Drivers tanks pay monthly extra fee:
Master of driving – 150 rubles.;
driver class 1 – 80 rub.;
driver class 2-50 rubles ”

To pay – so all pilots
- For scoring a 5 sorties to the destruction of the enemy fighter pilot received a cash prize of 1500 rubles;
- For carrying out 15 sorties fighter pilot was presented to the government award and received a cash prize of 2000 rubles?
- For carrying out 25 missions fighter pilot was presented to the second government award and received a cash prize of 3000 rubles;
- For carrying out 40 sorties fighter pilot was presented to the highest state award – the title of Hero of the Soviet Union and received a cash prize 5,000 rubles. [8]
From the presentation to the title of Hero of the 40 combat missions quickly had to give – too many heroes would have to reward.
- For the destruction of enemy aircraft on the ground prized fighter pilots and presented to the government award:
- For the successful implementation of four combat missions to destroy enemy aircraft at airfields his fighter pilot received a cash prize of 1500 rubles;
- For the successful implementation of 10 combat missions during the day or night sorties 5 fighter pilot was presented to the government award and received a cash prize of 2000 rubles;
- For the successful implementation of 20 combat missions during the day and 10 at night departures fighter pilots were presented to the second government award and received cash prize of 3000 rubles;
- For the successful implementation of 35 combat missions during the day and 20 at night departures person crews were presented to the highest state award – the title of Hero of the Soviet Union and received a monetary award 5000 rubles.
To understand this better pilots were ordered: “In order to promote the combat of fighter pilots set from June 20. The monetary awards in the following amounts:
- For each downed enemy bomber to pay 2,000 rubles;
- For each downed enemy transport plane to pay 1,500 rubles;
- For each downed enemy fighter aircraft to pay 1000 rubles.

Five thousand for the family of the deceased

“Although the Germans correctly guessed the direction of fire, they could only spot Lieutenant Kolobanov’s tank, and now attempted to engage an unseen enemy. German tanks moving off the road bogged down in the surrounding soft ground, becoming easy targets. 22 German tanks and 2 towed artillery pieces fell victim to Kolobanov’s No. 864 before it ran out of ammunition. Kolobanov ordered in another KV-1, and 21 more German tanks were destroyed before the half-hour battle ended. A total of 43 German tanks were destroyed by just five Soviet KV-1s (two more remained in reserve)”

PS: the text is just a fragment from wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KV-1#Krasnogvardeysk

PS2: there is a medal named after this guy in WoT

By the by, abject cowardice in face of the enemy got guns pointed at you and court-martials even in the armies of the Democracies…

US just came out of Great Depression and ruble was trading (whenever it was) favorably against a US dollar. 3:1 4:1 from what my grandfather (who was a lt.colonel in government security detachment of RKKA) said some time long ago.

Nothing new about this kind of thing, of course. It was realised *very* early on that concrete and symbolic incentives alike did *wonders* to help warriors and soldiers overcome their natural reluctance to engage in all manner of high-risk behaviour, such as being the first to meet the enemy in combat or reach the top of the wall or enter the breach or whatever. Similarly “Forlorn Hopes” and similar near-suicidal ersatz shock units attracted volunteers in no small part by the very high wages any survivors were paid (though the attraction of martial glory should ofc not be underestimated either).
Something similar was doubtless routinely employed to help flesh out any number of sacrificial rearguard forces…