German Jagdtiger tank destroyer, with "Porsche" running gear, being tested at tank testing grounds associated with the Henschel Werk III tank factory in Mittelfeld near Kassel, Germany, soon after conclusion of World War 2 in Europe. Tank is tested in forward and reverse. Affect of running in piled dirt is evaluated. (The filmed Vehicle is # 305004, which was eventually shipped back to the UK and is now at the Tank Museum at Bovington.)
Allies post-war testing of German tanks at testing grounds near the Henschel tank manufacturing works (Werk III) in Mittelfeld, near Kassel, Germany. Tiger cub tank with plow attached rolls across terrain and digs a ditch. The ditch is inspected by several civilians. Detail of bogey wheel suspension on 30-ton Tiger Tank.
Sixth Armored Division of United States Army drives through Altenburg in Germany. Armored vehicles move through town past civilians. Houses in the background. Town burns in the foreground. Smoke rises up in the sky. U.S. tanks move across open field. Two U.S. soldiers discover a very young German soldier in a foxhole. The young German soldier surrenders. U.S. soldiers on the tanks. German prisoners march along road past U.S. vehicles. (World War II period).
Sixth Armored Division of United States Army drives through Altenburg in Germany. German prisoners march along a road past U.S. vehicles. Two German prisoners, one running across field surrender to U.S. soldiers in a ditch besides the road. Soldiers lying in the ditches fire their rifles at German soldier coming across the field to surrender. One U.S. soldier rushes from the ditch and kicks the prisoner. U.S. soldiers on the tanks. (World War II period).
Surrender of German 512th Heavy Tank Destroyer Battalion at Iserlohn, Germany. German JagdTiger tank destroyers and other German vehicles including armored trucks and personnel carriers loaded with German troops. The tank destoyers move on the streets of Iserlohn bound for the town square. Civilians watch the troops. Buildings in the background. The German troops surrender at Town Square. German soldiers leave their vehicles and line up in the square. They create piles of smaller arms including pistols, machine guns, and Panzerfaust anti-tank weapons. (World War II period).
Surrender of German unit at Iserlohn, Germany. The German troops of the 512th Heavy Tank Destroyer Battalion, equipped with JagdTiger Tank Destroyers surrender to U.S. soldiers at the Iserlohn Town Square. German soldiers leave their vehicles and line up in square. German soldiers stand at the square. The Battalion commander, Lieutenant Hauptmann Albert Ernst stands in center of square and addresses his troops with surrender instructions. They surrender their arms. Buildings of Iserlohn town squre in the background. (World War II period).
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