The Breakthrough of the 'Beast Hunters'. At the Tip of Tank Strikes

A NEW novel from the author of the bestsellers “Beast Hunters” vs “Tigers” and “Commander of a Penalty Company.” The front-line truth of the Soviet self-propelled gun crews who fought with heavy SU-152—who became a menace to the German “Tigers” and “Panthers,” earning the honored nickname “BEAST HUNTERS.”

Summer 1944. Our troops advance on all fronts, but Berlin is still far away, and the resistance of the Wehrmacht and SS troops grows increasingly fierce. At the spearhead of the Red Army’s main blows are Stalin’s “beast hunters” with powerful 152-mm guns and strong armor, designed to break through defensive strongpoints. They are thrown into battle at the most important directions and the most dangerous sections. They are the reserve of the Supreme High Command, the elite of Soviet artillery and tank troops. Their Guards crews will smash concrete pillboxes and, together with assault groups, seize enemy cities, burn heavy German armored tanks and armored trains—and themselves burn alive in disabled self-propelled guns…