germans they were distributed, in fact, everywhere. The Mauser C96 was considered the most coveted captured German pistol.
3. Grenade launchers
German grenade launchers turned out to be the most coveted trophy among the Red Army. Primarily because the troops of the Red Army were simply not supplied with this type of weapon, for all its effectiveness.
Indeed, the German grenade launchers showed themselves excellently against equipment and fortifications. Therefore, they were taken away wherever and whenever the opportunity arose. The popularity of grenade launchers among the Red Army can be estimated using numbers: half of all weapons of this type produced in the Third Reich became trophies of Soviet soldiers.
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A source: https://novate.ru/blogs/240420/54259/