Tank columns advancing on the battlefield, Red Army soldiers charging, German soldiers resting in the middle of the battlefield are scenes from a series of photos of the famous tank battle in 1943.
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| The Battle of Prokhorovka between the German 4th Tank Army and the Soviet 5th Guards Tank Army of the 2nd Tank Corps took place on July 12, 1943, near the Soviet city of Prokhorovka. It was part of the famous Battle of Kursk. |
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| Nazi Germany's Panzer III tanks move to the front line. This was the largest tank battle of World War II. According to War History Online, both sides used 1,464 tanks and self-propelled guns. |
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| Soviet T-34 and T-70 tanks. The largest tank battle of World War II took place as the Soviet Union had to mobilize its reserves earlier than planned to stop the German advance. |
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| A Soviet T-34 tank is pulled to safety by an armored vehicle after it was hit. The Battle of Prokhorovka was a crucial stage in the entire process of encircling the Red Army at the Kursk salient. |
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| Dozens of German tanks, including captured Soviet ones, lined up in preparation for attack. |
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| Red Army soldiers charged to block a German attack. |
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| Panzer IV tank and a Nazi armored vehicle. |
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| A destroyed German Panzer III tank. |
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| German tanks aimed their guns at the Soviet soldiers. |
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| The Nazis destroyed about 300-400 Soviet tanks and self-propelled guns, and reduced the strength of the 5th Guards Tank Army, but they could not turn that achievement into an advantage on the battlefield. |
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| German soldiers examine a Red Army T-34 tank. The Nazis gained some tactical objectives in the battle, but failed completely to achieve their strategic goals. |
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| Ivan Shevtsov, a Red Army soldier, stands next to a captured German Tiger tank. Ivan Shevtsov later became a Hero of the Soviet Union. |
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| The wreckage of a remote-controlled armored vehicle and a three-wheeled motorcycle of the German army on the battlefield. The Soviet Red Army failed in the counter-attack to repel the attack of the Nazis, but succeeded in defending the battlefield and preventing the Germans from breaking through the defense line. |
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| A group of Red Army soldiers inspects an abandoned German Tiger tank. Both sides suffered heavy losses; although the Red Army suffered higher losses, the Soviet Union's defense industry and its vast strategic reserves of manpower and material were more than enough to make up for the losses. Meanwhile, the Nazis were exhausted and had no reserves to mobilize for the offensive. |
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| After the Battle of Prokhorovka in particular and the Battle of Kursk in general, the German army gradually sank deeper and deeper into a passive defense until the end of the war. |
According to Zing
Photo: War History Online
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