ILLUSTRATED HISTORY: RELIVE THE TIMES: Images Of War, History , WW2: Battle Of Kursk In Pictures: Part 3

Tanks T-4 (PzKpfw IV) Division Totenkopf »(Totenkopf) on the way to the front. During the battle of Prokhorovka Totenkopf was initially held in reserve.

Even though they were particularly vulnerable to enemy fighters due to low speed, Stukas were successfully used for ground attack. It had 37-mm cannon under its wing.

Soviet artillery changes its position

A German machine-gunner uses the skeleton of the burnt truck as cover. In the background - lies a destroyed T-34, its tower hatches open.

A German tank crew hurriedly loads shells

A German soldier cautiously approaches the battle-field through the smoke as another provides cover with machine-gun fire.

The SS men anticipate another attack

A Russian T-34 tank immobilized in an anti-tank ditch dug by the Germans

A German Tiger tank leads the attack on Prokhorovka

SS men move to the battlefield

August 1943. A Soviet gun is moved to a new position

This German soldier snatches a nap using a German anti-tank mine as pillow

A Soviet soldier reads a letter from home much to the amusement of his comrades

Two German Panthers (PzKpfw V) destroyed by Russians

The two German soldiers pose against a destroyed Russian heavy tank KV 1S. It was hit by German planes

The Russians counter-attacked after the Germans got exhausted

Final preparations for an offensive in the north. The hoses were connected to the main pipeline to fill the tanks of tanks and spare barrels of fuel.

In the south, Soviet troops continued their stubborn resistance to the German offensive. In the north the situation is tense - the Russians began to counterattack in the direction of Orel salient.