Panzerbefehlswagen Panther in Italy

For your viewing pleasure today we have Panzerbefehlswagen Panther tactical number I02 from I/Pz.Rgt.4, and her driver. The image is part of a series taken by Kriegsberichter Bayer of this vehicle and others from Pz.Rgt.4 near Florence in Italy in the summer of 1944.

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After

The vehicle itself is painted in the base coat of dunkelgelb and does not have the usual field-sprayed camouflage in olivgrün and rotbraun. The driver appears to be wearing a Heer tropical shirt with Panzer NCO shoulderboards and an M41 tropical field cap.

The other photos of the crew in this series are extremely characterful so I will be sure to revisit them in the future!

The original photo is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Germany license.

Attribution: Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-478-2165-18A / Bayer / CC-BY-SA