"The Jagdtigers surrender." Topic
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Tango01 | 05 Sep 2016 3:44 p.m. PST |
"German surrender of a JagdTiger equipped company of the 512th Heavy Tank Destroyer Battalion (512th sJgdPzAbt) at Iserlohn, Germany. The company was under the command of Knights Cross holder Hauptmann Albert Ernst and he chose to surrender the town and his unit to the Americans rather than see its destruction. The battalion was formed at Döllersheim on the 11th of February 1945, it received its first Jagdtigers on 16th February and by 13th March, it had been brought up to a strength of 20 vehicles in two companies, with the 3rd Company made up of personnel transferred from the 511th Heavy Panzer Battalion. The Jagdtiger was the heaviest armored fighting vehicle produced during the war, mounting a 128 mm main gun inside a 72-tonne chassis. However, it was severely underpowered, mounting an engine originally designed for the 57-tonne Tiger I, and which had already been found inadequate even for that vehicle…" More here link Amicalement Armand |
John Secker | 05 Sep 2016 4:39 p.m. PST |
A surprising turn of speed on flat hard ground, I must say. |
Ragbones | 05 Sep 2016 8:09 p.m. PST |
My God that was a big tank! |
Tango01 | 06 Sep 2016 10:08 a.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it boys. Amicalement Armand |
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