"Tigers on Via Armando Diaz"

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In August 1943, the 2.company of s.Pz.Abt. 504 fought a battle near Mt. Etna in Sicily with their four last remaining Tigers. As they retreated, three of the tanks broke down. Panzer-Regiment 'Hermann Goering', who were in command of the Tiger company, were mismanaging them and did not provide recovery services; therefore these Tigers had to be destroyed. Two were abandoned close together on the Via Armando Diaz.

Location

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Photos

Tiger 242 near a volcano
Allied troops and Tiger 242
Wreck of Tiger 242
Nose of Tiger 242
Tiger 242 near Mt. Etna
Tiger on Via Armando Diaz
Identifying the wreck of Tiger 242
Examining Tiger 242
Burnt out Tiger of 3/504
Tiger and Mt. Etna
Demolished Tiger at Mt. Etna

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