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Desert Rat Race, North Africa, November1941 by David Pentland. Operation Crusader saw the debut of the US M3 Stuart tank in Commonwealth service. Known by British tankers as the "Honey" for its reliability, speed and armour it initially equipped the 4th armoured brigade of the famous 7th Armoured Division., "The Desert Rats". |
Fish n Chips by David Pentland Normandy, France, 1944. US M5 Stuart 'Fish n Chips' of 113th Cavalry Regiment, 83rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Armoured Division engage targets from a Normandy field. |
Preparing for the Day, the Reichswald, February 1945 by David Pentland. Sturmtigers of Sturmmorser Company 1002, commanded by Lieutenant Zippel, take on ammunition in preparation for the battle to come. These fearsome monsters' 38cm rocket projectors could penetrate up to 2.5m of reinforced concrete. Luckily for the Allies only 18 were completed by the war's end. |
Rearguard at Dunkirk by David Pentland. Northern France, 1st June 1940. Beleaguered troops of the BEF, fight a delaying action against the German encirclement of the doomed town. |
The Long Road to Kharkov by David Pentland. Kharkov, Russia, February - March 1943. After abandoning Rostov and Kharkov in the face of the Soviet Winter Offensive, Field Marshal Erich von Manstein set about the recapture of both. Among those taking part in the ensuing counterattack was the newly promoted tank gunner Ernst Barkmann, of 2nd Company 2nd SS Panzer Grenadier Division, who had just been given command of his own Panzer III. |
Deployment from Palace Barracks by David Pentland. Second in the series of British Army units in Northern Ireland. |
The Streets of Kharkov by David Pentland. Ukraine, Russia, March 1943. Panzer Grenadiers of the 1st SS Panzer Division keeping a watchful eye for snipers after retaking the city during the third battle for Kharkov. |
Alpini by David Pentland. Montenegro, Yugoslavia, January, 1942. 75mm Skoda Mountain Gun of 5th Alpine artillery Regiment, 5th Alpini Division, 'Pusteria' in action against Tito's partisans. |
Tigers in the Mist by David Pentland. King Tigers of Kampfgruppe von Rosen, 3rd Company Heavy Tank Battalion 503, preparing to move out from the Tisza bridgehead to counter Soviet pressure on German forces attacking to the northwest at Debrecen during the first battles to defend the Hungarian capital of Budapest. |
Turning the Tide, Meuse River, Ardennes, Belgium January 1945 by David Pentland. British 25pdr crew, firing in support during the Allied counterattack in the "Battle of the Bulge" |
The War Winner by David Pentland. Memel Pocket, Lithuania, 5th - 16th October 1944. T-34's of the 5th Guards Tank Army, 1st Baltic Front, during the Soviet Memel Offensive, which aimed to drive a wedge between the German Army Group North and Centre. The ubiquitous T-34 was always in the vanguard of the fighting and regarded even by the likes of Von Kleist and Guderian as the best tank of the war. With various upgrades such as those shown in the painting, (a T-34/76 and the revised turret carrying an 85mm gun) the design served from beginning to the wars end, and beyond. |
Hubes Pocket, Kamenez-Podolsk, Russia, 26th March - 6th April, 1944 by David Pentland. Among those encircled in the pocket were the men and guns of Sturmgeschutz Brigade 301. During the breakout, through two Soviet Tank Armies and across four rivers the Sturmgeschutz cleared the way for the infantry and others to pass through. Special mention was given to the heroic actions of Hauptmann Sekirka, the brigade commander, and Wachtmeister Walter Feibig. By the time 1st Panzer Armee had reached German lines Feibig had a personal tally of over 50 tanks destroyed. |
Winter Offensive, Ardennes Forest, Germany, December 1944 by David Pentland. Jagdpanther self propelled 88mm anti-tank guns of Heavy Anti-tank Battalion 519 attached to 6th SS Panzer Army during the ill fated Ardennes offensive. Only the 1st company commanded by Hautmann Erwin Kressmann took part in the campaign. |
Armoured Reconnaissance by David Pentland. Kursk, July 1943. Sdkfz234 and 222 Armoured cars of 2nd SS Das Reich division track enemy movements on the flanks of the advancing Panzer divisions. |
Screaming Eagles in Normandy, 7th June 1944 by David Pentland. Having made contact the previous evening with troops of 4th Infantry Division pushing inland from Utah Beach, paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division The Screaming Eagles help mop up the pockets of German resistance in their general advance towards Carentan. |
Holding the Vistula by David Pentland. Gerhard Fischer. Poland, 31st July 1944. Jagdpanzer IV Pz Jager Batt 5, 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking. |
Prepare to Ram, Operation Goodwood, normandy, 18th July 1944 by David Pentland. While probing forward near Cagny on the initial day of the Goodwood offensive, Lt John Gorman, a troop commander of 2nd Armoured Battalion, Irish Guards, suddenly found himself confronted by a Tiger II and three Tiger Is of the elite 503rd Heavy Tank Battalion. Supported by only one other Sherman, and aware that their 75mm guns would be ineffective against such monsters, he gave the order to his driver to ram the King Tiger. Gorman's tank Ballyragget succeeded in colliding with its target before the Tiger's 88mm gun could be brought to bear on his Sherman, and with both tanks immobilised the crews quickly abandoned their tanks. Lt. Gorman, however, was not finished and making his way off the field, he returned shortly afterwards with a Sherman Firefly, to finish off the stricken Tiger II and one of the Tiger Is. For this action he was awarded the Military Cross, and his driver L/Cpl Baron the Military Medal. |
Defending the Don by David Pentland. Jagodniy, Caucasus, 23rd August 1942. An Italian Fiat L6/ 60 light tank of the LXVII (67th) Motocorazzato Bersaglieri Battalion and supporting Bersaglieri all from the 3 Cavalry Division Amedeo Duca d'Aosta defend against determined enemy attackers on the outskirts of Jagodniy. |
Motherland, The Battle of Stalingrad, September 1942 by David Pentland. OT34 Flamethrower tank and men of Col. Krickmans 6th Guards Tank Brigade take part in the Soviet counter attacks of 13th-27th September in defence of the southern factory district of Stalingrad before the final offensive in October. |
The Road to Calais by David Pentland. France, 23rd May 1940. The advance guard of Pz38t tanks, 1st Panzer Division enter the little village of Hames-Boucres, on the road to Calais. |
The Battered Band by David Pentland. Bastogne, Ardennes, Belgium, 24th December 1944. Surviving U.S. tank crew from Task Force Cherry and Paratroopers of 101st Airborne Division take a break while awaiting orders for their next battle. |
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