Soviet soldier kisses his m44 carbine after a fearce battle

Victory rifle

A primitive acoustic locater used by the Soviets to spot enemy planes before radars were introduced.

Acoustic locater

The Soviet 4th Mechanised Corps (Gen. Vasily Timofeyevich Volsky) from the S and the 4th Tank Corps (Gen. Andrey Grigoryevich Kravchenko) from the N, join hands at Kalach on the Don, thus establishing the complete encirclement of the 300,000 men of 6. Armee (General der Panzertruppen Friedrich Paulus) and 4. Panzer-Armee (Generaloberst Hermann Hoth). The Soviets report gains of up to 80 km (50 miles) S of Stalingrad. 