About the book: 2008 / The diaries of Elektron Priklonsky, holder of several orders of the Patriotic War, is a fascinating and honest story about the military everyday life of a mechanic - driver of the heavy self-propelled gun ISU-152. The young officer took part in hostilities on the territory of Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, changed several combat vehicles, each time surviving only by a miracle. The self-propelled gun became his faithful combat friend and home. But the heavy vehicle was extremely difficult to drive and required daily maintenance. Technician-Lieutenant E.E. Priklonsky more than once had to rescue her from swamps and thawed patches, pull her out of ditches, and restore components and assemblies literally from the wreckage. Front-line chronicles contain a lot of tactical examples of the use of heavy self-propelled artillery in various types of combat.