



Fighting Girlfriend refers to Mariya Oktyabrskaya, a Soviet widow who used her life savings to purchase a T-34 tank to fight in World War II after her husband was killed. Despite being rejected for enlistment due to tuberculosis, she petitioned Joseph Stalin and was granted permission to become a tank driver and mechanic for her tank, The Fighting Girlfriend. Oktyabrskaya was posthumously awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union medal for her bravery.From Photos we have depicted that famous tank