Markii uu Mickl qabtay taliska, qeybta 11aad ee Panzer weli ma dhameysan dib u dhiska ka dib markii ay la kulmeen khasaarooyin culus intii lagu jiray isku daygii gargaarka ee Stalingrad bishii Diseembar 1942 iyo intii lagu jiray Dagaalkii Saddexaad ee Kharkov bishii Febraayo iyo Maarso 1943. Qaybta 11aad ee Panzer waxay qayb ka ahayd "General der Panzertruppe" Otto von Knobelsdorff's XLVIII Panzer Corps oo hoos imaanaysay howlgalka howlgalka ee "Generaloberst" Hermann Hoth's 4th Panzer Army, oo iyaduna ahayd qayb ka mid ah "Generalfeldmarschall" Erich von Manstein's Army Group South. Ka hor inta aan la bilaabin howlgalka Citadel
Ujeedada ka danbaysa ee Midowga Soofiyeeti ee Kursk, XLVIII Panzer Corps ayaa loo qaybiyay koonfur galbeed ee khadka u dhexeeya Bohodukhov iyo Akhtyrka.