StuG of Paul Dahms with Fallschirmjäger

Studying the figures in a given photo often provides a key to identifying a unit and/or location. The Fallschirmjäger (paratrooper) in the foreground is from the 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division. The Geschütz Kommandant (Assault Gun Commander) is Oberleutnant Paul Dahms, later a Ritterkreuzträger (Knight's Cross holder), the chief of the 1.Batterie / Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 286 (1st Coy commander / 286th Assault Gun Brigade). Both units met and fought together during December 1943 - January 1944, southeast of Kirovograd.

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Achtung Panzer magazine No.5 - Stug III, Stug IV and SIG.33

Fallschirmjäger Take Cover Behind Tiger of the sPz.Abt.510

Fallschirmjäger take cover behind Tiger ‘124’ of the schwere Panzer-Abteilung 510 in the fighting near Akmenė, Lithuania in August 1944.

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http://5sswiking.tumblr.com/post/121950191922/fallschirmj%C3%A4ger-take-cover-behind-tiger-124-of

Kampfgruppe Peiper in the Battle of Stoumont

Kampfgruppe Peiper (the powerful battle group of the Leibstandarte Division) has arrived in Stoumont, Belgium in the morning of 19 December 1944 and it’s battling U.S. forces during the Ardennes Offensive. The Germans reported before that Stoumont was strongly held and that powerful American forces were moving from Spa towards Stoumont. By 10:30 in that morning the battle was over with Kampfgruppe Peiper in firm control of Stoumont.

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http://5sswiking.tumblr.com/post/136272639972/kampfgruppe-peiper-the-powerful-battle-group-of

Fallschirmjäger on Top of Königstiger

Paratroopers of the 3. Fallschirmjäger-Division seen on top of a King Tiger from schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 501 part of Kampfgruppe Peiper waving at the camera on 18 December 1944 during the Ardennes Offensive.

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http://5sswiking.tumblr.com/post/136706639622/paratroopers-of-the-3-fallschirmj%C3%A4ger-division

Fallschirmjäger Share Cigarettes with Panzer Crew

Sharing is caring. Paratroopers of the 3. Fallschirmjäger-Division share cigarettes from the back of a King Tiger from schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 501 during the Ardennes Offensive, 18 December 1944.

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http://5sswiking.tumblr.com/post/136961598892/sharing-is-caring-paratroopers-of-the-3

Königstiger with Fallschirmjäger in the Ardennes Offensive

Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausf.B (Tiger II or Königstiger) "222" commanded by SS-Oberscharführer Kurt Sowa from 2.Kompanie / schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 501 was part of Kampfgruppe Peiper and was photographed at Kaiserbaracke on 18 December 1944 with a load of paratroopers from I.Bataillon / Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 9 / 3.Fallschirmjäger-Division. At left are SS-Oberscharführer Persin from Kampfgruppe Knittel

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http://5sswiking.tumblr.com/post/135465760752/king-tiger-222-commanded-by-ss-untersturmf%C3%BChrer
https://www.flickr.com/photos/spzabt/5521175807