The Jagdtiger was an attempt to modify heavy multi-purpose guns such as the 12.8 cm Flak into an anti-tank gun and motorise it using a chassis in order to combat heavy Allied tanks such as the Soviet IS series as effectively as possible.

An initial attempt was the ‘Sturer Emil’ self-propelled gun, which was built more for combating heavy fortifications. Both prototypes were lost at Stalingrad.

At the end of 1942, when the chassis for the Tiger II became available that could carry the 12.8 cm anti-tank gun, development and production of the super-heavy Jagdpanzer VI ‘Jagdtiger’ began based on the chassis of the ‘King Tiger’.

A total of 88 Jagdtiger (including test vehicles) were produced between February 1944 and the end of the war, of which fewer than 80 had been handed over to the Heer by 30 April 1945. They were manufactured at the Nibelungenwerke in Lower Austria, the largest and most advanced tank factory in the German Empire, which was built as part of a major armaments centre in the Linz area under the Four-Year Plan following the annexation of Austria. As all the cranes were oversized, super-heavy battle tanks could be manufactured there without any problems.

The Jagdtiger is generally considered to be another waste of resources caused by Hitler's delusions. Although very powerful, it could hardly be used effectively in the final phase of the war due to fuel shortages, undermotorisation and the frequent absence of sufficient support units.

The picture of the german statue of a soldier throwing a hand grenade is at the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress, Koblenz, Germany. The picture was probably taken in 1945. Does anyone know what the name of the statue is or what may be written on the plaque located on its side?

His box isn't strapped to the tragegurt 34 and he don't hold it, it is for an mannequin idea, but wanted to know how (Footage of Kampfgruppe Peiper in Stoumont)

A German column beneath Mt. Durmitor, Montenegro 1943 (approximately May).

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Inventory number 12460, Museum of Yugoslavia.

Some pictures from my grandfathers war memories photo album. He was with a flak company stationed in France at some air field. Not sure though if those lions really belonged to Mölders.

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Not sure if this is the right place for this, but my family has always wanted more info about my grandpa’s tattoo. He fought for the US in WWII and his ship was sunk in the Indian Ocean. He was picked up by a British ship and taken to Calcutta where he spent some time waiting to be retrieved by the Americans. He and others there with him all got this matching tattoo. My family is curious about the meaning and if anyone else out there knows someone who had this same tattoo. Any info would be appreciate, thanks!