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« Last post by nysä on 11-02-2024, 05:02:20 »
One of two Tigers from schwere Panzer-Kompanie "Hummel" in a support of 15. Panzergrenadier-Division near Eschweiler, November 1944.
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The unit soon lost one of its Tigers to antitank fire (19.11), followed by the death of company commander Hauptmann Hans Hummel, near Lindern (20.11).
Trivia-bit: Hptm Hummel was formerly the commander of the 2./s.Pz.Abt. 504 in Sicily, and was seriously injured in the knee on 11 July 1943, on the first day of the invasion - from a shot that penetrated through the escape hatch. 2./s.Pz.Abt. 504 lost 60% of its Tigers in the first three days of the invasion and there were only four remaining by the mid-July. The sole remaining Tiger '222' was ferried to Messina in mid-August, just to break down soon after with a suspension damage at Calabria.
Trivia-bit: Hptm Hummel was formerly the commander of the 2./s.Pz.Abt. 504 in Sicily, and was seriously injured in the knee on 11 July 1943, on the first day of the invasion - from a shot that penetrated through the escape hatch. 2./s.Pz.Abt. 504 lost 60% of its Tigers in the first three days of the invasion and there were only four remaining by the mid-July. The sole remaining Tiger '222' was ferried to Messina in mid-August, just to break down soon after with a suspension damage at Calabria.
