Nikolai Badanov

Nikolai was an engineer who left his wife and infant son in the care of his parents in Leningrad to join the Red Army. He was assigned to a tank crew and because of his aggressivness and skill with machinery.

Soon after the defence of the factory, which harbours a lone T-34 tank, led by sniper Tanya Pavelonva. Nikolai's tank crew comes to retrieve it.Tanya and her spotter Aleksandr Sokolov escape with Nikoli, just as a German Panzer heads towards the factory. After driving through the ruinss of Red-Square, Nikolai stops at an a headquarter and gets orders to deliver a radio to a some spotters. The spotters radio had broken down and the General wasn't receiving co-ordinates of German tanks to destroy with Katushya rockets. After Nikolai drives the tank to the train station where the spotters are, the crew fight through the station and deliver the radio. Soon Nikolai and his crew are involved in the Russian assault on a German airfield which was codenamed Op. Little Saturn. After fighting through the heavily defended area, Nikolai and other T-34s proceed to the German airstrip to destroy the remaining German planes and bombers. After destroying the airfield they meet up with more Russians to assault the command centre. After breaking in Nikoli and his men find German documents and hurry to deliver them to their superiors.