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German soldiers of 512th Tank Destroyer Battalion under Lt. Hauptmann Albert Ernst surrender to 99th Infantry Division (WW2)

Surrender of the 512th Heavy Tank Destroyer Battalion (Schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 512) at Iserlohn, Germany. German tank soldiers stand in formation. Tank Commander Lieutenant Hauptmann Albert Ernst (a Knight's Cross holder) surrenders to an officer of the U.S. Army 99th Infantry Division. German soldier surrendering a Panzerfaust anti-tank weapon. Convoy of trucks loaded with German prisoners. German prisoners of war load into the trucks under supervision of U.S. soldiers. The 512th was equipped with Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf. B Jagdtiger (Sd. Kfz. 186) Tank Destroyers. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, April 16
Duration: 3 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041536
Royal Tiger Tank at the Henschel tank testing grounds, Haustenbeck, Germany

German tanks at secret Henschel tank testing grounds (Henschel Panzerversuchsstation), at Haustenbeck, a village in the center of the Sennelager training area, West of Oesterholz and Schlangen, and East of Lager Staumühle. Germany. A Tiger II (AKA Royal Tiger or King Tiger) Tank wades through a water obstacle. The tanks had been fitted with a snorkel system to allow passage across river beds. Suspension and bogey system of the Royal Tiger Tank. Comparison of unfinished chassis of the German E-100 experimental super heavy tank with the light Valentine Tank. Several parked tanks seen at end of clip, including a German Jagdtiger heavy tank destroyer.

Date: 1945, July 4
Duration: 2 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041543
Allies test German Armor at the Henschel tank testing grounds,Haustenbeck, Germany

Postwar testing of German Armor at Henschel tank testing grounds (Henschel Panzerversuchsstation) at Haustenbeck, a village in the center of the Sennelager training area, West of Oesterholz and Schlangen, and East of Lager Staumühle. Germany. Comparison of unfinished chassis of the E-100 experimental super heavy tank with the light Valentine Tank. 76 mm antitank gun on Valentine chassis fires big guns. British soldier points out holes made in the 80 mm armor plate. Several British soldiers sit on a tank. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, July 4
Duration: 2 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041544
German Jagdtiger tank destroyer being tested at the Henschel tank testing grounds, Mittelfeld, near Kassel, Germany.

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.)

Date: 1945, July 4
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041545
Allies testing German Armor at the Henschel tank testing grounds near Kassel, Germany, following World War II.

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.

Date: 1945, July 4
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041546
U.S. Army Sixth Armored Division drives through Altenburg Germany

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).

Date: 1945, April 14
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041547