Kursk - Day by Day - 7th July (South)



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The account below is for the action on the South of the Salient - leading up to the tank battle at Prokhorovka.
Day-by-day Account, 7th July 1943
Date/Time Source G/R Note Prokhovkha?
07/00:001Day dawns with substantial mist as temperature drops overnight; mud dried out
07/00:003GTiger of LSSAH knocks out 3 T-34s at TerevinoY
07/00:503GII/2.LSSAH encounters Russian tanks and settles into defensive positions rather than attack in the dark
07/01:301R5GT Army moves off; 29T, 18T and 5M Corps
07/02:301DAWN
07/02:301GLSSAH - objective Teterevino
07/04:001GGD and 11Pz push towards Sertsevo
07/05:001RGD/11Pz stopped by counterattack by 3M/6T Corps; also affects LSSAH; 20 T-34s destroyed by LSSAHY
07/05:003GII/2.LSSAH moves through Luchki and into position; 5 more T-34s knocked outY
07/05:453GStuka prep for Pz.LSSAH advance
07/06:003GPz.LSSAH/Pz.SSDR start out for Prokhorovka from Teterevino
07/06:153RAttack against II/2.LSSAH in Luchki with 7 tanks in support; repulsedY
07/07:103GPz.LSSAH/Pz.SSDR attacked by more than 20 tanks from N/NW
07/07:153R30 tanks attack Luchki from the NW; succeeds in breaking into the village
07/08:001R2T (?2GIT) Corps attacks westwards from near Gostishchevo; hits SST; Germans claim 50 T-34s destroyedY
07/08:503GII/2.LSSAH counter-attacks in Luchki and drives off the tanks
07/09:003R2 tank forces (30 and 60 tanks) attack Bol. Majatski from the NW; beaten off with lossesY
07/12:001R67GRD moved to cover Sertsevo
07/12:003GPz.LSSAH/Pz.SSDR finally beat off Russian tank attacks that started 5 hours earlier
07/20:00DUSK
07/End1G4Pz Army has 626 AFVs (+5); 2SSPz 310 (+10); 48Pz 316 (-5)Y
07/End3GLSSAH declares 41 Russian AFVs destroyed; later count makes it 75Y
07/End3GLSSAH declares 123 Russian tanks captured (over and above number destroyed???)Y



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