[Battle Academy 2 - Battle Of Kursk Key Serial Number
Virginie Fayad
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Sequel to its genre-busting predecessor, Battle Academy 2 moves the action east, to the bloodied plains of Mother Russia. When a gritty new look, great new features, and random mission generation meet battle-proven gameplay you can be sure of a strategy classic!
After following the fortunes of the two sides you can then experience limitless battles with the brand new random skirmish feature. Customise your mission with the myriad settings before entering a unique and surprising battle every time. Already fearsome modding flexibility has been further expanded with editor improvements including automatic edging, achievement editor, and reinforcements.
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Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front is a multi-format game (PC, Mac) with a multi format master. You get both formats in one package and a serial number that works for all formats and no intrusive DRM so you can install on your Mac and your PC. If you buy the boxed edition it will come with all formats as well
The Panzer III tank was the main battle tank of the early war German army. Design work started in 1934 on a 10 ton tank armed with a 3.7 cm anti-tank gun mounted in a three-man turret. While the weight rapidly increased to 18 tons, the first 10 (Ausf. A) were delivered by the fall of 1937. Ausf B through D were produced in small numbers through the spring of 1939, with a total of just 65 vehicles being available at the start of the war on September 1, 1939.
The initial four versions were essentially prototypes. Each had different suspension and engine deck layouts, and various combinations of armor and engines were tried out. The Aust E was the first true production version. 96 of these were built between the end of 1938 and the fall of 1940. This version introduced the torsion bar suspension that remained a defining feature of the Panzer III throughout its life. The Ausf F was a slight upgrade with a new engine and some minor tweaks. It started on the assembly lines in early-1940 and when production ended in May, 1941, a total of 450 had been delivered.
From the start, the turret had been designed to mount a 5 cm gun, but it was felt that this was overkill, and since the 3.7 cm PaK 36 was the standard infantry anti-tank gun, that's what was used in the main battle tank as well. However, experience in Poland, and later in France, particularly against the heavy French Char B1 bis and the British Matilda II tanks showed that a larger calibre gun was needed. 5 cm guns started appearing on Ausf F models in July, 1940. The Ausf G model was produced in parallel with the Ausf F from March, 1940 until May 1941. The initial models has the 3.7 cm gun, but like the Ausf F, it started being armed with the 5 cm gun in July 1940. 594 were built. The Ausf H version introduced a slightly redesigned hull with thicker armor and a wider track. 286 were made between the fall of 1940 and the end of 1941.
The Ausf J was characterized by a lengthened hull and revised engine deck, thicker armor and upgraded suspension (thicker torsion bars and beefed up shock absorbers), This model was made between March, 1941 and August, 1943. a total of 1,521 were produced.
The Ausf L, which is the subject of this review, introduced a longer 5 cm gun and even thicker armor. Production ran from the end of 1941 to the middle of 1943, with 1,470 being made. From late 1942, spaced armor was added to the hull and turret front of the Ausf J and L, and in mid-1943, spaced armor was also added around the turret and on the hull sides.
The Ausf M was the last true production model, and was built until the middle of 1943 with 517 being assembled. Although there was also an Ausf N armed with a short 7.5 cm gun, these were essentially Ausf L or M tanks armed with the new gun. 614 were produced between July and September, 1942.
When it entered service in 1939, the Panzer III was among the best battle tanks of any nation. It bore the brunt of operations until the Germans turned their attention to the Russians in 1941 and came face to face with the 76.2 mm gun and sloped armor of the T-34. Overnight, the Panzer III became obsolete. However, it soldiered on until the end of 1943 because the Germans did not have much of anything else to replace it with.
The kit is the second in Academy's new tooled Panzer III series, with the Ausf J being released in 2020. The kit consists of 12 large sprues, one small photo-etch fret and a decal sheet. The instructions are in 8.5" x 11" booklet format, printed in black and white. A full color, 8 page finishing guide is also provided.
The molding appears to be very crisp, with no visible flash. Some parts contain knock-out pin marks on what will likely be visible surfaces - this is typical trait of Academy (as well as Tamiya). The depressions are very shallow and should be easy to fill or sand away.
The part count is impressive, with more parts than the Tamiya Panzer III L kit, and a similar parts count to the Dragon Panzer III L kit. The kit uses link and length track. Unfortunately the tracks are molded with solid guide horns - tracks with solid guide horns were not used on the Panzer III, as far as I can tell from period photographs. The track links also have small injector pin marks that would need to be cleaned up.
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The Battle of Kursk was a major World War II Eastern Front battle between the forces of Germany and the Soviet Union near Kursk in southwestern Russia during the summer of 1943, resulting in a Soviet victory. The Battle of Kursk was the single largest battle in the history of warfare.[39][40][41] It, along with the Battle of Stalingrad several months earlier, are the two most oft-cited turning points in the European theatre of the war.[42][43] It was one of the costliest and fiercest battles of the entire Second World War,[44][45][46][43][47] with it being the single deadliest armoured battle in history[48] and the opening day of the battle, 5 July, being the single costliest day in the history of aerial warfare.[49][50] The battle was also marked by fierce house-to-house fighting and hand-to-hand combat.[51]
The Germans hoped to weaken the Soviet offensive potential for the summer of 1943 by cutting off and enveloping the forces that they anticipated would be in the Kursk salient.[52] Hitler believed that a victory here would reassert German strength and improve his prestige with his allies, who he thought were considering withdrawing from the war.[53] It was also hoped that large numbers of Soviet prisoners would be captured to be used as slave labour in the German armaments industry.[54] The Soviet government had foreknowledge of the German intentions, provided in part by British intelligence's analysis of high-level German army radio messages. Aware months in advance that the attack would fall on the neck of the Kursk salient, the Soviets built a defence in depth designed to wear down the German armoured spearhead.[55] The Germans delayed the offensive while they tried to build up their forces and waited for new weapons,[56][57][58] giving the Red Army time to construct a series of deep defensive belts[59] and establish a large reserve force for counter-offensives,[60] with one German officer describing Kursk as "another Verdun".[61]
The battle was the final strategic offensive that the Germans were able to launch on the Eastern Front. Because the Allied invasion of Sicily began during the battle, Adolf Hitler was forced to divert troops training in France to meet the Allied threat in the Mediterranean, rather than using them as a strategic reserve for the Eastern Front.[62] As a result, Hitler cancelled the offensive at Kursk after only a week, in part to divert forces to Italy.[63] Germany's extensive losses of men and tanks ensured that the victorious Soviet Red Army enjoyed the strategic initiative for the remainder of the war. The Battle of Kursk was the first time in the Second World War that a German strategic offensive was halted before it could break through enemy defences and penetrate to its strategic depths.[64][65] Though the Red Army had succeeded in winter offensives previously, their counter-offensives after the German attack at Kursk were their first successful summer offensives of the war.[66] The battle has been called the "last gasp of Nazi aggression".[67]
As the Battle of Stalingrad slowly ground to its conclusion, the Red Army moved to a general offensive in the south, in Operation Little Saturn. By January 1943, a 160-to-300-kilometre-wide (99 to 186 mi) gap had opened between German Army Group B and Army Group Don, and the advancing Soviet armies threatened to cut off all German forces south of the Don River, including Army Group A operating in the Caucasus.[68][69] Army Group Center came under significant pressure as well. Kursk was retaken by the Soviets on 8 February 1943, and Rostov on 14 February.[70] The Soviet Bryansk, Western, and newly created Central Fronts prepared for an offensive which envisioned the encirclement of Army Group Centre between Bryansk and Smolensk.[68][71] By February 1943 the southern sector of the German front was in strategic crisis.[72]
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