Some interesting footage by Morris J. Ratick of the 163rd Signal Photographic Company, attached to Seventh Army. These wrecked German tanks – appearing to be mostly Panzer V “Panther” – were filmed in Aschaffenburg, Bayern / Bavaria, Germany on March 28, 1945. According to Steven Zaloga, this was a repair facility near a railyard that was abandoned as the US Army approached the area.
Source: NARA, 111-ADC-3853
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Repair depot abandoned as americans approached.
With the help of a commenter on Facebook, I was able to nail down that this footage was filmed in the Nilkheim neighborhood of Aschaffenburg at the "Panzer-Reparatur-Werkstatt" (Tank repair facility) at "Seibert-Werke" armament factory. Originally established as a steel and metalwork factory in 1922, it produced steel for buildings and bridges, as well as zeppelin/airship hangars. When the war began, it was converted to support the German war effort, becoming an ancillary tank repair facility for "Adler-Werke" from Frankfurt am Main and building Type XXI "U-Boote" (submarines) beginning in 1943.
Pick-n-pull.
Fell behind on the maintenance schedule.
Imagine the value millions of £$£$
Large number of valuable panther tanks lost.
ohh ..mal schrauben suchen dort