Sherman Tank, destroyed by a shot from Faustpatrone

May 28, 2017 #US Army, #Wehrmacht

Sherman tank

 

World War 2 Photo: American medium M4 Sherman tank, destroyed from a Faustpatrone rocket launcher by two young soldiers of Hitler Youth, at the crossroads of Karl-Heine-Straße and Zschochersche Straße of the German city of Leipzig. The Western Front.
M4 Sherman tank is the main American medium tank of the period of World War II. M4 Sherman tank widely used in the US Army in all places of operations, and also in large quantities was supplied to the Allies (primarily Britain and the USSR) under the Lend-Lease program.

 

 

Place of photo: Leipzig, Germany
Date of the photo: April-May 1945

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