Bundesarchiv Vol. V

Photographs from the Bundesarchiv Volume V

Compiled with captions by John Winner captions © 2011

Sd.Kfz. 10/4 2 cm FlaK 30 auf Fahrgestell Zugkraftwagen 1t, (to the right) an Autoblinda AB41, Rimini/Ancona area, Italy, 1944

10,5 cm leichte Feldhaubitze 18, Russia, 25 January 1942

Pz.Kpfw. V "Panther" Ausf. A, Nr. 135, Poland, 21 June 1944

10,5 leichte Feldhaubitze 18, Russia, 1942/43

Sd.Kfz. 250/2 Fernsprechwagen , Russia, January 1943

Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. G, Nr. -28, 1.SS.Pz.Div. "Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler", Kharkov, Russia, January 1943

Three Sd.Kfz. 1/20 followed by four Horch schwere Einheits-PKW, (left) Sd.Kfz. 7/1, 2 cm FlaK Vierling auf Fahrgestell Zugkraftwagen 8t, 1.SS.Pz.Div. "Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler", Paris, France, August 1942

60 cm Flakscheinwerfer on an Sd.Ah. 51 trailer, southern France, 1942

Sd.Kfz. 250/10 (license number Wh-1387052), southern France on the Spanish border, 1942

Mechanic laying out tools to work on an Sd.Kfz. 250, southern France on the Spanish border, 1942

Pz.Kpfw. VI "Tiger" Ausf. E, Nr. 123, 1./s.Pz.Abt. 503 attached to 6.Pz.Div. during Operation Citadel, in the rear is an Opel Blitz 3t Typ A, Generalovka sector, Russia, between 5 and 13 July 1943

Pz.Kpfw. VI "Tiger" Ausf. E, Nr. 912, 9./SS.Pz.Rgt. 3 "Totenkopf" pulls up to a Strabo-Kran als Anhänger to have its turret re-installed, in the foregraound right is a Skoda 6 ST 6 – T with revolving crane, Poland, summer 1944

Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. J, Nr. 733, 7./SS.Pz.Rgt.3 "Totenkopf", transmission being repaired, Poland, summer 1944

Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. J, SS.Pz.Rgt. 3 "Totenkopf", Poland, summer 1944

Raupenschlepper Ost, Poland, summer 1944

Pz.Kpfw. II Ausf. b, Nr. A96, pulling an Anhänger für 200-Liter-KraftstoffFoß, 12.Pz.Div., During Operation Barbarossa Poland, June 1941

Pz.Kpfw. II Ausf. C, during Operation Barbarossa, Russia, June 1941

Sd.Kfz. 265, Pz.Bef.Wg. I Ausf. B, during Operation Barbarossa, Russia, June 1941

Sd.Kfz. 265, Pz.Bef.Wg. I Ausf. B, during Operation Barbarossa, Russia, June 1941

Sd.Kfz. 265, Pz.Bef.Wg. I Ausf. B, during Operation Barbarossa, Russia, June 1941

Sd.Kfz. 265, Pz.Bef.Wg. I Ausf. B, during Operation Barbarossa, Russia, June 1941

Pz.Kpfw. 38(t) with two Soviet Hilfstruppen, Russia, January 1944

Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. G, Nr. R03, North Africa, spring 1941

Sd.Kfz. 10 towing a 3,7 cm PaK, North Africa, spring 1941

Sd.Kfz. 10/4, 2 cm FlaK 30 auf Zugkraftwagen 1t, in the background are three mittlerer Einheits-PKW towing 3,7 cm PaK, North Africa, April 1941

Kfz. 1 Kübelwagen, North Africa, 1942

Horch mittlerer Einheits-PKW Cabriolet (license number WH 1041788), Generalfeldmarschal Erwin Rommel, North Africa, 1942

10,5 cm leichte Feldhaubitze 18, North Africa, summer 1942

12,8 cm FlaK 40, Germany, 1943

Sd.Kfz. 135, 7,5 cm Pak 40/1 auf Geschützwagen Lorraine Schlepper (f), trailer is an Sd.Ah. 33, Belgium, 1943/44

5 cm PaK 38, Belgium, 1943/44

Two Souma MCG, Belgium, 1943/44

Sd.Kfz. 135, 7,5 cm Pak 40/1 auf Geschützwagen Lorraine Schlepper (f), Belgium, 1943/44

Sd.Kfz. 135, 7,5 cm Pak 40/1 auf Geschützwagen Lorraine Schlepper (f), trailer is an Sd.Ah. 33, Belgium, 1943/44

Pz.Kpfw. V "Panther" Ausf. A, 1.SS.Pz.Div. "Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler", Flanders, June 1944

Sd.Kfz. 7/1 pulling an Sd.Ah. 56, 1.SS.Pz.Div. "Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler", Flanders, June 1944

Pz.Kpfw. V "Panther" Ausf. A, 1.SS.Pz.Div. "Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler", Eeklo, Flanders, 1944

15 cm Nebelwerfer 21, Russia, summer 1942

Sd.Kfz. 10 towing 21 cm Nebelwerfer 42, Werfer Regiment 51, Russia, June 1944

Sd.Kfz. 231, Division "Herman Göring", in the east, January 1942

Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. J, Nr. 02, in the east, January 1942

BMW R75 (license number WL-30238), in the east, January 1942

Sd.Kfz. 250, two Sd.Kfz. 10, two 15 cm schwere Infantriegeschütz auf Fahrgestell Pz.Kpfw. I (Sf), Russia, June 1941

Pz.Bef.Wg. III Ausf. H, Generalmajor Georg von Bismark, North Africa, spring 1942

Sd.Kfz. 138, 7,5 cm PaK 40/3 auf Pz.Kpfw. 38(t) Ausf. H "Marder III", 1./Pz.Jg.Abt. 41 of 6.Pz.Div.,during Operation Citadel, Russia, between 5 and 15 July 1943

Pz.Kpfw. VI "Tiger" Ausf. E, Nr. A31, III./Pz.Rgt. "Großdeutschland", an Kfz. 100 Büssing-NAG 4500 Kranwagen holds the engine

Sd.Kfz. 231 (8-Rad), Split, Yugoslavia, September 1943

Raupenschlepper Ost towing 7,5 cm PaK 40, Yugoslavia, September 1943

Raupenschlepper Ost towing 10,5 cm leichte Feldhaubitze 18 (with wood spoke wheels), Yugoslavia, 1943

Raupenschlepper Ost towing 10,5 cm leichte Feldhaubitze 18, Yugoslavia, 1943

Raupenschlepper Ost pulling an Hf. 7, Yugoslavia, September 1943

Adler and a column of Kfz. 70 Krupp L 2 H 43 trucks, Poland, 1 September 1939

StuG III Ausf. B, Russia, June 1941

Pz.Bef.Wg. IV, Russia, June 1944

Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. H, Nr. 412, Balkans, April 1941

StuG III Ausf. G, 16.SS.Pz.Gren. Div. "Reichsführer SS", Turin, Italy, September 1943

Sd.Kfz. 251/16, Nr. 644, Russia center, August 1944

Pz.Kpfw. VI "Tiger" Ausf. E, Nr. B12, III./Pz.Rgt. "Großdeutschland" passing three 7,62 cm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3), Russia center, spring/summer 1944

Pz.Kpfw. VI "Tiger" Ausf. E, III./Pz.Rgt. "Großdeutschland", Romania, 1944

Sd.Kfz. 9/1 and Pz.Kpfw. VI "Tiger" Ausf. E, III./Pz.Rgt. "Großdeutschland", Romania, 1944

15 cm schwere Feldhuabitze 18, Kursk, Russia, summer 1942

Beobachtungspanzer III Ausf. H, spotter for artillery battery B, Russia, August 1943

Three StuG III refuel from a Kfz. 3b Ford "Maultier" V 3000 S/SSM, Russia, August 1943

Halftrack refueling StuG III, Russia, August 1943

Me 323 D-1 Gigant unloading an Sd.Kfz. 8 and Praga T9, Tunisia, January 1943

Me 323 D-1 Gigant unloading a Schlepper UE 630(f) (Renault UE Chenillette), Tunisia, January 1943

Adler, Pz.Bef.Wg. I Ausf. B, Pz.Kpfw. II, Poland, September 1939

Pz.Bef.Wg. I Ausf. B followed by a column of Pz.Kpfw. II, Poland, September 1939

Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. D, Poland, September 1939

Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. D, Poland, September 1939

Henschel Typ 33 transporting Polish prisoners, Poland, September 1939

Sd.Kfz. 253, Stg.Brig. 191, Bulgaria, April 1941

Sd.Kfz. 253, Bulgaria, April 1941

Sd.Kfz. 253, Bulgaria, April 1941

Sd.Kfz. 253, Stg.Brig. 191, Bulgaria, April 1941

Sd.Kfz. 253, Stg.Brig. 191, Bulgaria, April 1941

Rangefinder, Lapland, 1943

17 cm Kanone 18, Lapland, 1943

21 cm Mörser 18, Lapland, 1943

7,5 cm leichte Infantriegeschütz 18, France, summer 1944

Sd.Kfz. 2, Russia, winter 1943/44

Pz.Kpf. IV Ausf. H, on the road between Ilmensee and the Gulf of Finland, end of February 1944

Pz.Kpf. IV Ausf. H with Ostketten installed, on the road between Ilmensee and the Gulf of Finland, end of February 1944

Infantriekarren If. 8, on the road between Ilmensee and the Gulf of Finland, end of February 1944

Sd.Kfz. 9 pulling artillery, Russia north, winter 1943/44

Me 323 Gigant unloading an Sd.Kfz. 3a Opel "Maultier" 3,6-36S/SSM, Italy 1943

Me 323 Gigant unloading 10,5 leichte Feldhaubitze 18M, Italy 1943

8,8 FlaK 18, front of the Sd.Ah. 201 limber in front, manned by Fallschirmjäger, Italy, November 1943

Sd.Kfz. 10/5 3,7 cm FlaK 36 auf Fahrgestell Zugkraftwagen 1t, Russia, November 1943

7,5 cm Gebirgsgeschütz 36, Caucasus mountains, January 1943

Radar "Würzburg", Florance/Ravenna, Italy, July 1944

Pz.Kpfw. VI "Tiger" Ausf. E, 4./SS.Pz.Rgt. 1 "Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler", Belgorod, Russia, end of July 1943

Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. H, Nr. 618, 1.SS.Pz.Div. "Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler", Piazza Duomo, Milan, Italy, 8 September 1943

Pz.Kpfw. V "Panther" Ausf. G, Albert Speer look over the machine, Germany, 1944

BMW R75 (license number WH-1046064) in the background is a Mercedes Benz L 1500 A, 24.Pz.Div., Russia south, August 1942

Sd.Kfz. 10/4 2 cm FlaK 30 auf Fahrgestell Zugkraftwagen 1t followed by a Mercedes Benz L1500 A, 24.Pz.Div., Don/Stalingran area, Russia, summer 1942

Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. J (early), 24.Pz.Div., Don/Stalingrad area, Russia, summer 1942

Sd.Kfz. 250/3, Don/Stalingrad area, Russia, summer 1942

Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. H, Nr. 825,on manouevers in northern France, 1943/44

Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. H, Nr 802 and Nr. 822, on manouevers in northern France, 1943/44

Contributors: From the Axis History Forum (www.forum.axishistory.com) SIS 5 – pg. 8,12,13,16,26,28,47,52,59,64,65,87,96,97 From Tiger im Focus (www.tiif.de) Grant Hall – pg. 13,14,15,59

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