 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kwa1943 yakarongedzwazve se78th Sturm Chikamu chiratidzo chitsva chechikamu, chibhakera chakarukwa, chakagamuchirwa, chakatorwa kubva paruoko rwekunyepedzera rwaGötz von Berlichingen nekuwedzera kugadziriswa kwesimba rayo uye sangano mukati memwedzi yakati wandei inotevera. Rimwe nerimwe remauto aro matatu epasi rakagadziridzwazve kuva Sturm-Regiment. Zita rekuti Sturm kurwisa rakaratidza kuwedzera kwesimba rechikamu, icho chakazopedzisira chabatanidza pasi pe Sturmgeschutz pfuti yekurwisa Heavy Mortar uye Nebelwerfer rocket launcher mabhatani uye chikwata chematangi chakapihwa Marder II, pamwe nerutsigiro rwekupfura pfuti. Nesangano rayo idzva, divi rakatora chikamu muOperation Citadel sechikamu cheXXIII Corps yeNeventh Army, ichibatanidzwa mukurwisana paPonyri. Mukati meSoviet Counter-offensive yakateveraChikamu chakatanga kuchinjwa kubva kuNinth Army kuenda kuSecond Panzer Army muna Chikunguru, ndokuzoendeswa zvakare kuFourth Army munaGunyana uko chikamu chakamanikidzwa kudzokera kuPanther-Wotan mutsetse kumabvazuva kweOrsha. 