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[h2]SU-122[/h2]



In Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg, we introduced new unit classes, one of them being the Assault guns. Now, we present to you the Soviet units of this class.

When Soviet troops met the German StuGs on the battlefield, the question of implementing similar design ideas was raised.

To minimize development and production time, as well as, minimize potential design issues, the T-34 tank chassis was picked for the new vehicle. The T-34 tanks have proven to be a very reliable and durable model, so picking their chassis for SU-122 was only logical. In the end, the Red Army got a powerful and mobile 122-mm Assault Gun.



[h2]SU-152[/h2]



In addition to SU-122, a lager caliber Assult gun SU-152 was developed. It was mounted on a KV-1 chassis and had a 152-mm gun, as well as, thicker armor compared to SU-122.



The vehicle was designed as an Assault Gun, but it was often used as a heavy tank destroyer, dealing with Tiger tanks and other heavily armored targets quite efficiently. No wonder it was nicknamed Zveroboy ("Beast Slayer").

We will keep posting new units that will appear for the first time in the Strategic Mind series, so stay tuned!

With best regards
Starni Games team

Hello guys!

We are happy to inform you that our upcoming project Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism participates in the Steam Game Festival Autumn Edition! We invite you to play our Free Demo:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1341170/Strategic_Mind_Spectre_of_Communism/

We also encourage you to browse the festival and check out some promising strategy games there. The festival runs from 7 to 13 October, so you have plenty of time.

Have a good time!

With best regards
Starni Games team

The German army is a machine, and machines can be broken! (c) Konstantin Rokossovsky

Konstantin Konstantinovich (Xaverevich) Rokossovsky (Polish: Konstanty Rokossowski; 21 December 1896 – 3 August 1968) was a Soviet and Polish officer who became Marshal of the Soviet Union, Marshal of Poland, and served as Poland's Defence Minister from 1949 until his removal in 1956 during the Polish October. He was among the most prominent Red Army commanders of World War II.

Rokossovsky got himself a reputation of Soviet most gallant commander, who cares for his troops, and for whom words honor and duty are not the empty words. He was calm, composed, and courteous with both his subordinates and superiors. His military talent and expertise are also highly acclaimed.



In Russia, they say I'm a Pole, in Poland they call me Russian. (c) Konstantin Rokossovsky

He was born and brought up in Poland, his mother being Russian, and father a Pole. He was serving first in the Russian army during WW1, then in the Soviet one. It’s during his Soviet career he had to pretend he had no Polish father (hence made up patronymic “Konstantinovich”, Xaverevich being the real one), and was unrelated to a Rokossovsky noble family of his ancestors. Nonetheless, the highest authorities knew of it and did take it into consideration when they planned to appoint Rokossovsky. After the war, he was posted in Soviet Poland, where he did not live for 35 years, and the locals were considering him a Russian overseer. The ultimate irony.



In 1937 during the Army purges, he was arrested and taken prisoner for almost 3 years. He was accused of being both a Polish and Japanese spy, based on the fresh testimony of a person 10 years after death.

According to Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Rokossovsky endured two mock shooting ceremonies where he was taken out at night by a firing squad, but then returned to prison. He was set free in 1940 when the lack of qualified General Staff became glaringly apparent. Despite all the hardships, he remained loyal to the Soviet state.

Rokossovsky was an imposing figure, tall, very good-looking, and well dressed; I understand he was a bachelor and was much admired by ladies. (c) Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery

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Whoever can lift a rifle, should have one. (c) Kliment Voroshilov

Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov, popularly known as Klim Voroshilov (4 February 1881 – 2 December 1969), was a prominent Soviet military officer and politician during the Stalin era. He was one of the original five Marshals of the Soviet Union (the highest military rank of the Soviet Union).

In the game: During the operation in Poland, Zhukov suggests remaining the captured “Smialy” Polish Armored train into “First Marshal” to appease Voroshilov if you complete one of the secondary objectives) First Marshal (Первый маршал) was a honorific name for the original five Marshals of the Soviet Union, used in songs, etc.



In 1925-1940 Voroshilov was People’s Commissar for Defense (in modern terms: Minister of Defense). So, over 15 years he was responsible for expanding, modernizing and training the Red Army.

In the game: Voroshilov starts out as your superior. Historically, he lost his People’s Commissar position after the Winter War, afterward he still held various prominent positions in the Government. But in the game, he manages to cling to it for longer, due to the player (acting as Zhukov) being a bit more successful than it was historically.



Many types of military vehicles were named after Voroshilov. The most renowned ones being KV-1 and KV-2, where KV stands for Klim Voroshilov. Additionally, his hometown was also named after him - Voroshilovgrad. Nowadays, it is a city of Luhansk in Ukraine.

In the game: The KV-1 and KV-2 tanks are present.

If we enjoy the benefits of peace, it is only because we have an excellent armed force and a fine socialist economy. Let us exert all efforts so that our further development may be strong and mighty, so that our numerous enemies may think well and long before they decide to attack our fatherland, and so that if they attack, they will quickly regret it. (c) Kliment Voroshilov