German armored column from the 505 Heavy Tank Battalion on the Eastern front
taken from fb/Shadows of the Eastern front

On the roll

A column of German Pz.Kpfw. III medium tanks of the 15th Panzer Division pass locals with camels, standing on the side of the road;  North Africa. 1943.

Tanks roll by

Poland, July 1944

 Two officers of SS Wiking talk after a mission. SS-Hauptsturmführer Hans-Georg Jessen, commander of SS Panzer Regiment 5 (left) and SS-Hauptsturmführer Friedrich Hannes, commander of SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 9 (right), have a smoke next to a Panther tank '501'

 Jessen was among the first officers in the Wiking's tank battalion in 1942 and went on to receive the German Cross in Gold on 15 December 1943 for leading a Sturmgeschütz battery during the retreat over the Dneiper. Previously, he had received the Panzer Assault Badge.
taken from fb/Military history in focus