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h t t p : / / w w w .track-link.com/forums/research_ww2/2545 原内容摘自<Tiger in Combat 2>一书,404页。 From p.404 of "TIC2", they were joined with 5 Panthers used at the Oerbke camp of Panzerlehr Division's training school at Fallingbostel, and together formed an ad hoc Kamfgruppe under overall command of Major Paul Schulze in April '45. They were tasked with making contact with the Div. trapped in the Ruhr pocket. The first Tiger was lost on April 5 1945 with gearbox problems near Rethem. The Panthers led by Major Paul Schulze were lost in a daylight attack around the eastern outskirts of the town of Buckeburg, near Bad Eilsen - about 65km northeast of Paderborn training grounds. The group had moved to woods near Wiedensahl on the 8th and launched an attack against the British bridgehead on the Weser near Wietersheim but lost 4 of the 5 Panthers in the process with only Schulze's own vehicle an Ausf. G remaining by noon (callsign red "S" on the glacis and possible on the turret sides too). They were also "supposedly" IR-equipped or capable, but no known pics show it fitted to be certain. They were KO'd on the 8th April '45 by lead elements of the 5.Arm.Div., US 8th Corps of the Inith Army. Although with Fehrmann's 5 remaining Tigers, Schulze in his last Panther repeated the attack but they were met by elements of the British 5.Airborne Div. now dug into roadside trenches. A PIAT shell hit the turret of Fehrmann's "F01" and damaged the traversing gear and while 2 other Tigers moved up to flank it, it retreated to a nearby hill. The 5 Tigers then returned to Frille with around 30 POWs. Tiger "F01" returned to Fallingbostel for repairs, while the remaining 4 Tigers and Schulze's Panther again clashed with lead elements of US 5.Arm.Div. near Buckeburg on the 11th losing 2 Tigers, Schulze's Panther G (Red "S") and 2 halftracks in the process. Schulze escaped and jumped into one of the 2 surviving Tigers but Fehrmann was captured. Soon after, another Tiger (Fwbl. Bellof's - "F13") was KO'd too. "Schulze's Tiger" - now the last remaining (apart from "F01" back at Fallingbostel), was still behind US lines now retreated to Achum and became engaged in another fire fight with more US 5.Arm.Div. armour, KO'ing 3 tanks and an A/C, though sustaining numerous hits in the process with the gunner slightly wounded too. Finding a map in a US tanker truck, he set out for German lines breaking a US roadblock and KO'ing more US armour while releasing 200 German POWs, some of whom joined him in US trucks in an effort to get back. But he ran out of fuel near Bad-Nennoff and set a charge and destroyed the Tiger. Franzen's "F01" which had earlier returned to Fallingbostel with the damaged turret gear was ready to go again on April 12, and was cobbled into the hastily formed "Kampfgruppe Grossan" along with a couple of other scrounded Tigers. It advanced toward the Brithish near the Essel Froest after Crossing the Drebber stream, encountering 3 Comets of 1.Troop, A Sqn, 3.Bttn.,3.RTR/11. Arm.Div. in a firefight - destroying 1 of them and an armoured car. Both sides withdrew for the night but the next morning the Tiger took out an APC then had an arty barrage called in on it, so it snuck into the woods. Creeping back on to the road again to feel out the British tanks, "F01" was hit in the left rear side from about 100 yards by the Comet of Sgt.Harding of C Sqn. Who had moved into a flanking position in the trees and was later to receive the Military Medal for this action. As the Tiger began to cook off, the crew all managed to bail out safely, though each with minor burns, and made their way back to Fallingbostel. 附图,被第11装甲师下属的第3皇家坦克团A中队第1小队的一辆彗星击中侧面的F01号虎I:
[整理]布莱恩霍罗克斯中将给第8装甲旅简史(日记)作的序文 h t t p : / / w w w . warlinks.com/armour/8th_armoured/index.php 根据个人理解,部分乱码符号有修正,如有不当之处,请不吝赐教!FORWARD I regard it as a great honour to be asked to write a foreword to the history of the 8th Armoured Brigade, the brigade which has seen as much, if not more fighting than any other formation in the British Army. I first met the Fox Mask in September 42 when the Brigade played a big part repelling Rommel's last all out effort to capture Alexandria. During the long pursuit along the North African coast which ended at Tunis, regiments wearing this, by now, famous sign, were usually in the lead. On the 3rd August, 44 I arrived in Normandy to take over command of 30 Corps. Whilst driving up to my Headquarters my jeep was halted at a cross roads. Suddenly from a tаnk on the far side of the road appeared the dusty face of a young officer. He saluted and called out glad to see you hack Sir. I looked closely at his tаnk, and there, sure. enough, was the Fox Mask. The last time I had seen that sign was in Homs, North Africa, and now the 8th Armoured Brigade was the first to welcome me back to France. During practically all the subsequent successful fighting, the Fox and the Pig (30 Corps Sign) were together. On occasions, I am afraid I have had to ask the 8th Armoured Brigade to undertake some very unpleasant tasks, but they were all carried out magnificently, and on no single occasion can I recall the slightest hesitation. There have been times in this war when, in the heat of battle, the atmosphere between the Infantry and Tаnks has become somewhat strained. But this has never happened when the 8th Armoured Brigade was present; if you want to know what the Infantry Soldier thought of the Fox you have only to ask the men of such famous Divisions as 43rd (Wessex), 51st (Highland) or 50th (Northumbrian), and I have no doubt as to the favourable and enthusiastic answer you would get. Finally, to all ranks who have worn the Fox Masks, I would say our casualties have been high I am afraid, but the results achieved have been out of all proportion to your losses. You can all of you feel that you have done more than your share to win this war. Through your fine fighting qualities you have made possible many of 30 Corps victories. Thank you 8th Armoured Brigade. Signed BG Horrocks Lt Gen 30 Corps.
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