Штурмовые бригады Красной Армии

The "armored infantry" of the Red Army, "Soviet cuirassiers" - for most readers, even those who are familiar with the history of the Great Patriotic War firsthand, these words will only cause bewilderment. So who are they, these soldiers in steel cuirasses?
In the forefront of the attackers, they suppressed enemy firing points and stormed barricades on the streets of German cities, built bridges under fire and gnawed through the concrete of enemy defenses. Their name is assault engineer-sapper brigades. Here is what the Hero of the Soviet Union, General Galitsky, head of the engineering troops of the 1st Ukrainian Front, wrote about them: “The personnel of the brigade are special sappers, attack aircraft with bulletproof vests, in steel helmets, all armed with machine guns. They are designed to fight together with the infantry and must participate in breaking through the defense: in the destruction of pillboxes, bunkers, machine-gun nests and enemy NPs ... "
Created at a turning point in the war, the Soviet "armored infantry" rightfully deserved the title of guard of engineering troops.
The book of the military historian Nikolai Nikiforov for the first time tells in detail about the contribution of the assault brigades of the Red Army to our common Victory.