A Wespe destroyed in Normandy, 1944.
Dwight D. Eisenhower walking past a destroyed German Tiger Tank after the battle of Chambois, France 1944.
A StuG IV destroyed and abandoned in Normandy, 1944.
A knocked-out Panzerkampfwagen IV, August 1944. German panzer divisions had one battalion equipped with the Pzkpfw IV and another with Panthers, with a total of 160 tanks at full strength. Actual numbers varied widely though, and the Germans were unable to replace their losses.
A knocked-out German Panther tank and a dead infantryman in the Falaise pocket, 25 August 1944.
A Panther of Panzer Lehr Division, one of five knocked out in the village of Lingèvres by a single Sherman Firefly of 4th/7th Dragoon Guards on 14 June 1944. The Panther was a formidable opponent, superior to most Allied tanks, but vulnerable to the British 17-pounder gun mounted on the Firefly.
Destroyed German Panzerkampfwagen IV in Falaise, Normandy.
Hummel destroyed in the Falaise Gap, Normandy.
German remains of a Panther tank and SdKfz 251 vehicle inspected by American soldiers somewhere in Normandy.
L/Cpl Phillips, Pte Best, Pte Watson and Cpl Walter of 6th Airborne Division investigate the remains of a German self-propelled gun which they knocked-out, 5 August 1944.
Photographical Credits: U.S. Army Signal Corps and Imperial War Museum.
