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Rated by Participant: 6437F8EB9BA4F75083D2CBBC3F6773B359481C56D166E25FC41FD9BD4874680C
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Original Note:
Western-supplied tanks did in fact participate in battle of Kursk, including for example the American M3 Lees as well as British Valentines. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Soviet_M3_Lee_tanks_of_the_6th_Guards_Army_Kursk_July_1943.jpg https://en.topwar.ru/154070-drugoj-lend-liz-tank-m3-li-trehjetazhnyj-koshmar.html https://medium.com/angry-planet/to-russia-with-love-76a2e4ca6c46 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/weapons/LL_Kursk.htm Notably, decorated hero of USSR Boris Koschechkin commanded a platoon of Valentine tanks during the Battle. https://en.topwar.ru/119410-tankist-koshechkin-boris-kuzmich-geroy-sovetskogo-soyuza.html https://www.track-link.com/gallery/11693
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