Heavy Tiger tanks from the 503rd Panzer Battalion advance during the Kursk (Soviet Union) offensive. July-August 1943.

Operation Citadel

A column of German motorcycle troops taking a roadside rest somewhere on the Russian Front.

Motorcycle unit

The SdKfz 2 (Kettenrad); light tracked vehicle. First used on the Eastern Front, later in North Africa and Western Front.
The Kettenkrad came with a special trailer (Sd.Anh.1) that could be attached to it to improve its cargo capacity.
Being a tracked vehicle, the Kettenkrad could climb up to 24° in sand and even more on hard ground.
