Scenes of smoke rising in distant mountain areas from artillery shell hits by American Forces on German targets near Tambach in Germany.
United States troops pass in a convoy of trucks, jeeps, trailers, and an M36B1 tank destroyer through the streets of Tambach in Germany. during World War 2. Townsmen gathered across the streets watch as the convoy passes. Officially named the M36B1 Gun Motor Carriage this tank destroyer is based on the M4A3 Sherman hull with a tank destroyer (TD) turret housing a 90mm gun. Only 187 were manufactured. Based on the registration number on the side of the hull (W40190915) this one is serial number 616 and was manufactured by Fisher Body Div. of the General Motors Corp. There are very few combat photos of this rare TD variant.
United States troops of the 345th Regiment, 87th Infantry Division take cover behind M-4 Tanks of U.S. 734th Tank Battalion in a wood near Tambach in Germany. The infantrymen fire at German positions in the wooded area. An officer of the 87th Infantry Division speaks over field telephone and directs further operations. The infantrymen fire at German positions and advance to take new covering positions. (World War II period).
Bulldozer of U.S. 237th Battalion Engineers, First U.S. Army, VII Corps, clears the road of fallen trees and abandoned vehicles in Osterode, Germany. German prisoners assist U.S. soldiers in rolling tree logs to the side of the road. Bulldozer clears road for passage of vehicles. (World War II period).
A United States M-5 Stuart light tank burns on the side of a road in Osterode, Germany. A hole in the armor of the wrecked tank. U.S. Army soldiers stand near the smoking tank. A German 88mm gun is pushed to side of the road. Refugees move back into the city with their belongings. (World War II period).
United States Military Police (MP) of the 3rd Armored Division, First U.S. Army (FUSA) search German prisoners near a roadside in Nordhausen, Germany. (World War II period).
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