February 24th, 2008, 06:13 PM
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WW2F Veteran
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Beltring
Posts: 1,698
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Re: Allied use of captured Axis AFVs and Tanks
This:
German King Tiger tank - Photo Gallery of the Tiger 2 tank
has this:
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From the 2.Kompanie/schwere Panzer Abteilung 506 captured by American troops. 15 December 1944.
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More here:
Tiger Tank Battalions during WWII - Page 2
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This Tiger II from the 2.Kompanie/schwere Panzer Abteilung 506 was captured by American troops and restored to running condition by Company B, 129th Ordnance Battalion by 15 December 1944.
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Captured at Gereonsweiler (?) and numbered 211 according to here:
Tigers in Combat I
Cheers,
Adam.
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