Crazy :

I would have to look of course but there are numbers roughly for W-SS Tigers lost in the southern sector. Don't know about the north at all ! It appears though that Pz IV's and stug III's were delegated the un-enviable task to be on the W-SS Tiger's flanks thus casuing some nasty losses to broad side hits. Once the Tigers could get to open ground they fanned out and the Panzerkeil was really lost. given the range of the 8.8 this had to be done or they would have shot up their own vehicles. Another thing of course besides the terrain and not knowing what was really behind those Soviet occupied hills was all the smoke generated by both sides. No-one could see what was going on at times and it was guess work for the Soviet and German Panzer kommandeurs as to what was before them on a rush to the front.
Yes, the Panther was teethed with troubles. I have heard the same, engine and severe transmission problems......

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