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Originally Posted by Hufflepuff
Another part of the German loss was the fact that the Russians were able to get more artillery on the Germans, because of the Volga batteries and the U2 Recon birds the Russians were using. In the artillery factor, the Russians also won.
These batteries were also used to support operation Uranus (the encirclement of the 6th army).
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IIRC the U-2/PO-2 was used almost exclusively for night harassment sorties and not for spotting or recon by the 588th Night Bomber Regiment .
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