Can the Soviets win in Kursk?

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I've played the alternate Kursk scenario as the German and Soviets in PBEM. In both cases, the Germans were able to crunch almost all of the Soviet fortified lines - north and south - on the first day.

I don't think player skill was the issue, because there wasn't much opportunity for the Soviet player to use his skills. The majority of German units north and south are Morale A; the majority of the Soviets are Morale D. If the Germans so much as breathe on a Soviet unit, it disrupts. A disrupted Morale D unit can barely fight or move, so it sits there and dies. Those long summer days give the Germans plenty of time to gobble up disrupted Soviets and slice through the salient. If the Red Army can't even delay the Wehrmacht with a triple minefield/ditch/bunker/trench line, they're not going to stop them in the open field once the Germans break through.

This is a German fantasy scenario. It feels more like Barbarossa 1941 than Kursk 1943. Some historians say that Germany lost Kursk because Hitler lost his nerve. But the improved performance of the Red Army and Air Force also something to with it. Maybe more of the Soviet infantry should be Morale C, at least while they're in their fortifications?

Perfect play balance isn't possible, but this feels like an exercise in masochism for the Soviets.