Concrete armored Sherman

A sea of mud

The 157th Infantry Regt., 45th Div. began house-to-house fighting for Aschafenburg on 28 March, finally capturing the city on 3 April. During the final stage of the fighting, there was an encounter between a M36 tank destroyer of the 645th Tank Destroyer Bn. and this captured M4A3 tank being used by the Germans. Besides the German crosses, the words "Beute panzer" (captured tank) were painted on the M4A3 to prevent German troops from firing on it. It was knocked out by a 90mm hit on the glacis plate evident above the right headlight.(rudeerude)