Date/Time | Source |
G/R | Note | Prokhovkha? |
12/00:00 | 1 | | Starts clear; bursts of heavy rain during the day | |
12/00:00 | 1 | R | 31T/33G Corps engaged in heavy fighting against SST | |
12/00:00 | 4 | G | SSDR holding defensive positions | |
12/02:30 | 1 | | DAWN | |
12/03:00 | 1 | G | 6Pz takes Rzhavets by coup-de-main | |
12/04:00 | 1 | R | 5GT ordered to despatch reserves to aid 69 Army; 2T used | |
12/04:00 | 3 | R | Tank recon in force from Petrowka against I/2.LSSAH; repulsed | |
12/06:00 | 1 | R | 29T HQ on hill SW of Prokhorovka | |
12/06:00 | 3 | G | Pz.LSSAH starts its advance towards Prokhorovka | |
12/06:30 | 3 | R | Rgt/Bde? (of 18T) thrust against III/2.LSSAH and Pz.LSSAH with 50 tanks; fighting lasts 2 hours; repulsed with heavy losses | Y |
12/08:00 | 3 | R | Arty prep. begins against LSSAH; lasts 80 minutes | |
12/08:30 | 1 | R | Russians cut in artillery barrage on German assembly areas | |
12/08:30 | 1 | R | 2GT/2T corps attack SSDR | |
12/09:00 | 1 | R | 29T/18T advance on SS positions; run directly into LSSAH | |
12/09:00 | 3 | G | Attack against III/2.LSSAH and Pz.LSSAH finally driven off | |
12/09:15 | 3 | R | Attack with 40+ tanks (of 29T) from Jamki against 1.LSSAH; repulsed | Y |
12/09:20 | 3 | R | 35+ tanks (of 18T) attack Pz.LSSAH from Prokhorovka; of 7 remaining tanks of 6/Pz.LSSAH 4 destroyed | Y |
12/09:20 | 3 | R | 40+ tanks (of 31T or 18T) attack towards hill 252.2 from Petrovka | |
12/09:30 | 3 | G | Remaining tanks (3) of 6/Pz.LSSAH mingle with Russians attacking from Prokhorovka; 19 T-34s destroyed | Y |
12/09:40 | 3 | G | The remaining 33 tanks of II/Pz.LSSAH tackle attacking Russian tanks; 60+ T-34/T-70 destroyed | Y |
12/11:00 | 3 | R | 4 T-34s penetrate Auf.LSSAH, holding left flank and engage 8/Art.LSSAH directly; remaining 2 15cm guns of battery destroyed | Y |
12/11:30 | 3 | R | Localised breakthrough into German positions near hill 252.2; repulsed | |
12/12:05 | 3 | R | Attack by 40+ tanks (of 2T) against SSDR S of Winogradowka; repulsed | Y |
12/13:00 | 2 | G | 11Pz breaks through forces on right wing of 5GT Army | |
12/14:10 | 3 | G | 1.LSSAH attacked by mixed infantry/tank (25 tanks) force from E; not pressed home | |
12/14:10 | 3 | R | Assault by 70+ tanks (of 2T) against SSDR, attacking from E through Winogradowka towards Jasnaja Poljana; repulsed | Y |
12/14:30 | 1 | R | 24GTB sent to support right flank of 18T near Voroshilov State Farm | |
12/14:30 | 1 | R | 10GMB sent to support left flank of 18T 5 miles NW of Prokhorovka | |
12/15:00 | 3 | R | 40+ tanks (24GTB?) attack LSSAH from N, ? near Petrowka; repulsed | Y |
12/15:30 | 3 | R | Mixed tank/infantry (10GMB?) force attacks LSSAH from NE; repulsed | Y |
12/16:00 | 3 | R | Art.LSSAH fires missions on Russian tank forces forming up E of Petrowka and E of Andrejevka; no attacks launched? | Y |
12/20:00 | | | DUSK | |
12/21:00 | 1 | | Both sides pulling back into defensive positions | |
12/End | 1 | G | 4Pz Army has 505 AFVs (-3); 2SSPz 260 (-60); 48Pz 245 (+57) | Y |
12/End | 1 | G | SSDR reported as having 100 tanks by German PoW | Y |
12/End | 3 | G | LSSAH claims 192 Russians tanks destroyed ! | Y |