how many tanks were in the battle of kursk

This indicates that not all of the 1 600 soviet losses were tanks). In his book Kursk: The greatest Battle: Eastern front 1943 LLoyd Clark argues that the decisive factor is not that the Germans lost more tanks than the Soviet Union(I am going to use SU for short), but that they lacked the ability to replace them.Īcording to Clark SU suffered 177 847 casualties, lost 1 600 armored fighting vehicles and 460 aircrafts opposed to the germans who sufferd 56 827 casualties, lost 252 tanks and 159 aircrafts(note that Clark uses 'armored fighting vehicles' about SU and 'Tanks' for german vehicles. Previous AMAs | Previous Roundtables Featuresįeature posts are posted weekly. May 25th | Panel AMA with /r/AskBibleScholars Please Subscribe to our Google Calendar for Upcoming AMAs and Events To nominate someone else as a Quality Contributor, message the mods. Our flaired users have detailed knowledge of their historical specialty and a proven record of excellent contributions to /r/AskHistorians. Please Read and Understand the Rules Before Contributing. Report Comments That Break Reddiquette or the Subreddit Rules.

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How many tanks were in the battle of kursk