Originally posted by Kevin E. Duguay
KURSK ! Just part of it, any part you want, like maybe the Southern part or maybe the Northern part?
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PS. Not to many mines please.
I second that, emphatically.
Just to get you started, here are the statistics of Tigers taking part in Operation Zitadelle, from
"Germany's Tiger Tanks - Tiger I & II: Combat Tactics" by Thomas L. Jentz:
There were a total of 133 Tigers available at the start of the offensive - 45 serving with sPzAbt.503, 13 with 13 Kp.SSPzRgt1 (LSSAH), 14 with 8.Kp.SSPzRgt2 (Das Reich), 15 with s.Kp.SSPzRgt3 (Totenkopf), 15 with 13.Kp.PzRgtGD (Großdeutschland), and finally 31 with sPzAbt.505.
A total of 19 Tigers arrived as replacements during Operation Zitadelle: 5 for 13.Kp.SSPzRgt1 (LSSAH), and 14 for sPzAbt. 505.
From 5 July to 20 July 1943, 13 Tigers were lost (total writeoffs):
4 by sPzAbt.503, 1 by 13.Kp.SSPzRgt1 (LSSAH), 1 by 8.Kp.SSPzRgt2 (Das Reich), 1 by s.Kp.SSPzRgt3 (Totenkopf), and 6 by sPzAbt.505.
If you are really interested, I can send you a day by day operational Tigers status for each unit. Just send me a note...
Welcome back, WB!
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