Panzer SS Totenkopf Skull Ww2 Tank Badge T Shirt

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On July 30th of 1944 in close proximity to Les Loges in Normandy, three Jagdpanthers from schwere Panzer Jaeger Abteilung 654 ambushed a squadron of British 6th Guards Tank Brigade knocking

out some 10-11 Churchill tanks in a brief time period of two minutes.  Consequently, other squadron of British 6th Guards Tank Brigade opened fire at three Jagdpanthers causing crews of two of them to abandon their vehicles (because of damaged tracks), while the third one retreated.Jagdpanthers were grouped into independent schwere Panzerjager Abteilungens - heavy anti-tank battalions (with 3 companies with 14 vehicles each and 3 vehicles in battalion HQ) and those that operated as part of Panzer Division. The first Jagdpanthers were issued to schwere Panzerjager Abteilung 559 and 654 and reached the frontline in Western Europe in June of 1944. Only 654th had full compliment of 42 vehicles, while 559th had only 10 to 14 vehicles. Majority of Jagdpanthers manufactured saw service on the Eastern Front, while only single battalion (schwere Panzerjaeger Abteilung 654) saw service during Normandy Battles in the Summer of 1944. In preparations for the Ardennes Offensive, the largest number ever of Jagdpanthers was assembled, including vehicles transferred to the Western Front from the Eastern Front to take part in the offensive. Roughly 51 Jagdpanthers in six battalions took part in the struggle in December of 1944.

Small number of Jagdpanthers was used by Waffen-SS formations and only 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich, 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen and 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg (part of the 6th Panzer Army) received company each during relief attempt to rescue encircled garrison of Budapest in January of 1945. Out of original 42 issued to those divisions only 12 were running on April 1st and eventually took part in the protection of Vienna. From 1945, Jagdpanthers were also issue to Panzer Abteilungs of 7 Panzer Divisions, The Fuehrer Grenadier Regiment and single Panzer Brigade, but using them as substitute tanks was a mistake but a necessity at the time.
 

In 1944/45, Krupp was doing work on fitting Jagdpanther with rigidly fitted 88mm Pak 43/1 L/71 gun mounted in rear mounted superstructure. Along with this project, there were plans by Krupp dating back to November 17th of 1944 to install 128mm Pak 80 L/55 gun in a Jagdpanther II but the end of the war ended both projects.It has been said that a single unit equipped with Jagdpanthers also received and used infrared night-vision devices - Infrarot-Scheinwerfer, just as those mounted on Panthers.Today, early model Jagdpanther can be seen at the Imperial War Museum in England and late model Jagdpanther at Aberdeen Proving Grounds (which I have seen personally) in USA and Thun, Switzerland. Jagdpanthers can be seen in museums in Munster and Sinsheim, Germany. Vehicle at Aberdeen Proving Grounds was produced by MNH in November-December of 1944 and took part in the Ardennes Offensive, where it was captured and eventually taken to USA. The superior firepower of the 88mm gun, excellent mobility and low to the ground silhouette made Jagdpanther a indomitable opponent when used in the correct manner. It had a combination of defense, power and mobility made it a superb tank destroyer. The Jagdpanther was perhaps the optimum tank destroyer produced during World War II.  If the Jagd would have been initiated sooner, it may have had a larger impact in World War II.