Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kuwedzera kwenhamba yezvombo zveSoviet kwakakonzera kuti tifungezve nezvokurwisa kutyisidzira kwacho. Muzhizha ra1943, zvikwata zveJu 87 zvakanga zvatambura kurasikirwa kukuru. The Henschel Hs 129 vakanga varasikirwa 495 kubva zvachose kugadzirwa 664. Kwakasarudzwa kuvatsiva neFw 190. Musi wa 18 Gumiguru, "Sturzkampfgeschwader 1", "Sturzkampfgeschwader 3" uye "Sturzkampfgeschwader 5" vakatumidzwa "Schlachtgeschwader" 1, 3 uye 5. "Sturzkampfgeschwader 2" uye "Sturzkampfgeschwader 77" akavandudzwa sezvo yakavhenganiswa murwi uye vanobhururuka bhomba zviumbu. "Geschwader" mbiri, "Schlachtgeschwader 9" uye "Schlachtgeschwader 10" dzakaumbwa kuti dzigadzirise kutyisidzira. Yakanga isiri kusvikira March 1944 kuti "Geschwaders" vakakwanisa kuchinjana zvavo Ju 87s nokuda Fw 190. Mamwe mapoka, akadai uyo akarayirwa Hans-Ulrich Rudel, akaramba achibhururuka Ju 87 (uye Fw 190) kusvikira pakuguma kwehondo. Munguvayi, zvikamu zveFw 190 zvakarwa hondo dzakawanda dzokuzvidzivirira. Hondo yeDnieper yeZasi uye Hondo Yechipiri yeKiev
vakapupurira hondo dzomumhepo huru. Munguva yezviito izvi, Walter Nowotny akataura kukunda kwake kwe256 uye kwekupedzisira kumberi, uye akapotsa apfurwa pasi iye pachake musi wa11 Mbudzi 1943. JG 54, kushandisa Focke-Wulf, akati 71 kukunda muna December 1943, nokuti kurasikirwa 14 Fw 190s. Ikoku kwakaratidzira mwero unoderera wokukunda kukunda. Zvisinei, maSoviet akanga achiwedzera nhamba uye unhu. Mauto matsvuku akanga achidzorera shure zvose zviri zviviri Boka reMauto reSouth, uye nokukurumidza Boka reMauto reNorth. Boka reMauto reCentre bedzi ndiro rakaramba riri munzvimbo dzakasimba dzokuzvidzivirira. Pakazosvika chitubu cha1944, zvikamu zvehondo zvechiGermany kukunda kurasikirwa kwakaderera kubva pa4: 1 paHondo yeKursk kusvika pa1: 5. Ndege dzokurwa dzeSoviet zvino dzakanga dzakaenzana nezvakanakisisa zve"Luftwaffe". "Schlachtgeschwader" kurasikirwa totaled 175, izvo zvaisanganisira vanoverengeka Fw 190s.