A relatively neatly white-washed Panzerkampfwagen III Ausf.J moves along a road during a winter on the Ostfront. There is a tactical number, in white on an uncamouflaged rectangle on the turret sides, possibly "212". Note the new drive sprocket as well as the new idler wheel, and the hull extensions drilled to accept a tow hook. Behind the panzer is a uniquely Soviet-inspired snow vehicle, called Aerosan Propellerschlitten WH/WL, in this case being towed by a local pony. This German version of the Russian Aerosan sports a Balkenkreuz on the nose of its white-painted body.
Source :
Book "Panzer Vor: German Armor At War 1939-45" by Frank V. De Sisto
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