A distant but fascinating photograph of the fighting of 2 October 1941 , which repays close study. In the right foreground is a Soviet freight train overrun on the
tracks- note two locomotives, one facing forward, the other to the rear. In the background several buildings are on fire, and the sky is black with smoke from an oil dump. In the left and center background, PzKpfw 35(t) tanks in company strength may be seen advancing under fire.

2 October 1941 Breakthrough

Photographed on 2 October 1941, during the breakthrough
by Pz.Bde.Koll north of Vyazma: the brigade commander's PzBefw.III, with the white turret code 'R06', on a typical Russian dirt road- rollbahn. In front of it, a column of Granit ambulances; to the
right, Soviet prisoners; and in the background, smoke rising from an oil dump bombed by Stukas

2 October 1941

A column of armor from ' Pz.Bde.Koll' advance through woods past a burning Soviet ammunition truck ; on the right, unguarded Soviet prisoners make their way to the rear. The leading PzKpfw 38(t) bears on the driver's visor the yellow 'Y' sign of 7th Pz.Div.,identifying 25th Pz.Regt.