Kursk’s southern exit – UAT controlled area Following Angelo’s exploits that had brought them within an inch of their overall objective for the day, the 1st Battalion and armored elements deployed in a square formation with its back facing the small corridor of life leading inside the city. However, the unmistaken dust clouds and distant shapes indicating the return of Valentino’s dispatched forces forced Big Richie’s hand to reorganize his defenses from a defense in depth to a more robust and primitive formation facing outward on three sides. By tightening its flanks into a packed square with infantry and tanks in the mix, this defensive formation paid attention to each direction with the purpose in mind of being surrounded by a much larger force. It was by putting his hopes on his flim

