Tankers inspect the combat damage of an M5A1 "Stuart" tank from the 33rd Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Division, US Army, in the Carentan, Normandy  area; France, July 44

Combat damage

An American M4A3 (75) W "Sherman" tank passes by a German self-propelled 88-mm FlaK 36/37 gun, abandoned on the side of the road; France, 1944.

 

German 88 and American tank

 The crew of an M26 Pershing tank (named Eagle 7) of the US 3rd Armored Division. The gunner, Pennsylvania native Clarence Smoyer, in the center, no helmet, knocked out a German "Panther" tank (Pz.Kpfw. V) during the famous battle at the Cologne Cathedral. For his success and bravery, he was awarded the Bronze Star; Cologne, Germany, March, 1945.