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A GI of the 3rd Div takes cover by an M4A3 (76) of the 756th TB in Nuremberg. 4/19/1945
A GI from the 15th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Division takes cover next to a sandbagged Sherman M4A3 (76) from the 756th Tank Battalion during the fighting in the city of Nuremberg Germany. April 19th, 1945
End of the War in the Main-Spessart
A closer view of the knocked-out M4A3 Sherman tank that can be seen in the center distance in the previous photo. This tank was shot by a 15-year-old Hitler Jugend member with a panzerfaust, wounding the driver, who lost control. The tank made an abrupt turn and crashed into the store front of Hauptstraße 43, the butcher shop of Franz Mayer. Notice the sandbags placed around the hull and turret as extra armor (unsuccessful in this case). Another knocked-out Sherman can be seen behind it to the l
Cage for sandbag armour been fitted
Just look at those sandbags!!
M4A3 Sherman With Sandbags Ardennes, January 1945
M4A3 (76) W HVSS of 'B' Company, 25th Tank Battalion, 14th US Armored Division, Ohlungen, France, 24 March 1945. Showing the added sandbag armour typical of this Division, as a means to protect against Panzerfaust.