Pionier Push ETO (id:#64314)

(Kursk: Southern Salient 1 Hill 216 Süd ID: SUD#1)   [next]   [previous]

Melikhovo, Soviet Union 1943-07-08 (46 others)

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Overview:

Soviet tactical defenses at Kursk included a series of defensive positions and belts occupied by rifle companies. Battalions, regiments, divisions and corps were linked together by engineer measures and tied in with the supporting fires of antitank and antiaircraft artillery. An example of this type of defensive layout was found south of Melikhovo, the target of the 6th Panzer Division. An anti-tank ditch was backed by mine belts and trenches there, defended by the 29th Guards Rifle Regiment and other units. The first, necessary step to breach this ring was assigned to the engineers, the Pionere troops. The elaborate defenses would prove to be troublesome, as planned by STAVKA no doubt, and the German engineers found themselves bogged down.

Defender: Russian (280th Guards Rifle Regiment)  

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