In Yekaterinburg, on May 9, the Victory Parade took place without modern military equipment from the Central Military District units – for the first time in many years. According to local media, citing correspondents, the mechanized column consisted exclusively of vehicles from the Great Patriotic War. At the same time, the foot formations – more than 1,600 people – marched in full strength.
The mechanized column opened with a T-34 flamethrower tank and included a T-70B light tank, a SU-100 self-propelled gun, a BA-10M armored car, a BM-13N "Katyusha" multiple rocket launcher, a ZiS-5 truck with a Z-15-4 anti-aircraft searchlight, and a BTR-40 armored personnel carrier. The procession was closed by a GAZ M-20 "Pobeda".
Performance Characteristics of the Equipment that Marched in the Parade in Yekaterinburg
T-34: V-2-34 diesel engine with 500 hp, 76.2-mm gun, anti-projectile armor up to 45–52 mm with rational angles of inclination. The main manufacturer was Uralvagonzavod in Nizhny Tagil (almost 26 thousand vehicles produced from December 1941 to 1945). From September 1942 to August 1943, the T-34 was also produced by Uralmashzavod in Sverdlovsk.
T-70B: light tank with a GAZ-203 gasoline engine with 140 hp, a 45-mm gun, and armor up to 35 mm. Intended for reconnaissance and infantry support.
SU-100: self-propelled artillery unit based on the T-34-85 with a 100-mm D-10S gun, capable of hitting heavy tanks at a distance of up to 1.5 km. The frontal armor of the casemate reached 75 mm.
BA-10M: all-wheel drive armored car on a GAZ-AAA chassis with a 45-mm gun and armor up to 15 mm. Used for reconnaissance and patrolling.
BM-13N "Katyusha": a package of 16 guides for M-13 rockets of 132 mm caliber. A full salvo weighing over 670 kg was fired in 7–10 seconds to a range of up to 8.5 km. The launchers were produced by the Kolyushchenko Plant in Chelyabinsk, the rockets by Uralvagonzavod and Sverdlovsk Mechanical Plant.
ZiS-5 with Z-15-4 searchlight: a 3-ton truck equipped with an anti-aircraft searchlight for detecting and illuminating aerial targets at night.
BTR-40: light wheeled armored personnel carrier on a GAZ-63 chassis, which debuted in the post-war years. Accommodated 8 paratroopers, armed with an SGMB machine gun.
GAZ M-20 "Pobeda": passenger car with a 2.1-liter 50-hp engine, unibody construction, and independent front suspension. Considered one of the first truly mass-produced cars of the Soviet era.