"Across the Field Tanks Thundered" is a Soviet military song, popularized by the 1968 film At War as at War about the crew of an SU-100 (SU-85 in the basic novel) tank destroyer. The song melody originated from the old Russian miners' song "Sirens Sounded Alarm", popularized in the 1940 film A Great Life. The lyrics of the song were replaced during World War II.
Lyrics in English:
The tanks were rattling like a thunder
The soldiers went to final fight
And here they carried young commander
With head all broken outright
His tank was hit with armor-piercer
So say good-bye to Guardian crew
Just four more corpses in the hillside
Will add to fair morning view
'Cause now the vehicle is a-burning
Wait for the shells to detonate
You wanna live to see this morning
But you're too weak and it's too late
So they'll extract you from the remains
They'll put your coffin on the clay
And fire & thunder from the mainguns
Will see you into your last way
For now the telegrames are flying
To tell the friends and relatives
That their good son is never coming
And never getting any leave