IMAGE
First German Tiger tank to be knocked out by NZ tanks during World War II, Italy
- Date
- 26 July 1944
- By
- Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004
- Reference
- DA-06424-F
- Description
The first German Tiger tank to be knocked out by NZ tanks during World War II. It fell to the 18th NZ Armd Regt during the advance to Florence, Italy. Photograph taken by G Kaye on the 26th of July 1944.
Other - It is possible that the German crew destroyed the tank after it had been immobilised by New Zealanders
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency / World War 1939-1945 official negatives - DA Series
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Orientation: Horizontal image
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