diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2dc6388..8e63d72 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -73,11 +73,17 @@ The server serves `/health`
 locally and only proxies the API routes used by the app:
 
 - `GET /api/tss/leaderboard/teams?limit=1..100`
+- `GET /api/tss/games/recent?limit=1..100`
+- `GET /api/tss/games/:session_id?lang=...`
+- `GET /api/tss/games/:session_id/logs`
 - `GET /api/tss/teams/resolve?name=...`
 - `GET /api/tss/teams/:team`
 - `GET /api/tss/teams/:team/history`
 - `GET /api/tss/teams/:team/games`
 
+Vehicle icon PNGs are served statically at `/vehicle-icons` from `VEHICLE_ICONS_DIR`
+(populated at deploy from `SHARED/ICONS/VEHICLES`).
+
 The proxy blocks cross-origin/API-navigation requests, strips CORS headers from
 the upstream response, rate limits callers, and caches successful GET responses
 briefly so public page traffic does not hammer the upstream API. All responses
diff --git a/backend/README.md b/backend/README.md
index b4e7295..3788286 100644
--- a/backend/README.md
+++ b/backend/README.md
@@ -4,17 +4,35 @@ Rust backend API service for Toothless' TSS Bot.
 
 It reads two SQLite databases:
 
-- `TSS_BATTLES_DB` for `tss_battles.db`
+- `TSS_BATTLES_DB` for `tss_battles.db` (matches, players, and the `match_logs` table)
 - `TSS_TEAMS_DB` for `tss_teams.db`
 - `BACKEND_HOST` bind host, default `127.0.0.1`
 - `BACKEND_ALLOWED_ORIGINS` comma-separated browser origins allowed by CORS
 
 Both paths can be absolute or relative to the repo root when run through the root scripts/PM2.
 
+## Vehicle translation + icons
+
+At startup the backend loads two cache files (built by the bots, shared under
+`STORAGE/CACHE`) into memory to translate `player_games_hist.vehicle_internal`
+(the WT cdk) into localized vehicle names and icon filenames for the game scoreboard:
+
+- `VEHICLE_TRANSLATIONS_JSON` → `vehicle_translations.json` (`{ cdk: { en, ru, ... } }`).
+  The `/api/tss/games/:id` endpoint honors `?lang=` (default `en`), falling back
+  `lang → en → raw cdk`.
+- `VEHICLE_DATA_CACHE_JSON` → `vehicle_data_cache_all.json` (`[cdk, name, icon, tags]`),
+  used for icon filenames (fallback `<cdk>.png`).
+
+The icon PNGs themselves are served statically by the frontend at `/vehicle-icons`
+(deploy-time copy/symlink of `SHARED/ICONS/VEHICLES`).
+
 It currently exposes:
 
 - `GET /health`
 - `GET /api/tss/leaderboard/teams?limit=100`
+- `GET /api/tss/games/recent?limit=50`
+- `GET /api/tss/games/:session_id?lang=en` — scoreboard (teams, players, vehicle lineup)
+- `GET /api/tss/games/:session_id/logs` — chat + battle logs from `match_logs`
 - `GET /api/tss/teams/resolve?name=...`
 - `GET /api/tss/teams/search?q=...&limit=10`
 - `GET /api/tss/teams/:team`
diff --git a/example.env b/example.env
index 5d0ad09..6fdbad8 100644
--- a/example.env
+++ b/example.env
@@ -11,6 +11,16 @@ BACKEND_ALLOWED_ORIGINS=https://example.com
 TSS_BATTLES_DB=./tss_battles.db
 TSS_TEAMS_DB=./tss_teams.db
 
+# Vehicle name translation + icon caches (shared STORAGE/CACHE, built by the bots).
+# The backend loads these at startup to translate vehicle_internal (cdk) -> name
+# and resolve icon filenames for the game scoreboard.
+VEHICLE_TRANSLATIONS_JSON=/mnt/HC_Volume_105581488/STORAGE/CACHE/vehicle_translations.json
+VEHICLE_DATA_CACHE_JSON=/mnt/HC_Volume_105581488/STORAGE/CACHE/vehicle_data_cache_all.json
+# Directory of vehicle icon PNGs served at /vehicle-icons (deploy-time copy/symlink
+# of SHARED/ICONS/VEHICLES). VEHICLE_ICONS_SRC is the deploy source.
+VEHICLE_ICONS_DIR=./dist/vehicle-icons
+VEHICLE_ICONS_SRC=/home/deploy/BOTS/SHARED/ICONS/VEHICLES
+
 UPTIME_STORAGE_DIR=~/tsswebstorage
 UPTIME_DATABASE_FILE=uptime.sqlite
 UPTIME_SAMPLE_INTERVAL_MS=1800000