![]() ![]() But at the end of the first day of combat-July 5-Soviet premier Josef Stalin was focused on another contest that he knew would affect the outcome of the battle for Kursk. PRINT SIZE: Dimensions are approximate and include a signed border.So stupendous was the clash of armies around the Soviet city of Kursk in July 1943 that until recently historians focused almost exclusively on the actions of the famous Panzer groups and Red Guard units-German and Soviet tanks, artillery, and infantry-that fought the exhausting, weeks-long battle. Unable to break through, the battle at Teploye was to symbolise the high-water mark for Model's forces.įrom: Osprey Publishing's- Campaign 272, Kursk 1943 The Soviets lost at least four T-34s and one KV-1 in this action, plus a number of anti-tank guns. Three Pz IVs were destroyed during the attack and many others damaged. Despite heavy German bombardment and Stuka attacks, the Soviet defence remains unbroken. Here, a platoon of PzKpfw IVs from Panzer-Regiment 35 and a single Tiger I attack a Soviet held hill, defended by dug in tanks and anti-tank guns. The Soviet defenders were well prepared and heavily entrenched behind deep minefields and supported by dug in tanks from 79th Tank Brigade. By the fourth day of the battle for the Kursk salient, Model hoped to capture the heights around the village of Teploye and put a major dent in the Soviet second line of defence.Īfter initial skirmishing, 4th Panzer-Division mounted an all-out attack with Kampfgruppe Burmeister, supported by the last three operational Tigers from schwere Panzer-Abteilung 505, panzergrenadiers, artillery and Stukas. ![]()
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