A TIGER TANK, such as was encountered in Tunisia and Sicily, but with a non-magnetic plastic coating. It is believed that most of the tanks thus coated were originally destined for the Russian front where the Germans were greatly troubled by delayed-action magnetic mines which were stuck onto the armor of their tanks by Russian infantry.
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GERMAN ARMOR. Medium tank is the Mark IV (top). Of the four tank types with which the Germans started the war, only this survived in service until the end. Originally it had a short-barreled 75-mm. gun which changed its role from a close-support vehicle to a fighting tank. Assault gun (bottom). The Germans used this in great numbers, and it was often called a tank, but was actually an assault gun and tank destroyer on the chassis of a Mark III tank. (Top: Pz. Kpfw. IV tank with 7.5-cm. Kw. K. 40 (L/43) gun; bottom: Stu. G. III with 7.5-cm. Stu. K. 40 gun.)
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GERMAN AMPHIBIAN JEEP, a version of the light Army car, Volkswagen. Both versions were inferior in every respect to the U. S. jeep except in the comfort of the seating accommodations. (Schwimmwagen, le.P.K w.K.2s.)
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