dug in turret tank position France 1944 Pantherturm
21 – 22 May 1944, east of Piedimonte, Italy. Gefreiter Herbert Fries from 2nd Kompanie / Fallsch. Pz.-Jäger-Abt.1 in Pantherturm, reportedly destroyed 17 allied tanks.
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Weapons, Wars, Preparation and Security from a recovering gun nut turned bad writer
Huh, nope, not a Pantherturm in France (that, AFAIK, were rare, there), but a Pantherturm in Piedimonte S Gennaro, south of Cassino, in Italy, seen in early 1944. That Pantherturm (btw, using a standard PzKpfw V Ausf A turret) was part of the Senger defence line in the Liri valley. It was commandered from Geferiter Herbert Fries – that’s him in the photo – from 2./ Fallschirm-Panzer-Jäger Abteilung 1. On 05 September 1944 he will became the younger recipient of RK der EK (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross) for the remarkable feats of 21-22-23 May 1944, when he destroyed most of the 20 Sherman tanks from the Polish 6th Armrd Rgt ‘Dzieci Lwowskich’, 2nd Warsaw Armrd Bde, 2nd Polish Corps that were advancing along the main SS6 Casilina.