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Ferdinand in Zaporizhzhia
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Ferdinand in Zaporizhzhia

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This is just a test version for everyone to try out. Please wait for the update for subsequent plots! Hope you can like, collect, and comment to report any bugs and suggestions you encounter!

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“Our ‘Ferdinand’ had a very great success in the armored battles at Koshkarovka and Miloradovo on November 26-27. They destroyed 54 Soviet tanks, 21 of which were destroyed by a reserve Lieutenant Franz Krechmer-led crew. The lieutenant himself was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross on December 17, 1943.”

From “The Combat History of the 653rd Heavy Panzerj?ger Battalion”

“The enemy has heavy tanks equipped with high-velocity 88mm guns and ‘Ferdinand’ tank destroyers, which can fire at our tanks from a very long distance and avoid close combat with them. In order to effectively fight against the Tiger tanks and ‘Ferdinands’, it is very necessary to increase the muzzle velocity of our main tank guns to over 1000 meters per second.”

Tank 23rd Army Commander, Tank General Efim Grigoryevich Pushkin

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This series of battles took place in the Zaporizhzhia area of Ukraine, in November 1943 in the theater of the German 1st Panzer Army and the Soviet 8th Guards Army, and the 656th Heavy Armored Destroyer Regiment “Ferdinand” participated in the battle - this time it was really genuine, not the “Ferdinand” that the Soviet army often falsely reported because of the defeat in the battle. On November 26 and 30, the 656th Regiment had a number of exchanges of fire with the 1st Tank 23rd Army in front of it.

112 versus 14, the Soviet 23rd Tank Army formed an overwhelming advantage. However, the battle is still full of uncertainties, especially since the German defense not only relies on solid preset positions and ambush points but also possesses 9 formidable 88mm tank destroyers. What kind of fierce battle will the fight on the 26th be? What will be the fate of the 23rd Tank Army and the 387th Division? Can the ‘Ferdinand’ turn the tide? Find out in the game!

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If you’re interested in the background of the battle, the following link is a paid source with Chinese only(you can also use a translator).
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/MbvKEXqNa-fjSjr1cOz2QQ

12 Comments
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biggest-rat  [author] 10 May @ 6:32pm 
I will find time to update.
hamed8726 5 May @ 10:17am 
update please
cyberman 2 Mar @ 4:56am 
Zaporozhye*
spowers 13 May, 2024 @ 1:07pm 
Great job. Look forward to more. Thanks for making it.
biggest-rat  [author] 3 May, 2024 @ 12:01pm 
@Eagletanker
Sure, that’s why I’ve set my main character in the game as an infantry unit, with only 2 Ferdinands joining the battle much later as dedicated anti-armor forces.
Eagletanker 3 May, 2024 @ 11:30am 
Except even in that case, the numbers still wouldn't add up. Peter brings up the divisional reports from both sides, and the formation facing the Ferdinands didn't lose that many tanks across it's entire front. On the days specified, Soviet AFV losses total were 44 knocked out or burned up. If counting Just tanks, it would be 17 confirmed losses with a unknown amount of additional losses coming from the 25 on the 27th, stretched out across the front of an entire army, which is a lot of territory for 8 Ferdinands to cover.

The Nazi's were over claiming (as they usually did) here, and if you want to reflect a realistic course of the battle, you'd need to have some stug's and AT guns doing the main fighting with a few KVs and some T-34s while one or two Ferdinands show up for a short time before wandering off somewhere else.
biggest-rat  [author] 3 May, 2024 @ 3:14am 
@Eagletanker
"Three 'Ferdinands' destroyed 54 Soviet tanks." To be honest, even in comparison to German military records, this figure is highly exaggerated. The 30th Army's report on the 27th recorded that, on the 26th-27th, the entire army, not just the 387th Division, only destroyed and damaged a total of 49 enemy tanks. There were no additional reports after the 28th to supplement the results from the 26th-27th. The author believes that the accounts in military history are as exaggerated as Knight's Cross recommendations by Kretschmer; on the one hand, they are descriptions with exaggerations; on the other hand, two 'Ferdinands' under the 'Schwerpunkt' cluster also participated in intense armored combat in another direction on the 26th-27th. The so-called result of 54 Soviet tanks destroyed is the total result of the 'Ferdinands' in two directions.
biggest-rat  [author] 3 May, 2024 @ 3:14am 
@Eagletanker
Great, thank you for letting me know. However, the claim of destroying 54 vehicles did exist, even though it may have been exaggerated. If you read the source letter I provided, the author also acknowledges the possibility of exaggeration in the reported results:
Eagletanker 2 May, 2024 @ 10:19pm 
Hi, just to let you know, the ferdinands didn't actually engage anywhere near 54 tanks in this battle.

https://www.tankarchives.ca/2017/12/cheating-at-statistics-21-fudging-franz.html
Воин дорог 2 May, 2024 @ 9:54am 
of course, create whatever you want, I just expressed my point of view