Early war photo of German tank driver wearing the beret-type &quot;Schutzmütze&quot; (protective cap).

Early war tank crew

Captured KV-1 heavy tank, nicely repainted in its new German livery, fails to make it across a wooden bridge, Russia, ?1941.  Perhaps someone reasoned, "if it can take a Panzer II ...".  Wrong !  Interesting engineering problem as to how to sort this mess out in the field ... Best regards, JR.

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Fritz Witt in the entrenchment of an Sd.Kfz. 251 in Kharkov, March, 1943.
(Bundesarchiv Bild 183-J22454)