Can the Soviets win in Kursk?

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The K43 stock weather dat file is a good representation of the weather I think. With a good variation in visibility and ground conditions. Ed I think your weather is way to clear. Unless it has changed recently. I have been an unintentional victim of it once before. Too much 5 hex visibility makes it too hard for the Russians to deploy their short range mortars and rockets, and conduct a fighting retreat. With constant 4 or 5 hex visibilty the Germans get to see too far into the Russian defences and are able pry it apart with ease. Also the occasional day or two of soft conditions curtails the German tactic of assaulting thru multiple defence lines and isolating many Russian units. So weather that is a little worse than clear and some Germans reduced from A quality to B quality would probably make it a much more difficult scenario for the Germans.