Russia, 1941 - 1945
The Eastern Front
- Pz. Kpfw. III Ausf. J driving through a burning Russian village
- Panzer-Regiment 7/10. Panzer-Division
- 1941-10-11
- Sd. Kfz. 263 in Russia. The wooden sticks were used when driving through mud. Note the equipment on the vehicle, the white O (indicating Armeegruppe Center, under Feldmarschall Fedor von Bock) and the vehicle name next to the soldiers knee. The dog is allegedly a Soviet "anti-tank dog", which has been "liberated" by the Germans
- Panzerkorps Guderian
- 1941-11-05
- Early dug-in Pz. Kpfw. IV as part of a defensive position on the Eastern front. Notice the melted snow in front of the M.G.34
- 1942-04-29
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- Pz Kpfw III Ausf. L in Voronezh, passing tram waggon 51 of route 10 of the Voronezh tram lines. Notice the two-digit turret numbers.
- 24. Panzer-Division
- 1942-07-15
- Pz Kpfw III Ausf. L on the main city square of Voronezh (Ploshchad' Lenina - Lenin's square, founded in 1937 and named in memory of the 20th anniversary of the October Revolution), in front of Voronezh Hotel. The hotel was constructed during the thirties, and was re-build after the war, after being damaged during the German invasion. The camouflage pattern on this Pz Kpfw III indicates that it was originally bound for North Africa.
- 16. Infanterie-Division (motoriziert)
- 1942-07-22
- This photograph of a Pz. Kpfw. III on its way to Stalingrad is a good illustration of just how much dirt and dust tanks will throw up
- 1942-09-01
- Leichte Panzerspähwagen (2 cm) (Sd. Kfz. 222) in Kaukasus
- 1942-09-17
- The Ritterkreuz award ceremony for Oberwachtmeister Karl Pfreundtner, carried out by Major Dr. Paul Gloger, after he has destroyed 9 enemy tanks within 20 minutes at Stalingrad. It is a Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. F/8, but the muzzle brake has been removed by the German censors
- Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 244
- 1942-09-18
- Infantry dismounting from their mittlere Schützenpanzerwagen (Sd. Kfz. 251/1) on the Eastern Front
- 1943-07-20
- A rear view of an early Tiger I on the Eastern Front. Notice that the hatch is painted in the interior colour
- 1943-08-00
- Pz. Kpfw. Tiger Ausf. E on the eastern front in 1943
- 1943-08-00
- This Pz. Kpfw. II Ausf. C is most likely a command vehicle, here seen with a number of Pz. Kpfw. IIIs and Pz. Kpfw. IVs near Rschew
- 1943-09-03
- A 15 cm Panzerwerfer 42 auf Sf. being reloaded in Russia
- Panzer-Grenadier-Division "Großdeutschland"
- 1944-02-08
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- A Nashorn, apparently acting as a Pseudo-Tiger, in Russia. Other vehicles from this unit also had animal names for their vehicles, amongst others a vehicle with the name Puma
- 1944-03-13
- Kleines Kettenkraftrad (Sd. Kfz. 2) in Russia. The whitewash makes the vehicle blend in almost perfectly
- 1944-03-16
- Marder II in Hungary, fireing at Soviet trucks
- 1944-12-13
- Sd. Kfz. 263, next to a Russian farmhouse. This is probably during early spring, judging from all the snow, mud and rain. The vehicle appear to have a small amount of whitewash on it
- Same Sd. Kfz. 263 as the first photograph, but from a different angle
- A knocked-out Pz. Kpfw. III Ausf. E or F, probably in Russia
- Another view of the 15 cm Panzerwerfer 42 auf Sf.
- Panzer-Grenadier-Division "Großdeutschland"
