June 1943

Eastern Front

The Ostheer has 3,100,000 men under arms, of whom approximately 1,200,000 are combat troops. The armies in the line also have 2,270 panzers, of which 500 are obsolete models, nearly 1,000 assault guns and 2,500 aircraft. Around Kursk the Germans deply 10,000 arty pieces and 2,400 tanks.

The Germans commit the 328th Infantry Division to the combat line, bringing their strength up to 16 panzer, 14 motorized and 147 infantry divisions.

The Soviets have 6,422,000 men mobilized, of whom around half are combat soldiers equipped with 103,000 arty pieces, nearly 10,000 tanks and Su's and over 8,300 aircraft. In the Kursk salient there are 1,300,000 men and 3,500 tanks.

The Red Army and Navy have lost 191,904 killed and missing in action and 490,637 wounded during the second quarter of 1943.