Fall Kreml Weather??

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Dust was a problem for the Germans on the Eastern front in the summer time.

Effects of Climate on Combat in European Russia
DA Pam 20-29

https://history.army.mil/html/books/104/...index.html

page 46:

Right at the beginning of the Russian campaign the Germans experienced
the havoc which dust can wreak with motor vehicles. Even
German tanks sustained severe damage from the dust they stirred up
while crossing vast sandy regions. Many tanks had no dust filters,

page 48

and on those so equipped the filters soon became thoroughly clogged.
Quartz dust was sucked into engines, which became so ground out
that many tanks were rendered unserviceable. In other tanks the
abrasive action of dust reduced engine efficiency and increased iuel
consumption; thus weakened, they entered the autumn muddy season
which dealt them the death blow. Sand roads greatly slowed, but did
not stop trucks. The VolksWagen [$d: German counterpart of the
U.S. jeep], which otherwise proved highly serviceable, stuck easily
in sand because of its narrow wheels. Huge dust clouds raised by convoys
frequently provoked air attacks that. resulted in serious losses
of vehicles and horses.

page 61

Aircraft. engines need special protection against summer dust. Precautions
must be taken against raising dust on unpaved airfields.
Dust storms in southern Russia occur immediately after the end of
the spring muddy season, and visibility during take-offs and landings
is greatly reduced.