Dimitri Silakadze. February tanks. 1921

Dimitri Silakadze. February tanks. 1921

Dimitri Silakadze

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On February 24, 1921, during the Russian-Georgian War, tanks and infantry faced off on the battlefield for the first time in Georgia and the South Caucasus. The battle took place near Tbilisi, on the right bank of the Lochini River. Until now, there have been two versions of the outcome of the clash between the Red Army’s tanks and the Georgian Guard’s infantry - one Russian and one Georgian.

This book reconstructs the real course of the battle based on a critical analysis of both known sources and previously undiscovered archival documents. In addition to this central topic, the book discusses the specifics of tank warfare in that era, anti-tank combat tactics, and the tanks in the Georgian army’s arsenal. It also explores how one of these tanks ended up in Berlin in May 1945.

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