"Tigers" and "Panthers" in the Battle of Kursk. Kolomets M.V.

The new book of the host of the armored vehicles in all details answers the most complex and controversial questions of the combat use of “Tigers” and “Panther” on the Kursk Bulge! These latest tanks were supposed to become the “miracle-arrangement” of the Wehrmacht, which will turn the course of the war in favor of the Third Reich! The publication is illustrated by exclusive photos! The latest Nemetsky tanks, “Tigers” and “Panthers” were called upon to become the Wunderwaffe, which would turn the course of the war in favor of the Third Reich. Although the heavy Pz.vi Tiger received combat baptism on the Eastern Front in September 1942 near Leningrad, their massive use by the Hoems had to wait until the next summer. For the first time, about one and a half hundred “tigers” were involved in the Operation “Citadel”, which was only 7.5% of the total number of Nemetsky tanks on the Kursk arc, but the effect made by the new “pantians” was so great that the command of the Red Army was forced Take special measures to combat the Tigro -Bond. On the contrary, Panther's debut in the Battle of Kursk was depressing: in a month of battles of 212 vehicles, 156 were irrevocably lost, i.e. Three quarters! Unlike Tigers, Soviet troops found the Panthers a much less dangerous enemy, very vulnerable in the lateral projection-not only 76 mm guns, but even “forty-fir-fuel” were pierced by their side armor. “Panther type tanks did not justify hopes assigned to them: they could easily be set fire to them, and the crews did not have sufficient preparation...”, “von Strakhvitz used“ panthers ”as an idiot...”, this was appreciated by Pz.V Panther Hitler officers.

What posed the greatest threat to the "tigers" - Soviet tanks, artillery or minefields? Who is to blame for the fact that Panther's debut failed - their commanders who made unforgivable mistakes, or the highest leadership of the Reich, who relied on this fucked and unreliable, extremely complex, expensive and, most importantly, extra tank? How significant the role of the Tigers played in the famous battle under Prokhorovka and is it worth it to believe the victorious accounts of ASs Panzervaffa? How did the tactics of the combat use of the Nemetsky tanks have changed, and the battle order Panzerkeil (“Tank wedge”) was transformed into PanzergloCke (“Tank Bell”)?

The new book of the leading historian of armored vehicles in all details answers the most difficult and controversial questions The combat use of “Tigers” and “Panther” on the Kursk arc.

The publication is illustrated by exclusive photographs.