Plate 01: A New Zealand tanker stands next to a Panther Ausf.G belonging to I./Panzer-Regiment 26 which has been disabled by concentrated fire from Sherman ‘Fireflys’ belonging to the 20th NZ Armored Regiment near the crossroads in Palazzo Guerrino, near Sesto Imolese, Italy 13, April 1945.
Plate02: A few days later and the Panther is still attracting attention, this time from Polish troops. Parts of the engine deck have been “liberated” revealing the radiators and fan. The lack of foliage in this photo allows us to see the shape of the spaced armor with cut-outs for the lifting rings and the Nahverteidigungswaffe at the rear of the turret roof.