Panzerwrecks 11 - Normandy 2.pdf

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This page: Pz
.Kpfw.IV
Au
sf.J,
tactical number
'6+31'
from SS-Pz
.Rgt.1,
loSS. Panzer-Division
'LSSAH '
lies
sma shed
on the road, looking as though it has
been trampled by a giant. In the foreground, an
electric power pylon ha
s
been brought down by the
explosion. Across from it, a m.S.P.w. (Sd.Kfz.2S1)
Ausf.D mounting what appears to be the 2cm KwK
and MG34 from
a
le.Pz.Sp.wg (2cm) (Sd.Kfz.222),
ha
s
had its rear end blown off. The location is the
junction of Avenue de la Gare and Route de la Vire
at Le Neufbourg.
NARA
·
.
Opposite page: If only all wartime photos could
be this clear. A Pz
.Kpfw.IV,
tactical number
'631'
from SS-Pz.Rgt.2, has been pushed into a roadside
ditch. Having been scanned from an original 4xS"
negative, the image clarity is exceptional. An
example being the effect of small arms fire visible
on the turret front and
lJy
the radio operator's MG.
Whi
le
not immediately obvious, the right hand
track has crept off of the drive sprocket
.
US Army via L.Archer
Like bullies
sent
to the principal's office for fighting, these three Pz.Kpfw.IV's deposited in
a field
"two miles
south
ofT((!vieres"
are chastised but unrepentant. The Panzer on the left
first appeared on page 17 of
Panzerwrecks
1 and belonged to 6.SS-Pz.Rgt.2. It was knocked
out during an encounter with the US 117th Infantry Regiment ofthe 30th Infantry Division
on the outskirts of Saint-Fromond in July 1944. At the time, the
30th
was supported by
the 743rd Tank Battalion and the 823rd Tank Destroyer Battalion
(MiD)
.
The middle tank is
the same
as
the one on page 1. This feature, from pages 2 to
29,
is based on Signal Corps
motion picture film shot in July 1944.
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I
ro
m twenty yards away, the damage on the left Pz.Kpfw.IV '6XS' is apparent,
1'01'
I"
,darly
to the cupola, mantlet and superstructure front
.
The turret
'Schurzen'
has
ii
"
I"
'('
n peeled back. Overall though, the vehicles brought to this collection pOint appear
I'
"
II
Y
much
intact. As will be seen in the photos on pages 10-11, the middle vehicle is an
I
VI
II
Ausf.H with tactical number
'631'
on the turret 'Schurzen' and the division's 'Wolfsangel'
emblem on the left rear corner ofthe engine compartment. The third vehicle is an Ausf.J
with tactical number
'622'
as seen on pages 12-13. A
'Selbstfahrlafette
fur 2cm Flak 38'
appears on the left, complete with Allied star.
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