On June 18, the Kharkov Counterattack ended. The Germans killed and captured more than 80,000 Soviet troops, destroyed and captured more than 1,500 Soviet tanks and assault guns, and more than 2,000 artillery pieces were also captured by the Germans.
Fafnir gained 27 results in the battle, successfully pushing his record to 98, which is only 2 short of 100, making him the number one tank killer in the army. Dick Carr of the 1st Company also
The record piled up to the mark of 50 vehicles, successfully ranking itself in the top ten German tank killers. Juncker's Panther also opened up, destroying 9 tanks, and the record piled up to 15 tanks, according to vehicle type
It is said that it was the number one killer of the Panther tank. But after the battle, Fafnir also received bad news - Eckert died of a lung infection. Julian von Ecker
Special Staff Sergeant, a young 24-year-old Junker-born commander of the Panzer 4 tank destroyer, died of infection after being shot in the lung by a Soviet sniper in May 1943. Fafnir attended Eckert's funeral
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Germany's losses in the Battle of Kharkov were not small. The supply of supplies in the past few months was almost exhausted, and the casualties were close to 10,000 soldiers. Especially the losses of various tanks - among the 80 Tigers that participated in the battle, 35 of the Wehrmacht
Five Tigers were lost in the battle; 17 of the SS's 45 Tigers were lost; nearly 60 of the more than 200 No. 4 tanks were lost; about a quarter of various assault artillery were also lost.
Both sides were exhausted from the fight, and the battle line calmed down.
Throughout July and August, Germany and the Soviet Union were busy deploying troops, and a large number of technical weapons and troops were added to the front. Germany took advantage of the favorable situation in the Kursk salient to prepare to launch a decisive offensive to regain the strategic offensive initiative.
, annihilating the Soviet Voronezh Front Army and the Steppe Front Army, and severely damaging the Central Front Army; while the Soviet Red Army strives to defeat the German offensive in the salient and eliminate the German offensive forces as much as possible. It strives to fly together on both wings to eliminate the main force of the German Southern Group Army in the salient and try its best to
It may severely damage the German Army Group Center and create a favorable situation for the subsequent annihilation war.
Fafnir's tank was transferred to the rear, and he got a new Tiger mid-range model, which was still spray-painted with vehicle number 223 and painted with a unique tiger skull pattern. At the same time, he met another
Friend - Salfi Lee Dekker, he is now on the same level as Fafnir, who has just been promoted to the first level. Sergeant Major Dekker is now a commander of the Ferdinand heavy assault gun of the 653rd Battalion, collar
Wearing a first-class iron cross obtained by firing the No. 3 assault gun in the north, Fafnir was proud of it. Compared with Ferdinand, Fafnir's tiger was immediately shorter. The front was 102mm vs. 200mm, 88mml56 vs. 88mml71, Fafnir
Your tiger was completely defeated, but at least Fafnir could still laugh at Dirk in terms of maneuverability...
On September 3, the German Army Group South and Army Group Center launched an attack on the Kursk salient from the north and south. More than 150 Tiger tanks and more than 300 Panther tanks took the lead to guide the No. 3 and No. 4 behind them.
The tank group attacked the Soviet Red Army's defense line. Among the groups of tigers and leopards, some huge guys were particularly conspicuous - Ferdinand tank destroyers. They stopped from time to time to fire shells, destroying Soviet tanks one by one from a distance.
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The Russians dug countless tunnels and bunkers in the ground, half-buried the tanks in the bunkers, exposed a turret and fired. Fafnir saw some unique Soviet tanks through the telescope - bodies much larger than the T34
And a low and huge turret, with a thick and long cannon on it - obviously much thicker than his Tiger and Ferdinand...
"We finally meet... IS and IS2 heavy tanks! Let me see if you are as powerful as I have seen before..." Fafnir whispered. The distance is still relatively far now, but
The is2's 122mm artillery has begun to shoot at the leading Tiger tank. But the shells seem to be deflected terribly, and the nearest impact point is a hundred meters away. Before Fafnir could start laughing at the is2's poor aiming, the earth-shattering news
The shelling began. The Soviet Red Army's artillery seemed to be surprisingly numerous, and the artillery shells seemed to be free of charge. Fafnir's No. 223 tank was like a sampan swinging in the sea, and the body beat very hard. Fafnir
There was absolutely nothing to do but pray not to be directly hit by heavy artillery shells... Soon the German heavy artillery changed its target and no longer provided firepower preparation for the impact but began to fire counter-artillery, trying to knock out the Soviet artillery position. Germany in the sky
There were a lot of fights with Soviet fighter jets and attack planes. Thousands of planes were engaged in fierce air battles over Kursk. The attack planes on both sides had no time to attack the ground and were busy avoiding being hunted by the other side's fighter jets. And the fighter jets were
The dogs fight together and bite their tails repeatedly.
The defensive positions of the Soviet Red Army one after another, countless anti-tank artillery and semi-fixed tank firepower points made the German offensive difficult. In two full days, they only advanced less than 20 kilometers. It can be said that the rapid breakthrough of the battle has become
It’s a bubble………..
Fafnir's No. 223 car was also hit by several artillery shells, but fortunately none of the heavy shells penetrated the Tiger's armor. He and his co-attacking companions were blocked by a group of fortifications composed of small hills.
When he was trying to find the weak spots in the defensive positions of the Soviet Red Army, he found a new group of grenadiers coming from the rear. His vision was very keen, and he clearly saw that a captain was leading this group of well-equipped soldiers. The captain
He glanced disdainfully at the Soviet position opposite and directly issued an order: "Is this Sergeant Major Fafnir? I am Captain Shutroham. Please provide us with your Tiger tank cover. We will occupy this
The position opens the way for the attack from behind."
"Stroham? This name sounds familiar, right? Where have you seen it?" Fafnir had no time to think, "Forward! Prepare grenades!" The Tiger tank engine roared, driving the 56-ton tank.
The big guy crawled towards the Soviet position at a speed of 30 kilometers. Another Tiger, several Panzer 4 tanks and other armored vehicles behind it hurriedly followed Fafnir. The German tank group crashed towards the Soviet defense line.
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The Soviet army's attention was attracted by the impact of German heavy tanks, and they ignored the grenadiers led by Captain Shortham who were approaching quickly. Fafnir looked at the attacking grenadiers and could not think of their preparations.
How to break into the Soviet army's light and dark bunker positions.
The answer to this question soon came out - Captain Shutroham's speed was abnormally fast. He rushed across the hundreds of meters of open shooting range in just a few steps, and the Soviet machine gunner couldn't even take aim in time.
To catch up with him. But the Soviet machine guns and mortars were too many, and the captain was soon drowned in the heavy rain of bullets and shells. Fafnir was just about to sigh for the captain, only to see a man in the smoke.
The figure suddenly jumped out! There was a machine gun sticking out of the captain's belly! Fafnir was surprised to find that half of Captain Shutroham's body was mechanical! His brain suddenly remembered where he had seen this before.
Name! "Sutroham! JoJo's adventure?!" Then Fafnir suddenly felt the world tremble slightly, as if something different began to overlap with this world...