Top image: M3L Stuart, 563rd Tank Battalion.
In February 1943 in an attempt to drive the German Seventeenth Army from it's position in the Kuban Bridgehead, the Soviets launced an amphibious operation at Ozerekya Bay near Novorossiysk. This force included 30 Stuarts of the 563rd Tank Battalion. This landing was repulsed but a secondary beach assault was able to hold a small bridgehead which was held until the German withdrawl in September 1943.

Bottom image: M3S Lee Tank (unknown unit), summer 1942
This tank was captured by the 23rd Panzer Division, with it's original US identification number still visible. The German markings on the turret indicate the date captured.

FROM: Osprey Publishing's: Tanks in the Caucasus 1942-43

PRICE: £250.00 (Unframed)

IMAGE SIZE: Approx. H 25cm x W 35cm ( H 10 inches x W 13.5 inches)
MEDIUM: Watercolour and gouache