Soviet destroyer “Stoyky” of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet fires her guns at German positions near Leningrad, 1943.
A Quad Maxim AA positions springs to life outside of St Isaac’s Cathedral during the Siege of Leningrad
Leningrad militia armorers check a batch of Canadian Ross rifles, Type
1910. The Ross, with a straight pull bolt, was potentially a dangerous
rifle because any problem ignition could push the bolt back straight
into the face of the shooter.



