she was opposed by votutin's voronezh front.e tanks came under heavy fire from soviet artillery, which made mine clearance difficult. the nazis tried to repair the exploded tigers, but this took a lot of time. the movements of enemy armored vehicles were hampered by hundreds of kilometers of anti-tank ditches. this battle was completely different from the summer one. artillery and tanks to ambush and fire from tigers and panthers, it was decided to hide our shelters. bringing german vehicles within a distance of 300-400 m, the t-34s destroyed them with targeted fire. this tactic paid off. the german columns were cut, but they could not be defeated. striking in different places. the voronezh front, it offered such tough resistance that it was like a breakwater, that is, it cut through these two attacking groups, they went in different directions. on july 10, manstein launched a new attack in the southern part of the kursk bulge. here, near the village of prokhorovka, there was a huge field where german tanks received more room fo