Troops of the German 'Großdeutschland' Division on a road in Russia with Soviet ZiS-3 field guns and a Tiger I heavy tank, fall 1943

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Caption     Troops of the German 'Großdeutschland' Division on a road in Russia with Soviet ZiS-3 field guns and a Tiger I heavy tank, fall 1943 ww2dbase
Date  Sep 1943
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Identification Code   Bild 101I-732-0138-14
 
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Photo Size 800 x 570 pixels



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1. Commenter identity confirmed Bill says:
11 Feb 2011 08:29:36 AM

KEEP CLOSE TO YOUR TIGER:

Looks like the Russians have abandoned a few
76.2mm field guns.
The Germans captured thousands of them along with captured armored vehicles and modified them into self-propelled guns. Some guns were
supplied to the Afrika Korps.

The Germans liked the 76.2mm guns for their reliability, durability, and accuracy they found out, it could knock-out light and medium tanks with its armor-piercing round
but, against the Tiger and Panther it made the lives hard for the Russian gun crews.

LOOKUP IS IT A BIRD, NO ITS OUR STUKAS:

The troops could be looking at the Stuks taking out targets ahead of them. The troop (soldier) on the right looks like he could be a Scutze (Private) carrying a MG34 w/link belted ammo around his neck, armed with a walther P-38 or Luger 08 pistol in his holster.
The other soldier looks like he is a Gefreiter (Lance Corporal or Obergefreiter
Corporal) because he's got the field glasses around his neck, sidearm same as the private
walther P-38, or Luger 08 Pistol, looks like he's armed with a MP-40 9mm Sub-machine gun, but this is my guess.
The Tiger behind them, is there for comfort Don't leave home without it.
2. Commenter identity confirmed Bill says:
6 Dec 2014 01:52:43 PM

NAME THAT TIGER:

Tiger I, number B-12 of the 11th company of the III Abteilung, Grossdeutschland Division, August September 1943...
Area of operations Achtyrka-Kharkov-Poltava

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