from the first hours of the battle, german anti-tank guns rained tons of shells on rotmesterov's columns. the first echelon of thirty-fours perished almost in full force. the second echelon of our tanks came under aimed fire from the tiger panthers that had advanced to meet them. the combat vehicles burst into flames one after another, but the loss. here near kursk we first used new bombs, which the germans knew nothing. previously, aircraft destroyed tanks with heavy bombs that required precise hits. at the kursk bulge , soviet bombers took on board light bombs that they literally scattered on the battlefield; even one such bomb hit was enough to disable any enemy tank. in total, an aircraft could take on board about 200 such bombs, hitting dozens of enemy vehicles in one sortie. german fighters tried to interfere with our bombers, but they were constantly attacked soviet aviation sticks. it was here near kursk that one of the most successful pilots of the second world war , ivan kozhedub, shot down his first plane. the tank battle on the prokhorovskoye field lasted all day. in total ,

of the largest tank defenses in history took place, here units of the fifth guards army of pavel rotmesteroved the advance of the second tank corps. ss. and our victory at prokhorovka became a turning point in the battle of kursk. nikolai nikolaevich borisov at that time held the position of a combined. he had three combat vehicles under his command. each tank was given sector, that is, on the right and on the left. the border, you are responsible for this section only when you see a lot of them coming, here you have already forgotten about the sector, all the time in your head is spinning, faster, faster. the task is to be the first to fire a shot. the tankers fought on inconvenient terrain with difficult terrain and won thanks to unparalleled heroism. according to the recollections of the participants in the battle near prokhorovka, our soldiers made 20 rams, already knocked out and burning vehicles, the crews directed into the enemy tanks. this is now on the side of the heirs of bandera's champions fascist ideology against us in the kursk region, western equipment is fighting. and 81 year

rotmesterov and part of the reserve armies, which included about 800 tanks, most of which were t-34s.was assumed that open terrain, the maneuverability of soviet vehicles would give them a big advantage. here , the task that was set for rotniskov was to meet the enemy and hit him armor to armor. that is, from a long distance, well, of course, the german tigers could not destroy. but from... close range, when we could go behind them, hit them from the side, yes, that was a completely different matter. however, it soon became clear that approaching the german armada would not be so easy. rotmistrov's army had to advance in a narrow corridor between the psel river and the railroad. the terrain was partially blocked by an impassable enemy. going around it, soviet tanks lined up. behind each other and were forced to attack german positions in small groups in several waves. crowded tank groups could become a convenient target. for german guns. vatutin knew about this, but did not cancel the attack. on the morning of july 12, soviet tanks moved forward. the fifth guards tank army had to pass