A T-34 Model 1943 passes by a column of GPA (amphibious jeeps) during the 3rd Baltic Front’s liberation of the Lithuanian capitol o’ Vilnius on 13 July 1944. This tank is fitted out as a PT-34 mine roller. It has the yoke for the mine rollers attached, but the wheels themselves are not fitted. Usually, the tanks moved into the assembly area without the roller wheels and they were carried separately on trucks until they needed to be attached. The amphibious jeeps were generally used by Soviet razvedchik scout units to secure small bridgeheads in advance of the main body of troops.
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