ORDERS OF BATTLE

German Army

Army Group South

Field Marshal Erich von Manstein

4th Panzer Army

Colonel-General Hermann Hoth

XLVIII (48th) Panzer Corps    

General of Panzer Troops von Knobelsdorff

3rd Panzer Division

Lieutenant-General Westhoven

11th Panzer Division

Major-General Mickl (acting commander)

Panzer Grenadier Division Grossdeutschland

Lieutenant-General Hoernlein

167th Infantry Division

Lieutenant-General Trierenberg

II SS Panzer Corps

SS-Obergruppenführer Hausser

I SS Panzer Grenadier Division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler

SS-Brigadeführer Wisch

2 SS Panzer Grenadier Division Das Reich

SS-Gruppenführer Krüger

3 SS Panzer Grenadier Division Totenkopf

SS-Brigadeführer Priess

LII Army Corps

General of Infantry Ott

57th Infantry Division

Major-General Fretter Pico

255th Infantry Division

Lieutenant-General Poppe

332nd Infantry Division

Lieutenant-General Schaeffer

Army Detachment Kempf

General of Panzer Troops Kempf

III Panzer Corps

General of Panzer Troops Breith

6th Panzer Division

Major-General von Hünersdorff

7th Panzer Division

Major-General Freiherr von Funck

19th Panzer Division

Lieutenant-General G. Schmidt

168th Infantry Division

Major-General Châles de Beaulieu

XI Army Corps

General of Panzer Troops Raus

106th Infantry Division

Lieutenant-General Forst

320th Infantry Division

Major-General Postel

XLII Army Corps

General of Infantry Mattenklott

39th Infantry Division

Lieutenant-General Loeweneck

161st Infantry Division

Lieutenant-General Recke

282nd Infantry Division

Major-General Kohler

Army Group Centre

Field Marshal Gunther von Kluge

Ninth Army

Colonel Walter Model

XX Army Corps

General of Infantry Freiherr von Roman

45th Infantry Division

Major-General Freiherr von Falkenstein

72nd Infantry Division

Lieutenant-General Müller-Gebhard

137th Infantry Division

Lieutenant-General Kamecke

251st Infantry Division

Major-General Feltzmann

XLVI Panzer Corps

General of Infantry Zorn

7th Infantry Division

Lieutenant-General von Rappard

31st Infantry Division

Lieutenant-General Hossbach

102nd Infantry Division

Major-General Hitzfeld

258th Infantry Division

Lieutenant-General Höcker

XLVII Panzer Corps      

General of Panzer Troops Lemelsen

2nd Panzer Division

Lieutenant-General Lübbe

6th Panzer Division

Lieutenant-General Grossman

9th Panzer Division

Lieutenant-General Scheller

20th Panzer Division

Major-General von Kessel

XLI Panzer Corps

General of Panzer Troops Harpe

18th Panzer Division

Major-General von Schlieben

86th Infantry Division

Lieutenant-General Weidling

292nd Infantry Division

Lieutenant-General von Kluge

XXIII Army Corps

General of Infantry Freissner

78th Sturm Division

Lieutenant-General Traut

216th Infantry Division

Major-General Schack

383rd Infantry Division

Major-General Hoffmeister

Soviet Army

Central Front

Army General K.K. Rokossovsky

13th Army

Lieutenant-General N.P. Pukhov

4th Army

Lieutenant-General P.L. Romanenko

65th Army

Lieutenant-General P.I. Batov

70th Army

Lieutenant-General I.V. Galanin.

2nd Tank Army

Lieutenant-General A.G. Rodin

16th Air Army

Lieutenant-General S.I. Rundenko

Voronezh Front

Army General N.F. Vatutin

6th Guards Army

Lieutenant-General I.M. Chistyakov

7th Guards Army

Lieutenant-General M.S. Shumilov

38th Army

Lieutenant-General N.E. Chibisov

40th Army

Lieutenant-General K.S. Moskalenko

69th Army

Lieutenant-General V.D. Kruchenkin

1st Tank Army

Lieutenant-General M.E. Katukov

2nd Air Army

Lieutenant-General S.A. Krasovsky

Steppe Military District became Steppe Front on 9 July (Stavka Reserve)

Colonel-General I.S. Konev

4th Guards Army

Lieutenant-General G.I. Kulik.

5th Guards Army

Lieutenant-General A.S. Zhadov

27th Army

Lieutenant-General S.G. Trofimenko

47th Army

Major-General P.M. Kozlov

53rd Army

Lieutenant-General I.M. Manarov

5th Guards Tank Army

Lieutenant-General P.A. Rotmistrov

5th Air Army

Lieutenant-General S.K. Goriunov

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The principal Soviet tank serving in the armoured and mechanised formations of the Red Army at Kursk: the T-34.

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The Hummel (Bumble Bee) self-propelled gun served in the heavy battery of the armoured-artillery detachment of 20th Panzer Division.