Problems in prokhorovka
Hunter was alone, Many of the Lend lease Churchill tanks they were there to teach had suffered mechanical problems, from nature or Human cause. The terrain of Prokhorovka was challenging but not impossible, the Long darkened grass fields were split by a Railway track, Hunter didn't know what lay behind that, to be honest the crew just wanted to be back In England. Hunter continued on in its slow typical pace through the countryside, though all seemed quite through the sights, a shell was standing by in the gun, which was somewhat comforting for the crew.
A light rain shower came over the area, the droplets splashed against the forest camouflage that was barley dry, a combination of the Churchill's Thick armour plating on the front body and turret and the noise of the engine meant that the crew only became aware of the weather when The tank Commander, Captain Ravensmith Opened the commanders hatch. Captain Ravensmith Was a twenty five year Old officer and was an expert with the Churchill heavy tank, Hunter was his service tank for just over two years and had an honourable kill count, so it seemed the most obvious of which crew went to teach the Russian tankers on the new lend lease tanks.
Captain Ravensmith didn't know many of the crew , The driver however was a fellow veteran, John Holmes was 21and had worked with the Captain for a Year, the Gunner Was 23 year old Private Joshua Rupert's, A replacement after the old one who sadly received a injury that put him out of the radio operator was a Russian tanker who joined the crew for the training, Dimitry Corlov was a 22 year old with only several hours of experience with the tank, but had high potential as a officer. The loader was Welshman James Campbell, 22, who had just joined the tank regiment from the Artillery corps, so his loading skills for sure was unbeatable.
Hunter carried on its trundle through the prokhorovka fields, The commander opened his Hatch to allow the crew the decency of fresh air. Ravensmith was seconds away to looking up from the commanders hatch when a shell flew over the turret nearly taking the commanders door with it. The shell Had belonged to a Panzer four medium tank that had hid itself behind a large amount of shrubbery on a dirt track. The distinct smoke Cloud from behind the bush lead the gun of hunter right to them. The whole tank shook as the shell left the barell. The high explosive shell slammed into the back of the main body and ignited the engine on impact. The crew bailed, which was a sense of relief to the captain, the kill was the tank, not the crew.
Hunter suddenly seemed More popular than usual, tank shells smashed into hunter, Plenty failed to penetrate the tank, Slowly the turret turned, The gun flashed and the incoming fire slowly dwindled. Soon smoke rose from what the Commander estimated to be 4 enemy tanks, The tank received 12 Hits, Some did little or No damage, But several grazed the tanks Engine and reduced the Horse power Drastically.
The tank could no longer complete the objective, Its ammo was now critical, the tank needed repair, and the crew was alone without support. The tank turned back to the .
Suddenly a t-15 german tank appeared, heading for the hunter, it released it shell, which pinged of the armour 80 degrees into the air before slamming into the ground and exploding. Hunter Returned fire, It penetrated the front Armour of the t-15 turret and ignited the ammunition, The tank turret flew violently airborne and crashed into the soil twenty feet away, the main body exploded, and launched boiling hot metal i to the air, scattering the crews remains. The commander whispered his respect to the crew of that tank,
"Lets go"