The Tigers Roar, Malinava, Latvia, July 22nd 1944 by David Pentland.  1st Lieutenant Otto Carius commanding 2nd Company of the 502nd heavy tank Battalion, with eight Tigers, advanced towards the village of Malinava (a northern suburb of Dunaburg), to halt the Russian advance. Following a reconnaissance Lieutenant Otto Carius explained his plan to take the village. He decided to attack using only two tanks because there was only one narrow road leading to the village.  Six Tigers therefore remained in the reserve while Lt Carius and Lt. Albert Kerschers (one of the most decorated commanders of sPzAbt 502)  tanks moved towards the village. Speed was the essence and afterwards, Otto Carius recalls that the entire battle did not last more than 20 minutes. in this short time, Carius and Kerscher knocked out 17 of the new JS-1 Stalin and 5 T-34 tanks. Following this he deployed 6 of his tanks in an ambush against the remainder of the Soviet tank battalion advancing toward him, unaware of their lead companies demise. Surprise was complete and a further 28 tanks were destroyed along with their supporting trucks and vehicles, the complete battalion had been wiped out for no loss. Tiger at the Gate, Berlin 30th April 1945 by David Pentland   A Tiger I and PAK 40 anti tank gun of the "Müncheberg" Division, field a final defence of the capital in front of the Brandenburg Gate under the shattered remains of the famous Linden trees. The under-strength division had just been formed the previous month from a mixture of ad hoc units and various marks of tank. Despite this it put up a spirited fight until its final destruction in early May. Kerscher's Defence of Neuhauser Forest by David Pentland   Albert Kerscher's (511 Heavy Tank Battalion) scored his 100th kill holding off the Russian Army during the German evacuation of wounded from the Baltic Ports. 15th April 1945. (Tiger I and Panzer IV shown) Counter Attack at Villers Bocage by David Pentland  Depicting Hauptsturmfuhrer Michael Wittman, the top German Tank Commander, whose solitary tank knocked out most of the 4th county of London Yeomanry's regimental Stuart and Cromwell tanks. "Strike for Gela" Sicily 11th June 1943 by David Pentland   Tiger I tanks of 2 Kompanie/ Schwere Panzer Abteilung 504, attached to Panzer Division Herman Goring, launch their attack on the main US 7th Army landing beach at Gela, on the first day of "Operation Husky". Despite the fact that the Herman Goring troops were untried in battle it was only the devastating effect of allied naval gunfire that stopped them reaching and probably destroying the beach head. "Clash of Steel", Prokhorovka, Kursk, 12th July 1943 by David Pentland   The battle for Prokhorovka marked the high water mark of the German southern drive for Kursk. At the apex of the thrust were the 14 tiger tanks of the 13 Heavy Tank Company, 1st SS Panzer Division "Liebstandarte", led by Michael Wittman. Their advance was eventually thwarted, however, by the epic charge of the Soviet 29th Guards Tank Corps, as part of 5th Guards Tank Army's furious counter attack against the SS Tank Corps.