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Hi Sam
Watched an exstensive documentary on Kursk last year..with newly appraised info.
Germany had infact broken the Russian tank divisions...with an attrition rate of nearly 5 Russian tanks to 1 German..the numerics were there...the Germans failed to work the numbers..and capitilize on Russian sectors which had actually collapsed.
Ordinance resupply hurt the Wermacht divisions...and of course..Hitlers refusal to let division command freelance without approval.
German tanks tore the Russian Red army to pieces...but Tigers and the new Panther Aus 5's consumed way to much fuel..and were prone to breakdown.
Confusion in the end..was Germany's undoing...
Looking back....I can see the Hand of the Almighty here.

Russia had a very hard time dealing with the Tigers. Even the T-34 had to close in. As long as the Germans were able to use the long range of the Tigers' 88 and the Panthers' 75 they were devastating to the Russian armor.

This was the intoduction of the Panther innto battle, my all time favorite tank, and it had a lot of teething problems, the offensive was even delayed in order to have more Panthers availble. Once the bugs were worked out of the Panther was one of the best tanks in the world. A litte thin on side armor, but a deadly combination of speed, gun and armor for it's time.