[James A Pratt III]

A knocked out tank if recovered can be repaired unless it is burnt out or catstropic kill as they say.

I would say that many Soviet tanks the Luftwaffe destroyed at the battle of Brody in 1941 had either broke down or ran out of fuel. As for the VVS during the Moscow counter offensive during the winter of 1941/42 they probably attacked and claimed knocked out many tanks that were destroyed or lost in the 1941 German offensives.

In reading Glantz's Stalingrad Endgame books there were times where the luftwaffe and ARR did destroy a number of Soviet tanks specificaly during operation winterstorm. They also inflicted some heavy casualties on men and horses of Soviet Cavalry divisions.

In the book Panzer Battles p341 it menions the German 8th Panzer Division taking heavy tank and truck losses do to VVS air attacks on 14 jul 44 on the Zlochuv-Jerierni road.

On the Axishistoryfroum.com in the USSR 1917-1945 section I found a post that lead me to an article on the Churchill in RKKA service. 6 July 43 at Kursk the 36th GHTR had 8 Churchills destroyed 1 of which by air attack.

I may have more.