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Old November 20th, 2003, 05:31 PM
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Some data from Frankson/Zetterling " Battle of Kursk"

Of the tanks built by Germans in 1941 only 15% had a cannon 50 mm or bigger, in 1942 this grew up to 35% (!)...

By December 3rd 1941 Germans had lost approx 4607 men ( wounded, dead, lost ) per day in the Russian front. From 4th of Dec 1941 till 31st March 1942 this count fell to 2947 per day.

By the beginning of 1944 130,000 German soldiers had died of diseases and accidents.

Red Army officers suffered huge losses all through the war:In 1941 the number reached 300,000 officers of which 1/3 was wounded. In 1942 the losses number was 550,000 officers of which over half were wounded.
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