An M4A3E2 "Jumbo" Sherman with the stock 75mm gun of the 743rd Tank Btn, Altdorf, 27th November 1944. It has sandbags covered with hessian and possible turf on the glacis..  The effectiveness of this applique armor is questionable, certainly against kinetic energy rounds.  But maybe it might have some effectiveness against HEAT...

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Captured German soldiers on on a truck, watched by American GIs, about to be taken away to POW collection camps. The townspeople standing around on a street in a French city, mingle with other American soldiers and observe the scene with delight; summer of 1944.

On a street in a small town

A Jumbo of 743rd Tank Battalion also knocked out in the same operation. This one was disabled by a ‘friendly’ mine and abandoned by its crew with no casualties. After it was abandoned the Germans concentrated anti-tank fire on it to ensure it wasn’t recoverable.