![]() ![]() The round passed between the Drivers legs, but surprisingly, the entire Crew survived. One was hit by an 88mm fired at 200 Yards from a Self propelled Nashorn, which penetrated the lower bow armour under the Transmission and set off the ammunition in the floor. ![]() Two Pershings were knocked out approaching Cologne but only one was a complete loss. Photo of the Knocked out Panther outside Cologne Cathedral, the Panther accounting for two Shermans before the Pershing commanded by Sgt Bob Early.Īs the Panther was traversing the Pershing hit the Panther side on three times. Photo of a Pershing from Company A, 14th Tank Battalion, 9th Armored Division, near Vettweiss, Germany, which would take part in the capture of the Bridge at Remagen a week later on March 7th,1945.Īlso one shown in the streets of Cologne that accounted for two Tigers. Steven Zaloga mentions several accounts of the T26E3 Pershing in combat in his book "Armored Thunderbolt". ![]()
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