► Photothread: Then and now photographs

[hein]

Eeklo - Flanders - Belgium

[hein]

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Panzer IV Ausf B or C of the 8./22. The soldiers tasting the good specialities of France, not realising that the invasion will soon begin.
These pictures have been taken in the village de Saint-Martin-de- Fresnay, situeded a 7 km south of Saint-Pierre-sur-Dive.Spring 1944



Above we have a Panzer IV Ausf B or C and notice that the vehicle is in bad shape: This Panzer IV is obselete and the canon of 75 mm wont be of any use against an allied char.
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When we take a good look at these chars then we see the bad shape of them.
Even the mitraillieur of the modèl 38 is missing.
Remarq the word " HEDI".
. La trappe de vision du conducteur porte une inscription à la craie " HEDI ", probably the name of the girlfriend...?
These man receiving some cheese from the locals...


Source : Edition Heimdal

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[hein]

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A site car ( possible a BMW R-75 cm3 )
Delahaye - Geschützwagen 38 H(f) - Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 155.


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[Champagne]

There is a video some where on the net outside the Collogne Cathedral.

It is a soldier in a building under fire, but through his camera you can see a panther that was just hit by some thing big and is about to explode. The crew rips open their hatches, climbs out, and runs into the city, seconds later the entire inside of the panther starts shooting flames. The camera then looks up, and you can see the towers of the catherdral.

[hein]

Hoi

Then please try to find the video

[hofner]

its this one i think :
http://membres.lycos.fr/bassmann/panther.avi

i don''t remember where i got it, maybe from a link here...
there's a longer footage but i did'nt kept it.
Btw, it seem that the panther have few hits before its oil/essence toke fire...

[gunslinger]

A very dramatic event,
i even can remember there was an second by second written story about it, and i was not sure that most of the crew survived.

There must be more on this....

best regards

[Aufklarung]

At the top of this page, after clicking the 'search' word, reading the directions, and typing 'Cologne and Panther and video',
I got the following single hit:

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=43034



regards
A

Did I just "Spam"?

[Karbine]

very very intresting,amazing how little and how much things change

[Radar]

Here are some pictures from "Operation Clipper" Nov. 44 Geilenkirchen/Germany

[Radar]

More

[Radar]

This was difficult to find because there is not much information in the picture. You can see the repair to the wall.

[Drobjatski Sergei]

These are great! I just love then and now photos!
Nice job!

Best regards
/Sergei

[Vince Cnude]

In December 1944 2nd Pz Div spearhead panther hit a mine in Celles.

[Vince Cnude]

A few years later the tank was moved to the crossroad, wheels and track were already gone but it was still showing its original camouflage.

The lady in front of the tank told the Germans that the road to Dinant had been completely mined by US troops. Running out of gas and ammo German troops did not get any further.