While were on the subject of my failures.

[Griefbringer]

Soviets had T-34s and KVs available in the summer 1941, when operation Barbarossa started. However, they only formed a small part of the total tank numbers at that point.

And their appearance came as a pretty total surprise to the Germans, who had serious difficulties when facing them in combat. So in that aspect, sounds like you had an encounter that could be described as historically accurate.

Griefbringer