As for the new vehicles I think they had an impact- and all didn't have a negative one. Panzerbrigade Decker lost a huge amount of Panthers during the first day, many due to mechanical problems and minefields.

The Elefant was also a disaster, no machingun made this tank destroyer very vulnerable. In desperation some crews fired the machingun through the main gun. Many Elefants were lost due to seperation from supporting infantry and no machinegun to defend themselves.

The Tiger handled the situation better, the once who met russian tanks performed pretty well. Their armour could take russian at- fire and it was generally a good machine.

The Wespes performance during the battle is not so well known as the other vehicles. I've heard no complaints about it.

The Hummel also performed well at Kursk. About 100 Hummels were saw action.

The Nashorns who saw action with two independent panzerjäger abteilungs performed well at Kursk. The Nashorn could take out a T- 34 at 4000 meters.

The Brummbär also saw action first at Kursk. Altough the abteilung arrived divided and the abteilung wasn't complete until late into the battle. The commander recieved the knight's cross.

These are all that I can come up with, anyone who got additions or comments?

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