this photo is from April 1945, it is a sherman tank driving through the German countyside ,as the war come to an end . 

A sherman tank with rocket tubes 

Komödienstrasse/Cologne (Germany); March 6, 1945:

M4 Sherman of the US 3rd Armored Division received a direct hit by a German Panzer V &quot;Panther&quot; of Panzer-Brigade 106 in Komödienstrasse in the center of Cologne. 
The Sherman's crew consisted of Tank Commander Kellner, Gunner Gialluca, Asst. Gunner Speer, Driver Patrick und Asst. Driver Griffin. Patrick and Speer were killed instantly by the impact of the Panther's shell. Kellner, Gialluca and Griffin made it out of the tank but Kellner (he can be seen bailing out of the tank on the right side of the photo) lost a leg and died in spite of immediate medical treatment. The German tank however was destroyed shortly after by a T26E3 &quot;Pershing&quot;.

Cologne tank battle

Armored M8 "Greyhound" vehicles of the 82nd Intelligence Battalion, 2nd Armored Division, in Saint-Sever, France.