After putting down a heavy concentration of artillery fire, the Germans moved their infantry across the river east of the position held by the 2nd platoon of D Troop, 89th Recon. 18th Artillery Division 651. Hoge immediately got on the phone and ordered Engeman to move out. This means that 50% of shots fired will penetrate this amount of armor. Under the command of Gnther Hoffmann-Schnborn, the new division absorbed elements of the 18th Luftwaffe Field Division. 1947. The U.S. 9th Armored Division arrived in the European Theater of Operations in late October 1944 as a reserve for Maj. Gen. Besides the previously mentioned absence of any recountings of this event in several notable documents that should have contained it, and most peculiarly, Captain Anstey himself makes no mention of the engagement when he discusses and documents the events of the 18th of December 1944 in a combat interview he gave on the 2nd of January 1945, just over two weeks after the event supposedly took place. Not to mention that the M8s 37 mm M6 gun is more than capable of penetrating the rear hull armor of the Panzer IV, which was only 20 mm thick angled at 10 degrees. After conferring with Clarke, Ridgway wanted to talk to one more man in whom he had supreme confidenceBrigadier General Hoge. Although both men agreed that a withdrawal at this stage was the wiser decision, Hoge was skeptical that, given the weather and ground conditions, the defenders would be able to get out. South of St. Vith, even as Lt. Col. Engemans task forces were responding to the 7th Armoreds cry for help, Germans of the 62nd Volksgrenadier Division were trying to get across the Our River at Steinebruck and hit St. Vith from that direction. CCBs new position blocked the main Winterspelt-St. Vith highway and the valley of the Braunlauf Creek, a second natural corridor leading to St. Vith. This is an issue because there were two distinct types of German Tiger tanks, both of which took part in the Battle of the Bulge: The Tiger I and the Tiger II. events, and resources, The Battle of the Bulge & The Defense of St. Vith. The village of St. Vith lay approximately 12 miles behind the front lines on December 16, 1944, the day the offensive code-named Operation Watch on the Rhine began. One gun, firing from the house that had been the 14th Tanks command post an hour earlier, disabled two of the Shermans, but the other tanks managed to knock out the four antitank guns plus three German command vehicles. The 18th Volksgrenadier Division (18. None of these Tiger IIs were lost at St. Vith and from photographic evidence at least three are recorded to have no burn damage and/or holes in the rear. Before the day ended, renewed fighting broke out along the entire front. While on its way, the platoon was commandeered by a colonel from the 106th Division. Combat Interviews of the 87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 7th Armored Division: The St. Vith Salient, December 17-23, 1944. At about 1330, three German self-propelled guns and 19 or 20 horse-drawn artillery pieces went into position on the high ground 800 yards to the southeast of Steinebruck. The division was formed in Denmark, in September 1944, by redesignating the 571st Volksgrenadier Division. This forest was criss-crossed only by trails. The fight ended when he slammed the M8 (he called it a Greyhound) into the rear of Tiger and the gun crew fired three rapid fire rounds into the engine compartment. Could a Panther be a possibility? The division was formed in Denmark, in September 1944, by redesignating 571. Jentz, Thomas, and Hilary Doyle. Zaloga, Steven. Revised Edition, Arms and Armour Press, 1973. Inform us! Battle of the Bulge 1944 (1): St Vith and the Northern Shoulder. It is possible that, as part of the attacks on the line held in part by Troop B of the 87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, a lone StuG III was used to probe out the American line, as had been done on the previous day, and was subsequently knocked out by an M8 Greyhound. Andrews, Frank L. The Defense of St. Vith in the Battle of the Ardennes December, 1944. English Edition, Casemate Publishers, 2014. Once St. Vith was taken, Model intended to drive the brigade swiftly for the Meuse River or cut behind the opposition on the Elsenborn Ridge that was bottling up the Sixth Panzer Army. To cover this dangerous gap in the line C Company, 27th AIB was ordered to the Our between Troop D, 89th Recon and Company A, 27th AIB. Jones explained to Hoge that his division was being attacked along its entire front and that two of his three regiments, the 422nd and the 423rd, had been partly surrounded in the Schnee Eifel area just east of Schoenberg. General Lucht hurried to Winterspelt to get the 62nd Volksgrenadier moving to the Our. However, after careful analysis, it can be said with certainty that neither a Tiger I nor a Tiger II was killed by an M8 Greyhound from any troop of the 87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron on 18th December 1944 near St. Vith. 1940. Colonel Alexander D. Reid, commander of the 424th Infantry Regiment, had reason to fear encirclement. The two commanders agreed that even without the mud to contend with the withdrawal would have to be delayed simply because of heavy enemy pressure. Panzer Tracts No. Schneider, Wolfgang. Aside from the cold and mud, there was also the enemy to contend with. VGD captured St. Vith, winning a great victory. Captain Ansteys version lacks supporting documentation. It is a classic David versus Goliath tale straight out of World War II that features American heroism. General Hoge moved his command post to Commanster. Revised Edition, Arms and Armour Press, 1973. He also hoped the 3rd Armored Division soon might attack to remove all threat of encirclement. An M8 Greyhound armored car of Troop B, 87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron was lying in a concealed position just northeast of the vitally important crossroads town of St. Vith, Belgium. 194311 At 0200 on December 22, the Fhrer Escort Brigade launched its attack against the town of Rodt, a small village west of St. Vith. According to British penetration diagrams from 1944, the 37 mm M6 gun firing its standard round, the 37 mm APC M51, could, under ideal conditions, penetrate the 80 mm thick rear hull armor angled at 9 degrees when firing at an angle of 0 degrees, albeit just barely. During the assault, B Company suffered about 40 casualties including its commanding officer, Captain Henry D. Wirsig. During the early hours of December 17, the Germans laid heavy mortar and artillery fire on the front-line positions of his regiment. Staff officers were casualties. Double-talking his identification over the radio with allusions to West Point football days, Ridgway gave Hoge a location at which to meet him. VGD) was a volksgrenadier division of the German Army (Heer) during the Second World War, active from 1944 to 1945.. Given the unreliability of the American accounts of this supposed event and the lack of any supporting documentation from the Germans, it is safe to say that neither a Tiger I nor a Tiger II was knocked out by an M8 Greyhound on 18th December 1944 in or around the town of St. Vith. Anderson, Thomas. On December 9, 1944, Brig. Johnston, W. Wesley. It is time to withdraw.. The 294th Volksgrenadier Regiment was a unit of the larger 18th Volksgrenadier Division. 45 mm. Could an M8 Greyhounds 37 mm M6 gun even penetrate the rear hull armor of a Tiger I? English Edition, Casemate Publishers, 2014. Hoge and Clarke agreed that Hoges entire command should be withdrawn west of the railroad tracks. The Battle at St. Vith, Belgium 17-23 December 1944 An Historical Example of Armor in the Defense. It can be safely assumed that the armored car that Lieutenant Olson is talking about in his story is an M8 Greyhound due to the fact that the only armored cars that the 87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron fielded were M8 Greyhounds. When a particularly heavy onslaught was launched against 7th Armored, near 9th Armoreds left flank, Company A, 14th Tank Battalion shifted its mediums to fire directly on Breitfield in support of its armored neighbor to the north. Ardennes 1944: Hitlers Last Gamble. As each unit joined the rear of the column, it took its turn being the rear guard. At the close of the first day of battle, General Lucht could look with some satisfaction at the days events, although his 62nd Volksgrenadier Division had yet to break through the American line. Comment * document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id", "aefa00eeca3d30bd3e762fcc54816f6d" );document.getElementById("f87928873f").setAttribute( "id", "comment" ); Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Two hits were scored on the enemy tank in the rear, and its crew evacuated. Volksgrenadier-Division; 18. The Seventh Armored Division in the Battle of St. Vith. The Seventh Armored Division in the Battle of St. Vith. Slayden had been sent to Jones by Middleton as an adviser until the 106th Division could become acclimated. 4 Grosstraktor to Panzerbefehlswagen IV. The new sector assigned to CCB was on the fringe of territory the Sixth Panzer Army had mapped out for its further maneuvers. First-time contributor Charles Gutierrez is the son of a 9th Armored Division veteran. Ridgways plan was premised on the assumption that that the American forces in this goose egg-shaped defense could be supplied by air; however, whoever drew up the plan was thinking in terms of supply requirements for the lighter airborne divisions, not for fuel-hungry and shell-reliant armored forces. By dark, just as General Hoges command was getting underway from Faymonville, Kittels mobile battalion and infantry from the 190th Regiment were closing in on Winterspelt. Mastering all the usages of 'poor shape' from sentence examples published by news publications. However, once a closer look is taken at this story, cracks begin to appear, and soon enough one begins to wonder whether or not this story really is too good to be true. Adding to the slowdown of operations against St. Vith, the 18th Volksgrenadier Division was still using two of its three regiments and all but one of its artillery battalions against the two trapped 106th Infantry Division regiments on the Schnee Eifel. At 0600 Im going to start to move.. As stated above, a 37mm cant penetrate the armor of an Tiger tank. The capture of St. Vith was, however, important for three other reasons: to ensure the complete isolation of Allied troops that might be trapped on a nearby ridge called the Schnee Eifel; to cover the German supply lines unraveling behind the armored corps to the north and south; and to feed reinforcements laterally into the main thrusts by using the St. Vith road net. At 0400 hours on 16th December, 1944, men of the German 18th Volksgrenadier Division began to leave their positions and make their way towards the American lines. If Hoge told him that the situation was bad, then without a doubt the situation was worse than he thought. The division was formed in Denmark, in September 1944, by redesignating 571. A platoon of tank destroyers had vanished. Under the command of Gnther Hoffmann-Schnborn, the new division absorbed elements of the 18th Luftwaffe Field Division. After 1200 hours on 17th December 1944, the 18th Volksgrenadier Division was reinforced by a mobile battalion. Personally I have not believed this event at all. It was a race between the Germans who were desperately trying to bring their 88 mm gun to bear and the Americans who were trying to get as close as possible to the Tiger Is rear. 1/18th Scale Cars; 1/24th Scale Assembly Kits; 1/24th Scale Cars; 1/43rd Scale Cars; . 188 was raised in late 1939. St. Vith is built on a low hill surrounded on all sides by slightly higher rises. This left General Clarke with only one full company of armored infantrymen. Although General Jones was deeply worried about his two regiments on the Schnee Eifel, he was also highly concerned about the German advances in the Winterspelt area where his 424th Infantry Regiment was defending. The troops request for armored support was denied by General Hoge because his tank companies sent north to help the 7th Armored had not yet returned and no reserve was on hand. 281st Security Division (281. Penguin Books, 2016. Its possible that the M8 took out an late production Panzer IV, but even that is unlikely due to the danger of more troops coming from behind with Panzerfausts or even a 20 millimeter. What Jones did not tell Hoge was that in one of those regiments his own son was serving at regimental headquarters. 6731 Whittier Avenue, Suite C-100 McLean, VA 22101, Stay up to date with all of our latest news, However, I am not so emotionally attached to my favorite LAV that I cant see the improbabilities. On December 16th at 4:00 a.m., they took the twenty-two foot macadam road following the Our River valley towards Manderfield. The heroic defense of St. Vith, though costly in men and materil, disrupted the German timetable extensively. The surviving Volksgrenadiers fled in disarray. German 18th Volksgrenadier Div. Tigers In Combat I. Six paved or macadam roads converged at St. Vith, but none of these was considered by the Germans to be a major military trunk line. Jentz, Thomas, and Hilary Doyle. Schiffer Publishing, 1996. The M5 got within a yard of the Tiger and knocked it out with 5 rounds. Unteroffizier Helmus of the 26th Volksgrenadier Division painted the situation when the advance began. VGD led by Heinz Kokott, Heinrich Himmler's brother-in-law. Griffin, Marcus S. After Action Report, Month of December 1944. The 62nd, like the 18th, included three regiments of two battalions each. Ninth Armored sent out billeting parties as it reached its new area. December, 1944 By Greg Moore gregpanzerblitz.com December, 2008 Battalion I x 5 x 4 x 1 x 2 x 12 293rd Volks- . Our database is searchable by subject and updated continuously. I mention it for the sake of completeness as I suspect that the whole thing is a myth. The 18th Volksgrenadier Division was a volksgrenadier division of the German Army during the Second World War, active from 1944 to 1945. Armored Champion, The Top Tanks of World War II. Such events might have taken place in reality, true. Gen. Herbert T. Perrin, assistant commander of the 106th Infantry Division, drove up carrying a message from General Jones. js.className = n; This information came from the division's senior headquarters, the VIII Corps, First U.S. Army. General Hoge received his order to pull CCB, 9th Armored out at 0605 on December 23. Within the Kloster, General Hoge found a division headquarters staff in a state of disarray and confusion. Ten tanks, numerous supply vehicles, armored cars, and jeeps were lost to enemy action. The staff officer wanted to know if 9th Armored could spare some desperately needed help. 2014 Under cover of automatic weapons fire from a platoon of light tanks, Sergeant Eugene Dorland and two other men from the engineers went into the cold, bullet-splattered water carrying three cases of TNT and placed their charges on the south abutment of the bridge. The last Tiger II belonged to Schwere Panzer Abteilung 506 (Heavy Tank Battalion 506) and was lost to enemy fire on the Lentzweiler road in Luxemburg. August 18th, 1989 Kalb, Herbert Kalbhenn, Heinrich * February 3rd, 1915 more Kaldeway, x Kalesse, Gerhard (Grenadier-Regiment 689) * July 15th, 1918 October 23rd, 2011 Kaletsch, Georg * October 16th, 1914 March 6th, 1944 Kaletsch, Wilhelm Kalinowski, Josef (Panzergrenadier-Regiment "GD") * January 23rd, 1916 April 5th, 1944 Grave: UNK The division's intelligence officer, Lieutenant Colonel Robert P. Stout, noted that the division faced two known enemy divisions, the 18th Volksgrenadier Division and the 26th Volksgrenadier Division. Combat Interviews of the 87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 7th Armored Division: The St. Vith Salient, December 17-23, 1944. There was a bitter struggle to the south of Grufflingen, and the Germans were again active in the Neubruck area. The formations started to peel backward in succession from opposite Neubruck to Maldingen. Both task forces reached St. Vith shortly before noon on the 18th to find not one, but two German attacks moving against the town. Yes in theory. At about noon that day, the 62nd Volksgrenadier Divisions 190th Regiment had broken through north of the 424th Infantrys Cannon Company. Elements of the 62nd Volksgrenadier had taken the eastern half of Winterspelt during the night, and at daybreak reinforcements finally drove Colonel Reids 1st Battalion from the village. Volksgrenadier-Division. The 18th Volksgrenadier Division (18th VGD) was a volksgrenadier division of the German Army during the Second World War, active from 1944 to 1945. Between these units, a place was found for the provisional company composed of the 424th Infantry stragglers. Zaloga, Steven, and Tony Bryan. Tigers In Combat I. A two-day rest was planned for everyone. First Edition, Presidio Press, 2002. So its quite possible! Those men were a scrappy bunch. Boyer, Donald P. St. Vith The 7th Armored Division in the Battle of the Bulge 17-23 December 1944 A Narrative After Action Report. The 7th Armored had taken a beating in defending St. Vith. Instead of the M8 Greyhound firing three shots into the Tigers rear, the M8 Greyhound in Lieutenant Olsons version of events fired two shots. How about a Tiger II? Moreover, it was expected that General Luchts two infantry divisions would be forwarded to the Salm River sector as right-wing cover for two panzer corps. After learning of the attack by the Fhrer Escort Brigade, Brig. Should 7th Armored lose St. Vith, 9th Armored would be unable to withdraw on its own axis. Jones had been counting on this when he sent Hoges 9th Armored Command to Winterspelt rather than Schoenberg. It contained the 293., 294. and 295. grenadier regiments, Panzerjger-Bataillon 1818, Pionier-Bataillon 1818, Fsilier-Bataillon 1818 and Artillerie-Regiment 1818.[1]. Its supporting field artillery battalion was at Kalterherberg, two miles south of Monschau, engaged in firing missions for the 2nd and 99th Infantry Divisions. 1945. The area being defended was beginning to take the form of a large horseshoe, its axis running approximately northeast to southeast. Tiger. CCB, 9th Armored was linked on its left with CCB, 7th Armored and what was left of the 424th Infantry Regiment on its right. The Tiger II, also known as the King Tiger, Royal Tiger, Knigstiger, and Tiger Ausf.B, was an enormous, 69.8 tonne German heavy tank. Company A of the 27th AIB had been assigned to the 99th Infantry Division and was in the process of being retrieved when the march to St. Vith began. First Edition, Presidio Press, 2002. The troop was to hold until relieved by the 27th Armored Infantry Battalion (AIB) and then reconnoiter farther down the road toward Winterspelt. English PDF (33 MB) Jan B-700 The two task forces held onto their respective positions on N23 and N27, deflecting all German armored attempts to penetrate St. Vith, until they were relieved late in the afternoon by CCB, 7th Armored Division. The 18th Volksgrenadier Division (18. Zaloga, Steven. During his meeting with Hoge, General Ridgway became convinced that defending this area any further would be futile. That night, infantry patrols found German medics removing their wounded. The similarity in appearance between the Panzer IV and Tiger I is often cited as a reason to why there are so many claims made by soldiers during World War II of battling Tiger Is, despite Tiger Is being a fairly rare encounter. Companies A and B held a line from Grufflingen to Hohenbusch with Company A, 14th Tank Battalion to their north. However, Company B, 27th AIB was sent to help ease the situation, covering the cavalrys left flank. Combat Interviews of the 38th Armored Infantry Battalion, 7th Armored Division: The St. Vith Salient and Manhay, December 17-23, 1944. There are no German records or histories which indicate that, on 18th December 1944, a Tiger I or a Tiger II was knocked out in or around St. Vith. Although the bridge over the Our was blown, the German presence kept growing. History. The second task force consisted of B Company of the 811th Tank Destroyers. The move had scarcely begun when an enemy attack hit the junction between Company B, 27th AIB and Company D, 14th Tank Battalion. Design, Production & Modifications. An assault on Thommen forced out the troops holding the town, and efforts to retake it failed. The 16th Field Artillery also pitched in, as did a battalion of 155mm howitzers sited around Commanster. Hoge pointedly asked Ridgway how it could be done. 18e volksgrenadier division English translation: 18th volksgrenadier division (wehrmacht).. Gen. Hasbrouck, commander of the 7th Armored Division, sent a message to General Ridgway urging withdrawal, which in part read, P.S. Add to cart. The German tank then stopped dead in its tracks and shuddered; there was a muffled explosion, followed by flames which billowed out of the turret and engine ports. Confusion, darkness, and mud slowed the move, but by morning a medium tank company and a platoon of riflemen had reached the village. The American plan was that once the 2nd Infantry Division reduced the German defenses at the Wahlerscheid crossroads, CCB was to spearhead a drive to the reservoirs north of Gemund and Schleiden. The southern prong was defended by General Hoges CCB, 9th Armored with the weakened 424th Infantry Regiment tied in and bent back protecting Burg Reuland. This article already explains ballistics and mentions that while Panther was vulnerable to lower-caliber AT guns, the Tigers were almost immune to them. The time was approximately 1800 on Saturday, December 16, when Combat Command B of the 9th Armored Division began its move to St. Vith. M8 Greyhound Light Armored Car 1941-91. Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz (1918) Period: First World War (1914-1918) Awarded on: . By midnight on the 19th, the horseshoe- shaped defense of St. Vith had taken form. German reports are also far from subtlety. The 424th Infantry had its back to the Our River, and if the Germans seized the bridge at Steinebruck and spread along the far bank his regiment would be hard pressed to effectively withdraw. Contents 1 Allied Forces 1.1 12th Army Group 1.1.1 U.S. First Army 1.1.1.1 V Corps 1.1.1.2 VII Corps 1.1.1.3 XVIII Airborne Corps 1.1.2 U.S. Third Army 1.1.2.1 III Corps 1.1.2.2 VIII Corps 1.1.2.3 XII Corps The commanders were at the center of the Foret Domaniale du Grand Bois. Volksgrenadier-Division 5 [ ] Sicherungs-Division) was a rear-security division in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany. At least 900 soldiers who had stood in front of the town were either dead or captured. The division was formed in Denmark, in September 1944, by redesignating 571.Volksgrenadier-Division.Under the command of Gnther Hoffmann-Schnborn, the new division absorbed elements of the 18th Luftwaffe Field . September 18th, 1944: Kdr. The 27th AIB was ordered to establish a defensive position south, east, west, and southeast of Malempre. The entire division was to follow shortly thereafter. I wanted to focus on the M8 vs Tiger story, I already noticed the Ferdinand claim, but decided not to mention it. No reinforcements were expected. The entry only states that a Tiger tank was knocked out. Although the 62nd Volksgrenadier captured Winterspelt, its losses were high and its left regiment had made little headway in the Heckhuschied sector. Jentz, Thomas, and Hilary Doyle. The 18th Volksgrenadier Division (18.Volksgrenadier-Division; 18. One would think that Lieutenant Colonel Boylan, or at the very least Troop A, would make some sort of mention of this fairly notable engagement. When B Company pulled back to refuel and rearm, A Company passed through to take up the fight. The Sixth Panzer Army, with the 15th Army on its right, was to launch the main attack between Monschau in the north and Prum in the south. Because Ridgway was not in total agreement with the withdrawal and to get a feel for the real situation on the ground, he and Hasbrouck made their way to General Clarke at Commanster. Also no Ferdinand/Elefant recorded to have seen combat on Western Front. Accordingly, that evening Sixth Panzer Army commander Dietrich issued orders to the 2nd SS Panzer Corps to move to the south so that parts of that corps could assist Manteuffel in taking St. Vith. Each attack was preceded by an intense artillery barrage lasting from 15 to 35 minutes. Attacking the rear of a Tiger when you had no way of knowing if it was supported by one or more others is extremely unlikely. An appropriate start for the investigation of this action is to identify contemporary American accounts. There are a few notable issues raised by this morning report and record of events entry, the most obvious one being that the M8 Greyhound is reported as being from Troop A of the 87th, not Troop B of the 87th, as it is in the contemporary story. All but five troopers of 2nd Platoon were lost to enemy action. The fortified goose egg ran nearly 10 miles in diameter, containing a mass of forest and only one decent road running northwest to southwest. Once in St. Vith, Jones explained that only the leading elements of the 7th Armored Division had arrived thus far and that St. Viths northern approach was under attack. It is possible that it was really a Tiger tank. That is correct, however, that was off the topic of this story. First Edition, Stackpole Books, 2005. VGD captured St. Vith, winning a great victory. Schiffer Publishing, 1997. This one, however, most likely did not. EN. The 18th Volksgrenadier Division (18th VGD) was a volksgrenadier division of the German Army ( Heer) during the Second World War, active from 1944 to 1945. Germanys Tiger Tanks VK45.02 to TIGER II. Three of these Tiger IIs belonged to Schwere SS Panzer Abteilung 501 (Heavy SS Tank Battalion 501); Tiger 105 was abandoned in the town of Stavelot, Belgium after getting itself stuck in a building, Tiger 332 was abandoned near Coo, Belgium as a result of mechanical damage, and Tiger 008 was abandoned at a farmhouse near Trois Ponts, Belgium. Much like the Panzer IV, the StuG III was a mainstay of the German army as well as Germanys most produced armored fighting vehicle of the war with over 9,400 produced. General Clarke again called on the 9th Armored for assistance to help stiffen his line, and Hoge responded by sending the 3rd Battalion, 424th Regimental Combat Team. Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz (1918) Periode: Eerste Wereldoorlog (1914-1918) . Early on the 19th, the Germans made reconnaissance probes. Generals Manteuffel and Lucht had planned an all-out attack to take St. Vith starting at daylight with a three- pronged envelopment by the 62nd Volksgrenadier Division against 9th Armored positions in the south. Rebuilding the blown bridge to get their assault guns across was their first priority. A second attempt on the bridge, made by about 40 men four hours later, was also thrown back by machine-gun fire. The failure to capture St. Vith was preventing the linkup of the Fifth and the Sixth Panzer Armies. 194311 Jentz, Thomas, and Hilary Doyle. The division retrained as 22.Luftlande-Division (Air Landing Division) for rapid tactical deployment to capture enemy airbases and performed in that role during the . The Sherman tanks of B Company repulsed the enemy with fire from their 76mm guns. However, this version of Captain Ansteys account has one key difference: it was not a Tiger I that was knocked out, but rather a Tiger II, almost analogous to the fisherman whose fish gets bigger each time he tells the tale of his catch. Stackpole Books, 2015. which, in principle, is comparable to the 37 mm American gun. Dragon 1625 1/16th Obersturmfuhrer Totenkopf Division Budapest 1945 R 275.00. Penguin Books, 2016. During the night, the troopers experienced harassing fire from light and medium artillery and could observe enemy infantry and at least four tanks moving along high ground to the south of the river. However, it cannot be safely assumed that the tank killed in this engagement was a Tiger I or a Tiger II. Do you have more information about this person?