During the Battle of Kursk in July 1943, a lone German Tiger confronted a massed Soviet attack near the front line. Commanded by Franz Staudegger, the tank fought through repeated assaults by T-34s at ...
The Battle of Kursk is usually remembered as the greatest tank battle in history, a vast clash of Tigers and[...] ...
Converted from a cancelled Tiger design, the Ferdinand tank destroyer entered combat for the first time at Kursk in 1943. Armed with the powerful 88 mm Pak 43, it delivered devastating firepower—but ...