Anyone know who he is??
Panther Commander
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- Mike Higgins
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Re: Panther Commander
I can't see the picture.
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Re: Panther Commander
hello mike the panther commanders name is oberfeldwebel herbert elsner that picture was taken in kriwoi rog russia
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Re: Panther Commander
Many Thanks wittmann!wittmann007 wrote:hello mike the panther commanders name is oberfeldwebel herbert elsner that picture was taken in kriwoi rog russia
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Re: Panther Commander
hello mike theres a good bit of information about herbert elsner in the following books the panzer soldier by wade krawczyk/ german tanks of world war two by george forty
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Thanks again wittmann!wittmann007 wrote:hello mike theres a good bit of information about herbert elsner in the following books the panzer soldier by wade krawczyk/ german tanks of world war two by george forty
Re: Panther Commander
Kriwoi Rog is a town in Ukraine.wittmann007 wrote:hello mike the panther commanders name is oberfeldwebel herbert elsner that picture was taken in kriwoi rog russia
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Re: Panther Commander
wittmann007 wrote:Hello mike the panther commanders name is oberfeldwebel herbert elsner, that picture was taken in kriwoi rog
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Re: Panther Commander
Herbert Elsner received the DKiG on 31.01.1944 as an Oberfeldwebel in II./Pz.Rgt. 23
Source; Patzwall & Scherzer (2001)
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Source; Patzwall & Scherzer (2001)
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