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To: Homer_J_Simpson

The p14 photo is interesting in that the caption indicates it was taken somewhere on the Kuban. Almost every caption of that photo I have ever seen has it taken during the battle of Kursk.


23 posted on 09/11/2013 1:46:56 PM PDT by fso301
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To: fso301

Wherever the photo was taken, I’m pretty sure it was NOT in the Kuban. Tigers were a precious resource, and virtually all of them were in “Schwere Panzer Abteilungen” or Heavy Tank Detachments. Some were semi-organic to the Waffen SS Divisions but most of them, numbered 501-505, were temporarily attached to panzer divisions for special purposes in the hottest sectors.

The Kuban never had a Schwere Panzer Abteilung or Waffen SS Panzer Division sent there, as they were all needed in the Ukraine.


24 posted on 09/11/2013 2:02:45 PM PDT by henkster (democrats will sacrifice the lives of our servicemen so 0bama doesn't look bad.)
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