Soviet armored casualties during the Battle of Kursk in 1943

0:00 T-34/76 Model 1942 tanks nicknamed “Mickey Mouse“ by the Germans because of their appearance with the twin round turret roof hatches open 0:15 T-34/76 in the center flanked by US-made M3 tanks, on the left an M3A1 Stuart light tank and on the right an M3 Lee medium tank 0:19 M3 Lee tanks with the nearest to the camera fitted with a short-barreled M2 75mm gun that required a counterweight to function with the stabilizer that was designed for the longer M3 gun 0:20 T-34/76 Model 1941 with the one-piece turret hatch 0:21 T-34/76 Model 1942 0:24 T-70 light tank that appears to have been penetrated from the rear and with hull roof collapsed. 0:27 British-made Churchill Mark IV tank of the 5th Guards Tank Army. The inscription on the turret reads “За Радянську Україну“ - For Soviet Ukraine 0:35 T-34/76 tank blown apart 0:39 Gutted T-34/76 hull with an M3 Lee armed with the longer-barreled M3 75mm gun 0:49 M3 Lee with evidence of lateral penetrations and the starboard sponson floor blown out by an interna explosion 0:52 Another Churchill Mark IV still marked with the “NOT TO BE STOWED ON DECK“ notation from when it was shipped from England. Of the 301 Churchill tanks that were sent to the Soviet Union via the Arctic Convoys, 43 were lost en route. 0:58 T-34/76 Model 1942 with its gun mantlet penetrated twice by armor-piercing shells