Monthly Archives: May 2020

Destroyed Late-War Panther Tanks

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Captured German Panther tanks are shown in three photographs from the unit history of the U.S. Army’s 407th Infantry Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division. The source does not specify a location, but the text suggests the location is near Fallersleben, Germany … Continue reading →

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Captured Panzer II and Sd.Kfz. 233 in Tunisia

Posted on May 11, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

American forces in Tunisia captured immense quantities of German equipment in North Africa including this Panzer II light tank and German Sd.Kfz. 233 armored car featured in the Recognition Journal, May 1944. ORIGINAL CAPTION: U.S. Rangers round up enemy equipment at … Continue reading →

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Dummy Tanks in France

Posted on May 2, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

A report from the Intelligence Bulletin, December 1944 on the German use of dummy Panther tanks during World War II. The report includes two photographs of a dummy tank encountered in France in 1944. DUMMY TANKS Although German use of … Continue reading →

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