Two Panthers of I./SS-Panzer-Regiment 12 smolder in Krinkelt after being knocked out on 18 December. The Panther in the foreground, with tactical number '318', has had its gun barrel blown off in the vicious fighting that took place there against the U.S. 99th Infantry Division, reinforced by the 2nd Infantry Division. Attacking in an early morning fog, the Panthers were easy prey for bazooka teams who were able to close in without being spotted. Later, SS-Unterscharführer Willi Fischer, a Panther commander in 3.Kompanie recalled, 'It was an absolute deathtrap for Panzers'.
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SS PzReg12

SS-Ustuf. Alfred Großrock in his cupola of his Pz.V Panther
 from the 5th SS-PzRgt "Wiking" during the Battle of Kovel in
 the summer of 1943. During this battle he destroyed 26 T-34
 tanks. And for this action he received the Knight Cross. He died
 in Soviet captivity in April 1945.
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Alfred Großrock 

Residents (ethnic German) of the city of Lviv (Lemberg) in western Ukraine line the streets and welcome the convoy of Wehrmacht troops as "liberators".