...and Guard rifles receive "Hero of the Soviet Union" medal. Red army looses lots of tanks and units but seems not to care as they have an infinitive amount of reserves just waiting for their turn to jump in.
German Festung Support doctrine against Soviet T-34/85s
Basically until the very last 5 minutes you could not be sure which one will win. If someone were to do a podcast on this one, would be great to let me know.