The Offensive in the East:

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                (~~    ~~~)    __---=/\>     (~~    ~~~)
                                      /\/
                                      \

A Heroic machinegunner:

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      ^  `--'--~~\`


More Heroes of the Homeland:

            |   ,
            | O /                 O
            |--\            __---=/\>
              / \                __/__
              \  \               \    '

An opening salvo:

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           \          \      @             Bam!
            \\         \      \                Bam!
             \\\        \     ,\
            (    o      (\i  _= =_
             ] [V/     -=~=-
         _==~~(=_~~==_


Another soviet guy

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        '\ O
          \_\
           / \/
           \