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A PzKpfw V Sd Kfz 171 Ausf.G“Panther“ from Panzer-Regiment 27, Poland, August 1944.

A PzKpfw V Sd Kfz 171“ Panther“ Ausf G from 6./SS-Panzer-Regiment 5” Wiking” Poland, August 1944.

A PzKpfw Panther Sd Kfz 171 Ausf A from the 19. Panzer Division east of Warsaw ,in September 1944.

A PzKpfw IV Sd 161/1 Ausf. H from SS-Panzer-Regiment 3”Totenkopf”, Poland, July 1944.

A PzKpfw IV”Tiger “ausf E from the first platoon 9./SS-Panzer-Regiment 3 which was a panzer regiment in the 3. SS-Panzer-Division. The two SS-divisions “Totenkopf” and “Wiking” had a company of Tigers in their respective panzer regiments.

A T-34-76 model 1943 from the 107th Tank Brigade/16th Tank Corps/ 2nd Tank Army/1st Belorussian Front during July 1944.

A T-34-76 model 1942 from 164th Tank Brigade/16th Tank Corps/ 2nd Tank Army/1st Belorussian Front during July 1944.

A Valentine Mk IX from the Independent Tank Regiment 510 attached to the 1st Belorussian Front during July/August 1944 in eastern Poland.

A Valentine Mk IX from the 41st Independent Flamethrower Battalion in eastern Poland, July 1944.

schwere Heeres Panzer Abteilung 507 was one of the Tiger battalions in the German Army equipped with PzKpfw VI ausf E and ausf E and fought in the summer of 1944, in eastern Poland as well as around Warsaw as an independent unit fighting in the role of a kind of “fire brigade.” Wherever the fighting raged most fiercely, a Tiger battalion would be found in the area around Warsaw, between July and October 1944. Deployed there, were schwere Heeres Panzer Abteilung 507 Tigers from 3. SS-Panzer-Division “Totenkopf” as well as Tigers from the 5.SS-Panzer-Division “Wiking”. The Tiger in the picture, PzKpfw IV ausf E, came from the battalion's 1st Company and have a distinctive autumn camouflage. Note that the 507 had a unique and distinctive method for painting on their tactical codification.

This Tiger also hails from schwere Heeres Panzer Abteilung 507 has a typical summer pattern painted on. Note that the tactical ID number on the side is painted onto the extra tracks which are mounted on the turret so as to provide added protection.

A tank commander's “Panther” Sd Kfz 267 from the HQ Platoon 1./SS-Panzer-Regiment 5/5.SS-Panzer-Division “Wiking” outside of Warsaw in September 1944. The “103” notation on the turret means the third vehicle of the 1st battalion's HQ-Platoon.