EASTERN FRONT · ARCADE OPERATIONS

KURSK STEEL & THUNDER

JULY 1943 · THE SALIENT

Steel below.
Thunder above.

Take the armor into the golden fields of Kursk.

T-34-85 · Arcade variant
WASD drive · Mouse aim · Click / Space fire · E smoke

HOSTILE ARMOR

Rotate to landscape

Game paused. Rotate your device to play.

The battlefield is paused. Take your time.

Reduced effects turns off bloom. Controls remain the same.

Saved progress

Kursk: Steel & Thunder
An arcade interpretation of the Battle of Kursk.

Vehicles and scenery

Muster WWII vehicle geometry (MIT), adapted for real-time play. Buildings by D A York (2021, MIT). The T-34-85 is a later arcade variant, not an exact July 1943 reconstruction.

Tools and inspiration

Three.js r185 (MIT). Supplied SR71 terrain and effects study; Claude of Duty control and combat reference. Briefing paintings generated with OpenAI ImageGen in the confirmed Romantic Luminist Panorama style. Procedural audio synthesized in the browser.

Three.js license

Replay the operation briefings.