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Floridsdorf, Vienna, 3th April 1945. By mid April the Soviet assault had almost cleared German resistance from the south bank of the Danube. Only one small bridgehead remained open to allow troops a chance to escape, and this exit was defended by only 2 tanks and a few anti-tank guns. Defending the eastern approaches to the bridge was the Panther tank of SS Obersturmfurher Arnold Friesen, 2nd SS Panzer Division. Despite being only 19 he was a veteran of Kursk, Normandy, the Ardennes and Hungary with a tally of 97 tank kills to his credit. By the end of the day Friesen and his crew accounted for a further 14 soviet tanks, (the last two with panzerfausts), before covering the final withdrawal of the last German units across the bridge under cover of darkness.

Pather Tank at the Danube Bridgehead by Jason Askew. (P) Although in the process of regrouping after their escape from the Cherkassy Pocket, Panthers and Panzer Grenadiers of the crack 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking are part of the relief force hastily assembled and thrown in to free the strategically important city of Kowel in the Pripet Marshes.  By April 10th the Soviet encirclement of the city was broken and Wiking were pulled out of the line to continue refitting.

Pather Tank - Fight for Kowel, Poland, March / April 1944 by Jason Askew. (P)

Pather Tanks at Kursk by Jason Askew. (P)King Tiger (officially Tiger II) of Joachim Peiper, Schwere SS-PanzerAbteilung 501 (Heavy SS Tank Battalion 501, during the Ardennes Offensive.

King Tiger 008 - Tribute to Joachim Peiper by Jason Askew. (P)

Items Signed by Oberstleutnant Alfred Rubbel (deceased)