JS's

It gave ground to buy time & finally the Tigers arrived behind the JS's& took them on.

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They got the two hits, but the JS's threw 2 5's to save & the German miracle comeback finally petered out.

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The 5 Shermans on the right now attacked the 1st Grenadiers on the other objective while the JS's backed off from the 2nd Grenadiers & finished off the last Pak 40.

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The T34's desisted from the attack on the infantry to support the JS's, but the Paks had redeployed from the right to support the Tigers.

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The only German reinforcements to show up, a Grenadier platoon, had shrugged off the Sturmoviks & was now able to support the Pak 40 on the objective near the JS's.

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They deployed the HMGs, A/tank & mortars to defend the objective in the centre, Strelk + JS's on the right, Art & 2 Strelk on the left.

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The JS's went to the left, the small Sherman platoon to the right & the large Sherman platoon up the centre.

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The light tanks & JS's failed morale, the T34's passed.

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On their right the Strelk dug in in a cornfield short of their objective while their supporting JS's got destroyed by the Luftwaffe.

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The Germans had one last chance for victory, the 2 surviving Marders moved to the edge of the wood for side shots on the last 2 JS's.

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