Is the Kursk campaign viable?

[von Waldenburg]

I think is really hard to say that you can not win with one side in such a huge campaign with virtually infinite variants. A very complex and precise analisys has to be made to determine that, and I doubt anybody has done this or will do it in this or in other campaign.

For me the stock campaign is basically right, of course if the german dev iates from plan a slow russian will rapidly pay for that. But he has the tools to parry inmediate defeat (namely 1st Tank Army in the south and 2nd Tank in the north). One problem I see here is that initial tactical heavy loses make a big impact in russian players morale and can lead to an operational disaster and a strategic nightmare, but this tactical drawbacks can be counter in style with careful handling of reserves. In this game concentration means all for the Russians, more than in any other game in my experience. It's what can make particular units survive and fight another day along with extremely wishful thinking, planing and execution or course. Obviously it favors the Germans as results indicate, but I wouldnt say it is imposible to win as Russian even if German deviates, but I might be wrong of course.

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