La Gleize, Belgium, 1945: Men of a reconnaissance platoon of the 82nd Airborne Division test…

La Gleize, Belgium, 01/18/1945

SC 265224Field no. ETO-HQ-45-8782RG 111

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Men of a reconnaissance platoon of the 82nd Airborne Division test the effects of an American and German bazooka on a disabled Nazi tiger Royal Tank in, La Gleize, Belgium. Deepest penetration made by either weapon was only four of the seven inches of armor on front of the tank. U. S First Army. 18 January 1945

Date: 01/18/1945
Place: La Gleize, Belgium · exact position
Photographer: Petrony
Units: 82nd Airborne Division
SC number: 265224
Field number: ETO-HQ-45-8782
Album: 82nd Airborne Division
Source: U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs