rotmistrov's army had to advance in a narrow corridor between the psel river and the railroad. 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 through several narrow corridors in view of these obstacles crossing the field, which prevented a large mass from acting. therefore at the same time on the field. went, attacked the german defense approximately 50-70 soviet tanks, for this reason the battle took place in several waves: the first 50-70 come out, others, someone breaks through along the bank of the pel, someone breaks through the forest belt, therefore the battle near prokhorovka, it was with some, so to speak, tank assumptions, that is, in it a large role, for example, played german anti-tank artillery, there self-pr

vatutin sent rotmistrov's fifth tank army to meet this armada. in view of these obstacles crossing the field, it was necessary to pass through several narrow corridors that prevented a large mass from acting, so approximately 50-70 soviet tanks, for this reason the battle took place in several waves, the first 50-70 come out, others, someone breaks through along the bank of the village, someone breaks through the forest belt, therefore the battle under the prokhokho... it was with some, so to speak, tank assumptions, that is, in it a large role, for example, was played by german anti-tank artillery, there self-propelled guns that fired from a place and could... and the machines burst into flames one after another, but the german troops also suffered losses. the most powerful blow to the tigers was delivered by soviet bombers. here, near kursk, we first used new bombs that the germans knew nothing about. previously, aircraft destroyed tanks with heavy bombs that required precise hits. at the kursk bulge. soviet bombers carried light bombs on board