The Combat History of German Heavy Anti-Tank Unit 653 in World War II Allen J. Fromherz dismantles stereotypes

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The Combat History of German Heavy Anti-Tank Unit 653 in World War II Allen J. Fromherz dismantles stereotypesGerman Heavy Anti Tank Unit 653 was equipped with the heaviest tank destroying vehicles of the German armed forces. Initially activated as an assault gun battalion and redesignated in April 1943, the 653 received its first Ferdinand heavy tank destroyers (later modified and renamed Elephants) in May 1943 and went into action on the Eastern Front a month later. In 1944, the unit converted to the even more massive Jagdtiger. The seventy five ton,