At dawn on July 12, 1943, the fields near Prokhorovka erupted as nearly 500 Soviet tanks surged into battle against Germany’s elite SS Panzer Corps. The order—“Steel, Steel, Steel”—signaled a ...
On July 12, 1943, the fields near Prokhorovka erupted in one of history's most devastating armored clashes. In just 24 hours, Soviet forces lost 359 tanks and assault guns—207 of them destroyed beyond ...
During the nearly forty-eight-hour standoff, the KV-2 had survived eight 50mm direct hits. When most military history buffs think of Soviet tanks during World War II, chances are they think of the ...