The battle of Kursk in 1943 was the greatest tank battle ever fought - 
and a great victory for the Soviets against the Germans. Soviet lines 
of defence extended for literally hundreds of kilometres behind the 
front lines.

The Russian submarine "Kursk" that was tragically lost with all hands 
a few years ago was presumably named after this battle.

A site which provides vastly detailed historical data down to moment 
by moment movements of units on both sides

        http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/avenue/vy75/data.htm

You need to be a more than averagely enthusiastic enthusiast to 
appreciate this material.

Interestingly, 50 years on the US military engaged Russian contractors 
to research declassified material so the US could write a vastly 
detailed computer simulation of the battle. One may wonder why. Here's 
a Russian complaining about it, quite understandably

        http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/avenue/vy75/sovros93.htm

Googling: kursk battle - will give you another 100,000+ pages to look 
at.

Some amazing (and perhaps accurate?) pictures of a Diorama of aspects 
of the battle. Most look akin to hell on a warm day. I find the 
pictures presented here somewhat hard to believe, but fascinating 
nonetheless.

            http://www.angelfire.com/nm/duga/duga.htm
            http://www.angelfire.com/nm/duga/duga1.htm



        RM

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