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German Panther tanks of 2nd SS Panzer
division, 5th SS Panzer division, Panzer Lehr showing Tank ace Ernst
Barkmann in limited edition military art prints by David Pentland.
"Panther at the
Zoo", Tiergarten, Berlin 2nd May 1945 by David Pentland Below the vast bulk of the "Zoo Bunker",
one of three giant Flak towers designed to defend Berlin from air
attack, some remnants of the city's defenders gather in an attempt to
break out of the doomed capital. Amongst which are troops from the 9th
Fallschirmjäger and Münchberg Panzer Divisions, including a rare night fighting
equipped Panther G of Oberleutnant Rasim's Company, 1/29th Panzer
Regiment.
Barkmann by David Pentland Ernst Barkmann of the Das Reich 2nd SS panzer Division holds
his position near St lo, Normandy 26th July 1944. against an American
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Operation Zitadelle by David Pentland
Panzer v Ausf. D "Panthers" of SS Panther Division
"Das Reich" make their debut during the initial stages of the
German summer offensive for Kursk. This unit with others of the SS
Panzer Korps made the deepest advances into the well-prepared Soviet
lines. Complete success however, was to elude them when outrunning their
supporting divisions at Prokhorovka they were forced to halt for six
days.
Barkmanns Corner by David Pentland Ernst Barkmann's (Das Reich, 2nd SS Panzer Division) famous day long
solo engagement against an American Armoured breakthrough towards St.
Lo, Normandy, 26th July 1944. Second in the series of German Tank
prints.
"Fight for Kowel" Poland, March/April 1944 by David
Pentland Although in the process of regrouping after their escape from the
"Cherkassy Pocket", Panthers and Panzer Grenadiers of the
crack 5th SS Panzer Division "Wiking" are part of the relief
force hastily assembled and thrown in to free the strategically
important city of Kowel in the Pripet Marshes. By April 10th the Soviet
encirclement of the city was broken and "Wiking" were pulled
out of the line to continue refitting.
Barkmann's Stand, by David Pentland. Ernst Barkmann of the Das Reich 2nd SS panzer Division holds
his position near St lo, Normandy 26th July 1944. against an American
Armoured breakthrough.
"Rommel in Normandy" France, 2nd July 1944. by
David Pentland Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel, commander of Army Group B, consults
with his former subordinate from North Africa, now divisional commander of
the elite "Panzer Lehr", General Fritz Bayerlein and the Colonel
Rudolf Gerhardt of "Panzer Regiment Lehr", over the imminent
transfer of the division to confront the Americans at St. Lo.
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| "Debut at Caumont", Normandy 30th July, 1944 by
David Pentland The Jagdpanther was considered by many to have been
the most potent anti-tank weapon of the war, combining the armoured lines
of the Panther tank and awesome power of the 88mm gun. This was probably
first demonstrated during the British advance through the Caumont Gap
during "Operation Bluecoat" when the Jagdpanthers of Heavy Tank
Battalion 654 engaged the Churchills of the 6th Guards Tank Brigade. A
squadron of Churchills covering Point 226 suddenly started exploding one
after another. Breaking cover from the "Bois du Homme" 2
Jagdpanthers covered by a third proceeded to pick off more of the British
tanks only retreating when they came under fire. Although the 2
Jagdpanthers had to be abandoned due to track damage, they managed to
destroy 14 of the Scots Guards tanks in an engagement which lasted only 2
minutes!
The Jagdpanther was probably the most
effective variant o fthe Panther. A total of 382 had been built between
January 1944 and March 1945. Armed with the 8.8mm FLak Gun which had
already proved itself as a devastating efficiency as a tank destroyer.
But until the panther was built no tank chassis was strong and reliable enough
to carry such a formidable gun. The Jagdpanther was built by Muhlenbau und
Industrie AG in their Brunwick factory. It was crewed by 5 men and carried
60 shells. it had a range of 100 miles and a speed of 30MPH. it
could engage the enemy vehicles at a range of 2,700 yards. (2,469metres.)
The Jagdpanthers was organised
into Troops of heavy anti0tank battalions consisting of 14 vehicles
per company and three companies to the battalion. each Company was
split into three platoons of four tanks and two kept as company HQ
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