cga66@ihlpy.att.com (Patrick V Kauffold) (03/05/91)
From: cga66@ihlpy.att.com (Patrick V Kauffold) Up until the Gulf War, the "greatest" tank battle may have been the Battle of Kursk. Here are figures from Caidin, _The Tigers are Burning_: German Forces: 17 Tank Divisions 2 Motorized Divisions 18 Infantry Divisions Air support (numbers not given) German Losses: 70,000 killed 2,900 tanks destroyed 195 mobile guns destroyed 844 field guns destroyed 1,392 aircraft lost 5,000 motor vehicles destroyed