I´ve just been reading a book by a finnish colonel on the russian war machine, tanks especially. He also goes through some statistics no the partisan war. I can´t help but think that as well as the russian war tactics the partisans were very effective. At least by these numbers:

In 6/1943 all along the front 1114 attacks

8/43 1395 attacks

9/43 1256 attacks

during these 343 trains off the rails

This point is important considering our main subject here:

In july 1943 between Smolensk-Brjansk-Minsk 841 attacks, 298 steam engines destroyed, 1222 train wagons destroyed, 44 bridges blown up. Also one train carrying tiger tanks was destroyed (!), but no number of tanks shown.

SO, one more thing to have an effect on Kursk and the later counter attacks.I do think they made quite an impact on the course of the war...

Anybody having more details?

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