[kolya1]

About Kursk, it must be said that Bergstrom's figures for German losses are too low. Taking the losses one by one, you already get more airplanes destroyed than he did, and yet these figures are not complete. I greatly appreciate Christer Bergstrom's work, but in this case it's not perfect.

The Soviet overclaim rate was undoubtedly higher than that of the Germans' at the time, but the difference is less than what could be deduced from his numbers (I'd say the Soviet overclaimed 5-6 : 1 for the Kursk battle).

Generally speaking, I may be mistaken, but the impression I get from reading a lot about these issues is that the side which is tactically on the defensive is usuallly less accurate in claims. This is also true when many units are involved at the same time.