 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Rudkin akatora kutungamira kwe15th Tank Corps musi wa11 Chikumi, achitungamira panguva yeOperation Kutuzov muna Chikunguru naNyamavhuvhu. Musi wa 26 Chikunguru, boka racho rakashandurwa kuva 7th Guards Tank Corps nokuda kwezviito zvaro. Rudkin akabvisirwa basa musi wa6 Nyamavhuvhu nekuti akaonekwa seasina kukodzera kutungamira mauto, uye akazova mutungamiri weTambov Tank Camp. Musi wa 12 Ndira 1944 akadzoserwa kumberi semutungamiriri we11th Tank Corps. Munguva yake achitungamirira, iyo corps yakatora chikamu muProskurov-Chernivtsi Offensive uye Operation Bagration sechikamu che13th Army uye 47th Army. Munguva yeOperation Bagration, musi wa7 Chikunguru, mauto e47th nemauto ematangi akarwisa munzvimbo yeKovel, nemauto akarayirwa kuti vashandise budiriro nekutora Liuboml neOpalin, kuyambuka Western Bug, uye kufambira mberi paLublin. Kunyange zvazvo kurwisa kwechiuto chechi47 kwakafambira mberi zvishoma, boka racho rakanga richiri kutumirwa kuhondo, nekuda kwekufungidzira kweSoviet kuti mauto eGermany akanga achiri kudzokera shure, pamwe nekushaikwa kwekuongorora. 11th Tank Corps yakatambura kurasikirwa kukuru mukurwisa kweGermany, uye Rudkin akabvisirwa kutungamira musi wa 14 Chikunguru. Mumurayiro weStavka wa16 Chikunguru, akapomerwa mhosva yekurasikirwa kwemauto matangi makumi manomwe neshanu, uye kurwisa kwayo pasina varwi kana rutsigiro rwezvombo. Muna Nyamavhuvhu, akazova mutevedzeri wemutungamiriri wemauto ane zvombo uye michina ye3rd Belorussian Front, achirwa muOperation Gumbinnenuye Kurwisa kweEast Prussia. 