![]() ![]() F05, commanded by Kampfgruppe Schulze destroyed 3 Shermans and a scout car then retreated to Wendthagen. On the same day, two other Tigers were involved in a tank battle with US tanks, F13 (commanded by Feldwebel Bellof) was destroyed along with her crew. With no other way to recover them, the tanks were destroyed and their crews eventually captured by the allies and Fehrmann along with them. Along the way, two Tigers got stuck in the mud and when a Panther tried to recover them, it too got stuck. Fehrmann's Tiger F02 returned to Fallingbostel where a replacement mantlet was fitted.ġ1th April 1945 saw the remaining tanks entering enemy controlled territory to Buckeburg. Two other Tigers continued the thrust where they eventually captured 30 British paratroopers. Out of the 5 Panthers, only one returned along with the commander.ĭuring the counter-attack, Tiger F02 got a PIAT hit on the right side of the turret and another that damaged the gun mantlet. On the 9th April, the Panthers entered the town of Wiethesheim where they engaged in a fierce battle with the allies. The fallowing day, the company reached Nienburg and a Grenadier Division was attached to them. On the 6 th April 1945, the group reached the river Aller near Rethem when one Tiger was lost due to a mechanical failure. The Tiger tanks were commanded by Oberleutnant Ferhmann and were designated with 'F' to denote their 'Gruppe' commander hence F01, F02, F03 and up to F13. ![]() ![]() ".In the beginning of 1945, Kampfgruppe Schulze and Oberleutnant Fehrmann formed a division of six Tiger I and five Panther tanks with the intention of going into the Ruhr area. ![]()
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