Prokhorovka (PC2)

**Prokhorovka** is a scenario in *Panzer Corps 2*.

## Briefings

Herr General, you are looking somewhat grim this morning.

With respect, Herr Field Marshal, we have been fighting in hell. It doesn't help that the only reports we have been receiving have been even worse.

*Field Marshal Manstein nods solemnly.*

As you were informed yesterday, Army Group North has halted their advance near Olkhovatka.

But they are not out of the fight, Field Marshal Kluge has assured me his forces will continue to pressure the Soviets in the north to keep them pinned in place.

That leaves it on us to cross the remaining distance between both Army Groups?

*Field Marshal Manstein again nods solemnly.*

I know this campaign has been difficult, but I too have been reviewing reports. I know you have done an incredible amount of damage to our enemies, some estimates running to five times as many casualties inflicted versus your casualties taken.

The Soviet defensive lines cannot be unending, I believe we are very near a breakthrough.

What we need, is a new avenue of assault.

**Primary Objective: Capture and Hold at least 4 Victory Hexes.**

**Special Ahistoric Objective: Capture all Victory Hexes.**

Rather than continue to batter our way through the Soviet defensive belts, I believe the answer lies in pushing further east.

Fighting your way past the rail junction at Prokhorovka will give us enough room to hook around the Soviet defenses.

Mein General, there are obviously many trench lines between us and our target.

But if Field Marshal Manstein is right, we should see far less minefields in this sector.

We will still need many combat engineers to deal with any mines we will inevitably encounter and they will also help lessen the entrenchment of Soviet infantry and anti-tank defenses considerably.

But if we are to achieve and then exploit a proper breakthrough, we should deploy extra armor to the field.

To victory, for Germany!

### Debriefing

**Historically, the German shift towards Prokhorovka ran directly into a Soviet armored counterattack.**

**The ensuing battle pitted a thousand German and Soviet armored fighting vehicles against each other in a very concentrated section of the battlefield.**

**It is this extremely high density of so many tanks in such a small area that marks the Battle of Prokhorovka as one of the largest tank battles in history.**

**But for all of the fighting done, the Battle of Prokhorovka was at best considered a draw.**

**On the Soviet side, their mass armored counterattack was stopped dead in its tracks as hundreds of Soviet tanks were destroyed in a single day's action. Their objective to begin the rout of Army Group South from the larger Battle of Kursk was a failure.**

**On the German side, this huge tank battle only amounted to yet another stymied attempt at their true goal of breaking through the Soviet defenses to link up with 9th Army north of Kursk.**

## Walkthrough

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## Locations

* Teterivino

* Psel River

* Donets Tributary

* Prokhorovka

* Vasilyevka

* Oktyabrsky

* Prelestnoe

* Priznachnoye

* Pereleski

* Teterivino

* Psel River

* Donets Tributary

* Prokhorovka

* Vasilyevka

* Oktyabrsky

* Prelestnoe

* Priznachnoye

* Pereleski

## Messages

* Special Objective to Capture all Victory Hexes completed.
Ahistorical Token Acquired!

* Special Objective to Capture all Victory Hexes completed.
Ahistorical Token Acquired!

## Notes

* Capturing all victory hexes sets a variable that can be used to access Axis Operations 1943's ahistorical branch.
* Notable enemy units:
	+ 26th Yak-1, which is Level 3 and has a hero with the Tank Killer and Leadership traits
	+ 79th SU HW Inf 43, which is Level 1 and has a hero with the Fearsome Reputation and Tenacious Defender traits.
	+ 89th SU Mnt Inf 43, which is Level 1 and has a hero with the Ferocious Defender trait.
	+ 103rd T-34/42, which is Level 1 and has a hero with the Steamroller and Prudent traits.
	+ 111th T-60, which is Level 1 and has a hero with the Survivor and Evasive traits.
	+ 113th T-70, which is Level 1 and has a hero with the Crippling Blow and Vigilant traits.
	+ Colonel Kirichenko, a Level 4 T-34/42.
* Notable enemy formations
	+ 29th Tank Corps
* Reinforcements for the 5th Guards will arrive at the fortified zone in the northeast on turns 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, and 19.