One Tiger Wrecked 25 Vehicles at Villers-Bocage. Then It Burned
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@Armor-Ash · 3 weeks ago
WRECK REPORT - Villers-Bocage<br><br>Date: 13 June 1944, Villers-Bocage, Normandy (Operation Perch). (Wikipedia, Battle of Villers-Bocage)<br><br>German ace: SS-Obersturmfuhrer Michael Wittmann, 2nd Coy 101st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion; gunner Balthasar Woll. (warfarehistorynetwork.com)<br><br>Opening run: Up to 14 tanks, 15 carriers, 2 anti-tank guns in ~15 minutes. (Wikipedia, Battle of Villers-Bocage)<br><br>British unit hit: 4th County of London Yeomanry, 7th Armoured Division; Lt-Col Cranley captured at Point 213. (D-Day Overlord)<br><br>British losses: 27 tanks (20 Cromwell, 4 Firefly, 3 Stuart) and 217 men, ~100 prisoners. (D-Day Overlord)<br><br>German losses: 6 Tigers and 2 Panzer IVs destroyed, several burned by British hands. (Wikipedia / D-Day Overlord)<br><br>Town-fight killer: 6-pounder anti-tank guns + Rifle Brigade infantry; Wittmann's Tiger left track broken. (historyofwar.org)<br><br>The burning: Lt Cotton (MC) and Sgt Bramall (MM) torched the stopped tanks with petrol and blankets. (warlordgames.com)
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