German armored forces in action during Unternehmen Zitadelle in the Summer of 1943

0:00 Later model Panzer III variants armed with the 5cm KwK 39 L/60 main gun followed by an early Tiger tank with its Feifel pre-filters at the rear and drum type commander's cupola. There is also a flag draped over the turret for identification from the air. In subsequent shots a StuG assault gun appears followed by a relatively rare Sturmpanzer 43 "Brummbär" that put a 15cm howitzer on a Panzer IV chassis. This would have been from the first series of 60 vehicles that had entered production just a few months prior to the footage being filmed, seeing combat at Kursk for the first time with Sturmpanzer-Abteilung 216.

0:25 Tigers and StuG IIIs on the move followed by a battery of Sd.Kfz. 165 "Hummel" self-propelled 15cm howitzers in action, followed by a Tiger and Panzer III, with the latter lighter vehicles often operating in close concert with and support of the heavier tanks. An Sd.Kfz. 251 half-track rolls past with the aftermath of a large explosion in the background followed by intermediate model Panzer IIIs armed with the 5cm KwK 38 L/42 main gun and a T-34/76 burning in the distance.

0:53 An Sd.Kfz. 251 nearest to the camera accompanying a pair of smaller Sd.Kfz. 250 half-tracks, with the vehicles bearing the trident insignia associated with 2. Panzer-Division. The burning remains of a blown apart T-34/76 follow, with the tank appearing to have been shot through the barrel. In the subsequent shot German personnel examine a T-34/76 Model 1943 has driven over a fellow tank stuck in a ditch. An Sd.Kfz. 124 "Wespe" self-propelled gun mounting a 10.5cm howitzer on a Panzer II chassis rolls by, with this type first seeing combat just months before the Citadel offensive.

1:16 The barely recognizable remains of a US-built M3A1 Stuart light tank supplied to the Soviet Union under Lend-Lease, followed by a Panzerbefehlswagen III command tank with a dummy gun and carrying wounded personnel. A T-34/76 appears burned out in a treeline followed by a similar tank of earlier vintage with the single turret hatch open, followed by BM-13N Katyusha rocket launchers on US-built Studebaker US6 2½-ton 6×6 trucks and an Sd.Kfz. 7 half-track towing a 15cm schwere Feldhaubitze 18 heavy howitzer.

1:53 Panzer IV Ausf. G fording a small river followed by a Panzer III Ausf. J fitted with Schürzen spaced armor plates. In the subsequent shot a battery of Sd.Kfz. 124 "Wespe" and Sd.Kfz. 165 "Hummel" self-propelled guns are seen firing, followed by a relatively rare "Grille" Ausf. H mounting a 15cm howitzer on a Panzer 38(t) chassis.

2:29 StuG IIIs advance supported by infantry and a Tiger fires its main gun as Soviet tanks burn in the distance. Prisoners are escorted to the rear as Tigers move forward and fire at distant targets, followed by shots of troops observing burning T-34/76 tanks. An early StuG III Ausf. G with extra armor plates bolted on rolls past, followed by Tigers, a Wespe and a mid production Tiger.