"A monstrous tank emerged from the valley. This is how the commander describes what happened next: Kingtiger "Red 502" Command Tank on its fatal approach to Ogledow Since several Panther tanks have been immobilized and subsequently destroyed in the sandy terrain around the cluster of villages, the Germans were expected to move through the more reliable terrain. On the night before the battle, August 11th, 1944, a T-34-85 of the 53 rd Guards Tank Brigade of the 6 th Guards Tank Corps of the 3 rd Guards Tank Army, commanded by Guards Junior Lieutenant Oskin, and another T-34-85, commanded by Guards Captain Ivushkin, accompanied by infantry tank riders, approached the village of Ogledow. Indeed, the difference is much less than between a Tiger and Tiger II.Įven the Soviet report on tests of the captured vehicle describes it as "a modernization of the Panther tank". Of course, he didn't know (or didn't admit to knowing) the difference between the similar looking Panther and Tiger II tanks. In Khmilnyk arrived only 30 tanks, the rest had broken down on the march (!) and required repairs. The battalion arrived in the composition of 40 tanks, 20 of them are of the type "Panther" and 20 of type "T-IV". consisted of three tank regiments and supply companies. ![]() had been unloaded at the Konsupol rail station.ĥ01 st sPzAbt. The sergeant-major stated that 501 st sPzAbt. ![]() On the night of Aug 12 to Aug 13,1944, in the vicinity of Szyldow, a Feldwebel, belonging to 1 st Company of the 501 st sPzAbt., was captured together with a private, belonging to the 10 th Cpy.
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