Fifth Guards Tank Army at Kursk
Subtitle: 12 July 1943
By: David Porter
Series: Visual battle guide
Publisher: Amber Books; Sterling Children's Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781907446610
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Operation Barbarossa, 1941; Tank warfare; Campaigns; Equipment and supplies; Soviet Aerial operations; Organization; Operation Citadel; Soviet Union; Regimental histories; Kursk, Battle of, Russia, 1943; Soviet Union. Raboche-Krestʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Krasnai︠a︡ Armii︠a︡. Gvardeĭskai︠a︡ tankovai︠a︡ armii︠a︡, 5-i︠a︡; History
Notes: "A special gatefold shows a Soviet tank brigade as it was deployed at Kursk; provides a detailed, highly-illustrated guide to key units from the Fifth Guards Tank Army that counter-attacked the II SS Panzer Corps at Prokhorovka on 12 July 1943; explores the structure and make-up of a typical Soviet armoured corps from brigade down to platoon level; includes accurate artworks and detailed information for more than 50 types of Soviet armoured fighting vehicles and military vehicles used as Kursk"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 186) and index.
Table of contents: title: Trial and error : Soviet Armour, 1918-42; title: Building an elite : Fifth Guards Tank Army; title: Soviet air support at Kursk; title: The test of battle : Prokhorovka; title: Aftermath : 1943-44.