Is this a Panther? or Tiger with field tracts?

[Mark in Cleveland, Tn.]

The pic was about Allied usage of bridges built by Allies, but is this a German panzer?

[von thoma]

but is this a German panzer?

Hello ;

Not, it's a M4 Sherman tank....

[Michael Kenny]

A Firefly with a 'fake' muzzle-brake halfway along the gun barrel.

[Mark in Cleveland, Tn.]

did they have those wide cross country tracks?

[Michael Kenny]

Check the running gear and the track chevrons. No doubt it is an M4 and it appears there are 'bars' sticking out from some the track-pin holes

[EKB]

did they have those wide cross country tracks?

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/3d/88/9f ... 6a2c44.jpg

Google "Sherman tank with track extension" and more information might turn up.

[Takao]

Platypus grousers.

[T. A. Gardner]

It looks more like a British Sherman Firefly (note the false ring on the gun barrel and how it's painted white underneath up towards the muzzle, along with the muzzle brake).

The special 32 1/2" grousers were for use on very soft ground and a full set gave a ground pressure of 7 psi. But they also caused the track to be more easily thrown when the tank tried to turn.

[Michael Kenny]

Clearer image. Italy. River Santerno near Imola, 12 April 1945

[EKB]

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/sear ... waby%20Ark

[EKB]

https://panzerserra.blogspot.com/2018/1 ... large.html