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The modeling section also does not read like an attempt to flog their stuff. Indeed, the photographs feature models from a bunch of other companies (SHQ, Foundry, Britannia etc). Although they are put out by Plastic Soldier Company, and obviously they are seeking to use them as a vehicle for selling lots of figures, the rulebook does not look like an illustrated catalogue of their stuff. This immediately brings me to something I like about the rules. The book is very well illustrated with contemporary photos (some of which I’ve not seen before), model photos and line drawings. There are a few typos here and there, but the text is generally clearly written, and I have found the rules to be very easy to follow.

The book is divided up into sections covering the rules, a decent historical overview of Kursk, army lists for the battle, scenarios, a modeling guide giving some nice tips about painting armoured vehicles and making battle boards, and rules for a large campaign or mega-battle covering the battle of Prokhorovka on 12 July 1943. Consequently it is not cheap, but I have no complaints about the value. First up, the rulebook is a beautifully produced hardcover of 240 pages.

Here are some of my initial impressions, based on a quick read through. I’ve been looking around for some WWII rules that might suit our club, and was thinking they might be Bolt Action, but BGK is another distinct possibility. From the interview it sounded as though these might be a good set of rules for the school club. Although Western historiography traditionally marks the beginning of the German downfall to the D-Day invasion of Normandy, the crushing defeat of Kursk makes a more likely turning point for the war.After listening to the author of the new Battle Group Kursk (BGK) rules interviewed on Meeples and Miniatures I went ahead last week and bought a copy of the rules from War and Peace Games. From its victory in the Battle of Kursk, the Soviet Red Army went on to liberate most of Ukraine in the autumn of 1943, marching into Kiev on November 6. It had lost 30 of its 50 divisions and up to 500,000 men killed, wounded or missing in action. On August 4, the city of Orel was liberated and by the 18th the German army took up defensive positions east of Bryansk. Both were successfully repulsed, and by July 12, the Soviet forces had gone over to the offensive.

#Battle group kursk code#

The German offensive, code named “Citadel,” involved two simultaneous thrusts against the Soviet-held northern and southern salients.

Konev, numbered 1.3 million troops, 3,600 tanks, and 2,800 aircraft. Vatutin’s Voronezh Army, and the reserve army of the Steppe Front under General I. Rokossovskii’s Army of the Center, General N. The Soviet forces, consisting of General K. It was initiated by the Germans who, in retreat after their spectacular defeat in the Battle of Stalingrad, concentrated 50 divisions, two tank brigades, three tank battalions, and eight artillery assault divisions comprising 2,700 Tiger and Panther tanks, some two thousand aircraft, and 900,000 men in all. The Battle of Kursk, which involved the largest tank battle of the Second World War, was fought on the steppe of Kursk oblast between July 5 and August 23, 1943.