ORIGINAL: tac23
Badly, very badly........
Kursk was not an ideal environment for non-turreted vehicles (rapid moving, close range engagements), and, most of all, without a close defence weapon they were VERY vulnerable to infantry 'tank-killer' squads swarming all over them.
This is a long living myth about the high ratio of loses due to the lack ofa close defence weapon during the Battle of Kursk. Only 2 or 3 were lost that way. The rest were lost due to other reasons.