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German Tank Art by David Pentland
David Pentland  German Tanks |
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David Pentland military art print German tanks and Assault Guns including tank prints of Michael Wittman's Counter Attack at Villers Bocage published by Cranston Fine Arts. The Military art print Company The German thoughts on Tank development during the mid 1930's was based on the requirement of one light Tank and one Medium tank. In 1935 various german Companies were given the development contracts for the new medium tank and the chosen design came from Daimler Benz. The Ausf As or SDKfz 141 was developed between 1936 and 1937. The Ausf A did not meet the requirements . and the Ausf B improved version was built in small numbers.. More modifications were developed and the Ausf C 15 being built but were withdrawn before the invasion of France in 1940. 30 new model Panzers, the Ausf D were then built and were used in Poland and also in Norway in 1940 before being withdrawn. 96 model Ausf E were built with thicker armour and powered by a better engine (Maybach HL 120 TR) this was followed with the development of the Ausf F which was fitted with a 5cm gun a total of 435 were built . More improvements were made to the design with the ,Models PanzerKampfwagen PZKpFW III Aufs H wiht a total of 308 being built the PanzerKampfwagen PZKpFW III Ausf J which had a total of 2,616 tanks built between March 1941 and July 1942. 650 PanzerKampfwagen PZKpFW III Aufs L were built in 1942 the last model PanzerKampfwagen SdKfz 141/2 was the Aufs N. Panzer PZKPFW III Ausf J production started 1941. weight 22.3 tons. Armament: One 5cm KwK L/42 with 84 rounds carried. Secondary armament Two 7.92mm machine gun .Armour: 50mm thickest and the minimum 10mm. Crew 5. Range 155 Km. Maximum Speed 40 KM per hour |
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Wittmann on Patrol by David Pentland. Northern France, 22nd May 1940. Sdkfz 222 light armoured cars of the SS Leibstandarte Regiment drive along French lanes on a reconnaissance patrol for the forces of General Heinz Guderian on their advance towards the French coast. |
Anzio Annie, Italy, 29th January 1944 by David Pentland. Sturmgeschutz IIIg and Paratroops of the 4th Fallschirmjager Division, driving to the front line, pass one of the two giant 28cm K5 (Eisenbaum) railway guns responsible for the shelling the Allied beacheads at Anzio and Nettuno. |
Motorcycle Attack by David Pentland. May 1940. At the forefront of the German panzer divisions and leading the advances into France were the Kradschutzen Truppen or motorcycle troops. Although mainly acting in the reconnaissance role they also had the firepower to hold objectives until reinforced. |
Kerscher's Defence of Neuhauser Forest by David Pentland. Oberfeldwebel Albert Kerscher, commander of 2nd company 511 Heavy Tank Battalion aided by a Panzer IV, two Hetzers, a Kingtiger and a Pak gun, successfully defended against concerted Soviet air and armoured attacks, his action buying valuable time for the evacuation of German wounded from Pilau and scoring his 100th victory in the process. |
Rommel in Normandy, France, 2nd July 1944 by David Pentland. Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel, commander of Army Group B, consults with his former subordinate from North Africa, now divisional commander of the elite Panzer Lehr, General Fritz Bayerlein and the Colonel Rudolf Gerhardt of Panzer Regiment Lehr, over the imminent transfer of the division to confront the Americans at St. Lo. |
Tigers in the Mist by David Pentland. King Tigers of Kampfgruppe von Rosen, 3rd Company Heavy Tank Battalion 503, preparing to move out from the Tisza bridgehead to counter Soviet pressure on German forces attacking to the northwest at Debrecen during the first battles to defend the Hungarian capital of Budapest. |
The Long Road to Kharkov by David Pentland. Kharkov, Russia, February - March 1943. After abandoning Rostov and Kharkov in the face of the Soviet Winter Offensive, Field Marshal Erich von Manstein set about the recapture of both. Among those taking part in the ensuing counterattack was the newly promoted tank gunner Ernst Barkmann, of 2nd Company 2nd SS Panzer Grenadier Division, who had just been given command of his own Panzer III. |
Blitzkrieg, Northern France, May 1940 by David Pentland. General Major Erwin Rommel leads the vanguard of his vaunted 7th Panzer (Ghost) Division past an abandoned French Char B tank on its epic drive from the Ardennes to the English Channel. |
Into Position, North of Malinava Latvia, 22nd July 1944 by David Pentland. Six Tiger I tanks including Albert Kersher and Lt. Otto Carius, of 2nd Company. Heavy tank Battalion 502, prepare to take up ambush positions for the soon to arrive soviet tank brigade. In the ensuing encounter, the Tigers destroyed the entire column of 28 Josef Stalin IIs. |
The Desert Fox by David Pentland. El Alamein, October 28th 1943, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel discusses the critical battle situation with the Commanding Officer of the 21st Panzer Division, in front of his Kampfstaffel. This personal mobile headquarters comprised a variety of vehicles including a radio Panzer III, SDKfz 232 radio armoured car, Rommel's famous SDKfz 250/3 communications half-track GREIF and captured British Honey light tanks. |
Mutual Support, Narva Bridgehead, Northern Russia, 6th April 1944 by David Pentland. Tiger I tanks of Albert Kersher and Otto Carius, of 2nd Company. Heavy tank Battalion 502, take part in the second operation designed and led by Graf von Strachwitz (Grossdeutschland Division) to destroy half of the dangerous Soviet bridgehead across the Narva river. The operation was totally successful. |
Barvenkovo by David Pentland. Gerhard Fischer. Russia, 25th February 1943. Marder II, PzJager Battalion 5,SS Panzer Grenadier Division Wiking. |
Operation Skorpion by David Pentland. Egypt, North Africa, 26th May 1941. Two Panzer IIIG's of Rommel's Afrika Korps advance towards Halfaya Pass during Operation Skorpion. Following the recent loss of the pass to the British in Operation Brevity, the Afrika Korps launched a counter attack to regain the vital position, and forced the British under Lt. Gen. Gott back to Sofafi and Buq Buq. |
Escape from Berlin. Germany 3.00 a.m, 2nd May 1945 by David Pentland. Leading one of the last columns attempting to breakout from the doomed city, Georg Diers battered Kingtiger of SS Heavy Tank Battalion 503 smashed through the Soviet roadblock on the far side of the Weidenammer Bridge. |
The Road to Tscherkassy, Medwin, Ukraine, 3rd-9th February 1943 by David Pentland. Mountain troops riding on Panther tanks of 2nd Battalion 23rd Panzer Regiment, Heavy Tank Regiment Bake in a successful attempt to outflank major soviet forces blocking the route to Tscherkassy. While the Tiger battalion launched a frontal attack on the enemy positions, the Panthers were able to attack from the rear, totally surprising the defenders. |
Armoured Reconnaissance by David Pentland. Kursk, July 1943. Sdkfz234 and 222 Armoured cars of 2nd SS Das Reich division track enemy movements on the flanks of the advancing Panzer divisions. |
Feldwebel Heinz Gartner - Where is Hill 128 by David Pentland. Mor, Hungary, 1st January 1945. Feldwebel Heinz Gartner and Oberleutnant von Rosen, plus a handful of other King Tigers of Heavy Tank battalion 503, searched for the units objective, Hill 128. Despite heavy snow and poor visibility, the Tigers found and took the hill, routing the strong Soviet defences present. By the end of the war Feldwebel Gartner had destroyed 103 enemy tanks. |
Clash of Steel, Prokhorovka, Kursk, 12th July 1943 by David Pentland. The battle for Prokhorovka marked the high water mark of the German southern drive for Kursk. At the apex of the thrust were the 14 tiger tanks of the 13 Heavy Tank Company, 1st SS Panzer Division Liebstandarte, led by Michael Wittman. Their advance was eventually thwarted, however, by the epic charge of the Soviet 29th Guards Tank Corps, as part of 5th Guards Tank Armys furious counter attack against the SS Tank Corps. |
Operation Winter Tempest by David Pentland. Panzer IVF2 tanks of 6th Panzer Division, Panzer Armee Hoth, attempt to fight their way through to the beleaguered Sixth Army at Stalingrad, 12th December 1942. On the 21st the operation was abandoned when the expected breakout from Stalingrad failed to materialise, the relief column was only 25 miles from the city. |
Panzer Grenadiers by David Pentland. Kursk, Russia, August 1943. Panzer Grenadiers disembark from Sdkfz251 half tracks to engage enemy troops at close quarters. |
Defenders of the Reichswald by David Pentland. Goch-Gennep, Germany, 9th February 1945. The Sturmgeschutz III of Leutnant Heinz Deutsch, Stug-Brigade XII, and paratroops of 7th Fallschirmjager Division counterattacking the Allied advance into the Reichswald forest in the final months of the war. The small Stug brigade numbering at its peak only 30 assault guns was responsible for the destruction of 250 allied tanks, Deutsch's gun claiming 44 of that total. |
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