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Panzer IV F – Battle of the Caucasus

By wikingeretowMay 29, 20180 Comments

Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. F (Magyar) Two of the 22 Panzer IV Ausf. F delivered to the Hungarian army, probably photographed in the plains of the Caucasus around 1942.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Caucasus Colorized Version Below

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A Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger being stuffed with 88mm ammunition prior to Operation Zitadelle – July 1943

By wikingeretowMay 28, 20180 Comments

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Panther on the Eastern Front 1944

By wikingeretowMay 08, 20180 Comments

One source has cited the cost of a Panther tank as 117,100 Reichmarks (RM). This compared with 82,500 RM for the StuG III, 96,163 RM for the Panzer III, 103,462 RM for the Panzer IV, and 250,800 RM for the Tiger I. These figures did not include the cost of the armament and radio. Using slave labour on the production lines greatly reduced costs, but also greatly increased the risk of sabotage. French army studies in 1947 found that many Panthers had been sabotaged during production.The main gun was a Rheinmetall-Borsig 7.5 cm KwK 42 (L/70) with semi-automatic shell ejection and…

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Two Tiger II tanks on a Paris street 1944

By wikingeretowApr 28, 20180 Comments

The heaviest tank on the battlefield, the Tiger II or Königstiger was a formidable foe, but it had its fair share of shortcomings. From over-complicated engineering, not enough power for the weight of the beast and the lack of quality raw materials led to this monster not being able to perform to its fullest. However that being said, wherever this tank was deployed, it devastated its opponents. In this photo two King Tigers of the 503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion are passing through a Paris street on the way to the Normandy front in August 1944, ultimately however nothing the German's…

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Dug in 5cm Panzerabwehrkanone 38 (L/60) in Italy

By wikingeretowMar 30, 20180 Comments

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A grave for fallen comrades

By wikingeretowMar 28, 20180 Comments

A German panzer crewman stands over the grave of two fallen panzer crewmen - potentially from the Panzer I in the background. Most likely this photo is taken in 1941 during Operation Barbarossa, as the black panzer beret - the schutzmütze - was phased out and production had ceased in 1941, however it continued to be worn after that date for a while. The surviving crewman is wearing the newer style of panzer crew headgear which was introduced in early 1940.

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Panther D 1944 – Snow

By wikingeretowMar 02, 20180 Comments

Two Panther Ausf. D from III. Panzerkorps in Northern Ukraine III Panzer Corps was formed in June 1942 from III Army Corps and attached to Army Group A, the formation tasked with capturing the Caucasus as a part of Fall Blau. After the loss of the 6th Army at the Battle of Stalingrad, III Panzer Corps took part in the battles around Kharkov as part of Army Group Don. During Operation Citadel, the Corps was the striking force of Army Detachment Kempf as they attempted to protect the right flank of the 4th Panzer Army. It was involved in the…

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Wounded German Soldier sitting atop a German 38(t) tank

By wikingeretowFeb 25, 20180 Comments

Two Panzer 38(t) tanks passing a knocked out Soviet T-34/76 in 1942, on the front of the first tank a wounded German soldier is hitching a ride.

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Knocked Out Soviet KV-1 Tank

By wikingeretowFeb 11, 20180 Comments

Axis forces pose next to a knocked out KV-1 tank The KV series of tanks in the Soviet arsenal took the invading Germans by surprise, finding their anti tank weapons to be totally ineffective against these heavily armored monsters. Anecdotally the 37mm Pak Gun became known as the doorknocker as you could sit there all day and it would have no effect on the tank or the crews inside. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_encounter_of_Soviet_T-34_and_KV_tanks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kliment_Voroshilov_tank

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Point of View from a Tiger I turret

By wikingeretowFeb 06, 20180 Comments

Here's a gif for you today, a camera mounted on the turret of a Tiger I traverses across an open field with another four Tiger I's in the foreground. One has to remember that all of these images and videos that provide us with a glimpse into the past; in this case the second world war, were captured by men and a few women on the front lines of combat. Many of whom paid for their footage with their lives.

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