The Panzers of Prokhorovka: The Myth of Hitler’s Greatest Armoured Defeat

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Bauman, using data collected from military archives in Germany and Russia by The Dupuy Institute (TDI).

Battle of Prokhorovka Was the Largest Tank Battle of All The Battle of Prokhorovka Was the Largest Tank Battle of All

Soviet air support in the southern part of the salient was provided by the 2nd Air Army and the 17th Air Army, [80] commanded by Lieutenant General Stepan Krasovsky and Lieutenant General Vladimir Sudets, respectively. The main attack of the 5th Guards Tank Army was conducted against Leibstandarte by its fresh 29th and 18th Tank Corps that had been brought up from the Soviet strategic reserve. At around 18:00, the 170th and 181st Tank Brigades penetrated the German line connecting Totenkopf and Leibstandarte. Employing defence in depth, they constructed a series of defensive lines to wear down the attacking panzer formations. A study by the US Army's Center for Strategy and Force Evaluation attributed six permanent tank losses, not counting Panzer I and Panzer II light tanks or German assault guns if any.German attack towards Prokhorovka [ edit ] A German soldier inspects a T-34 tank knocked out at Pokrovka that is still smoldering. But they were not concentrated and committed in the same numbers as at the Battle of Brody, which hardly anyone has written about. The 5th Guards Army and 5th Guards Tank Army of the Steppe Front had been brought up from reserve and reassigned to the Voronezh Front on 8 and 11 July respectively.

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This particular engagement was a tactical defeat for the Soviets, but the charge inflicted enough damage to help stall — and eventually halt — the German army’s Citadel offensive. Late on 6 July, the 5th Guards Tank and 5th Guards Armies of the Steppe Front began moving up from their reserve position.Vatutin directed Soviet air assets to commit their main effort towards checking the III Panzer Corps' drive northward, and in supporting the attack against the XXXXVIII Panzer Corps.