Panzer Battles 2 - The Official Teaser Thread

[GerryM]

Due to the high loss rates of Soviet formations, Guards were not necessarily better than their regular counterparts and the name was initially mostly a title, though mid-late war Guards units received more specialists and tended to receive better equipment earlier than their regular counterparts because they would be the forces at the tip of the spear or the exploitation force during a breakthrough....

Wouldn't the Germans have lost many of their veteran and best troops also? Or was this not so serious in the Kursk time frame?