![]() Then we stopped and I fired two more shells to make sure they wouldn't fire at our side. our driver drove into the middle of the intersection so we wouldn't be a sitting target. The following description is based on a meantime outdated thesis from cameraman Jim Bates, that no German soldier survived the tank duel: Pershing gunner Clarence Smoyer described the event several times. According the records another soldier was found dead in the Panther the next day. Loader: rear turret hatch / loader's hatch (yellow)Īnother shell is on the way to the German tankįollowing the film made by Jim Bates four crew members are able to escape, one of them dies in a hospital a short time later. Radio operator: radio operators's hatch (green)Ĭommander / gunner: upper turret hatch (blue) The nearest or the fastest achievable emergency exits of the crew are visible on the graph below Gruber, from the book "Panzer V Panther" by Spielberger/Doyle, with friendly permission by Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2010 ![]() ![]() This and following graph created from two graphs by F. ![]() The gun and the turret pointed toward the Pershing and the intersection An den Dominikanern / Marzellenstrasse The following graph shows the positions of the Panther crew in the second, the Pershing shell had hit the Panther. ![]()
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