A Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger being stuffed with 88mm ammunition prior to Operation Zitadelle – July 1943
Tag 88mm
8.8 cm Flak 36 camouflaged in the ground role sporting a good number of kill rings
King Tiger from Schwere Panzer Abteilung 507 that defended the woods around Padeborn 1945
During World War II, Paderborn was bombed by Allied aircraft in 1944 and 1945, resulting in 85% destruction, including many of the historic buildings. It was seized by the US 3rd Armored Division after a pitched battle 31 March –…
Tiger burnt out on the roadside in Normandy
German “Elefant” tank destroyers on the assembly line.
These Schwerer Panzerjäger (“heavy tank-hunter”) of the Wehrmacht during World War II, built in small numbers in 1943 under the name “Ferdinand” after its designer, Ferdinand Porsche, using tank hulls that had been produced for the Tiger I tank requirement,…