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Dieter Kesten

Its Panther battalion first saw combat on 22 July, around Starja-Ljubotin and Kommuna, knocking out 53 Russian tanks.

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During the Battle of Kursk, Das Reich had been transferred south to oppose the Russian counterattack across the Mius River, and destroyed 391 tanks and (Samokhodnaya ustanovka (self propelled guns)) from 30 July to 21 August 1943.

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