 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Maererano naNewton, kutumira nzvimbo yemitambo kana mashandiro ekuchengetedza mumutsara uko kurwa kwaive kwakanyanya kwaireva kuchengetedza zvikamu izvo Model akaona sezvakarongeka zvakabatana nemirairo yake. Somuenzaniso, akapiwa boka revakuru veGroßdeutschland muna September 1942, apo uto rake rechipfumbamwe rakanga riri pasi pokurwiswa kukuru mukati meOperation Mars. Kunyange zvazvo akaudzwa kuti boka racho raisafanira kuparadzwa, Model akarikamura kuva mabhatani uye makambani, ayo aishandisa kuvhara chero zvikanganiso zvaioneka. Großdeutschland yakatora vanhu vanenge 10 000 kubva pavanhu 18 000, uye pane imwe nguva yakanzi yakanga iri pedyo nekupanduka; asi kubva pakuona kwaModel, kurasikirwa uku kwaigamuchirwa nokuti kwaireva kuti mauto eNeventh Army aisafanira kutambura. Maererano naNewton, Model akafunga kuti zvikamu zvepamusoro-soro zvaizopedzisira zvabviswa uye zvagadziridzwa, sarudzo ingangodaro isina kuwanikwa kumapoka ake ehondo. Izvozvo zvakati, haana kungobata bedzi aya mauto okuchengetera seanofanira kuraswa. Mukutanga kwa1942, Der Führer Regiment ye2nd SS Division Das Reich yakaderedzwa kuva varume vashoma mumavhiki matatu ehondo dzinotyisaasi panguva iyoyo yakagamuchirawo kusimbiswa kunosanganisira pfuti dze88 mm, zvombo zvepfuti, uye zvombo zveStuG III, uye Model pachake akashanyira chikamu ichi zuva nezuva, achiverenga rubatsiro rudiki rwaizodiwa kudzivirira kurwisa kweSoviet. Model akanga achiziva migumisiro yakaipa yokuparadzaniswa kwemapoka. Somuenzaniso, musi wa7 October 1944 akarambidza kupatsanurwa kwemaregimenti kuva mabhatani akazvimirira kuti ashandiswe kunze kwechikamu. 