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Originally Posted by Pawel Burchard
Following is last entry of available KTB of Stab Stuka 2
4.7.1943 | Das Geschwader verlegt mit allen Gruppen und der Panzerjagdstaffel ohne Bodenpersonal der I./2 nach Charkow-Nord. Es werden 89 Ju 87 überführt. Die übrigen Flugzeuge werden in den nächsten Tagen nachgeholt.
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The Panzerjagdstaffel (incl. its Ju87G) was moved to Charkiv in July and that is enough for me to show that it was at least planned to use it in battle, question is only under which circumstances? Somewhere I read that all Panzerjäger were to be held back for defensive ops only
There is at leat one other potential reaon that it was not used: Lack of tungsten ammo, which we cannot exclude now. But is is slightly improbable, taking into considerations all efforts for Zitadelle.
There is even a hint that the G-Stukas were not used in July:
No loss or even damage-report can be found before 4th of August:
http://www.lesbutler.ip3.co.uk/tony/...its/stuka2.htm
http://www.ww2.dk/oob/bestand/stuka/bistg2.html
So, I tend to say that they were really not used in July. 4th of August is a day when the Heeresgruppe Süd was definitely in defanse after operation Rumyantsev started of so successfully...
Altogether: Interesting detail, that...