"With the Russian winter now safely behind them, the Germans are anxious to avenge their defeats at Moscow and Stalingrad. Armed with their new Tiger tanks, they have launched their summer offensive. Against them stand the Russian tank forces, drawn en masse for what will prove to be the largest tank battle in history."
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Primary Objectives
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- Kursk must not fall
- Destroy Kluge's Corps HQ
- Destroy Manstein's Corps HQ
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Secondary Objectives
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Special Operations
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USSR - Rokossovksi's Forces
- Communist Zeal
- Double the Guard
- Rapid Deployment
- Corps Reorganization
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Walkthrough
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If you've been disappointed with how easy this game's been for the last three missions, you're in for a pleasant (or not so pleasant, depending on how you look at it) surprise during this mission.
You start with basically nothing in the way of units, but you do have a fairly large base in the north-east that's only lacking a few buildings. You have three town areas in the middle of the map, the middle one being the only one that's in a very defendable condition. Which is good, since losing that center town will also make you lose the mission.
Start by sending the two infantry units in the southern towns north to the bottom entrance of Kursk (the center town). Have every unit in Kursk collect near the entrance to the south, then go to your base in the north-east. Build and deploy an Infantry Division HQ, then attach the units at the southern entrance of Kursk to that new Division HQ. Don't worry about the ones in the town to the north.
Build and deploy a Mechanized Division HQ, then get the Heavy Tank upgrade from the Motor Pool structure. (You'll also want all of the other tank upgrades from the Motor Pool.) Once you've got that, start building enough oil and ammo capacity to fund six units of Heavy Tanks. (Each division of Heavy Tanks needs twenty fuel and twenty ammo, so make sure you have at least a +120 ammo and a +120 fuel availability.)
Once you have the six Heavy Tank divisions, send three to the town north of Kursk, which you still hopefully have control of. Send the other three to the bridge south of your base that leads to the two small cities above the southern German base. When both units are close to the German bases, send them in at the same time. The purpose is to run into the enemy bases and destroy the HQ structures with complete and utter disregard to the safety of your tanks.
Trust me, this is the fastest possible way to beat this mission. If you try to storm one of the two bases with a massive force, the other base will magically somehow have about thirty armored divisions ready to attack Kursk. You're MUCH better off just diving in and blasting both of the HQ buildings at once. And once you do, the mission is over, so you don't really need those tank units back anyway.
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