Archer, Lee/Auerbach, William Panzerwrecks. Volume 9: Italy (Part 1)

What internal and external modifications did the PzKpfW. III (Fl)? Sd.Kfz. 250/3 with "crank mast": fact or fiction? Which German unit used the rare M41 90/53 801 (i)? How do you pull a "Tiger" I out of a muddy riverbed? Which tanks did the Germans use as "bunkers" in the battles at Anzio? What field modifications did the tanks of the II Battalion of Panzer Regiment 2 have at Salerno? How were tanks destroyed by their crews? The answers to these and other questions can be found in this, with 137 rare and partly unpublished bw photos.

Vehicles:
Tiger I
Elefant
Panther Ausf.D
Panther Ausf.A
Bergepanther
Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf.J
Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf.H
Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf.G
Sturmpanzer 43
Pz.Jgr. Hornisse
Pz.Kpfw.III Ausf.L
Pz.Kpfw.III Ausf.N
Pz.Kpfw.III (Fl)
Sturmgeschütz III Ausf.G
15 cm sIG33 (Sf) on Pz.38(t) Ausf.H Grille
Pz.Jgr.II for 7.5 cm Pak 40/2 (Sd.Kfz. 131) StuG L6 with 47/32 630(i)
StuG M41 with 90/53 801(i)
StuG M42 with 75/34 851(i)
StuG M43 with 105/25 853(i)
Pz.Kpfw.P40 737(i)
Pz.Sp.Wg.AB41 201(i)m.S.P.W. (Sd.Kfz. 251)
m.Pi.Pz.Wg. (Sd.Kfz. 251/7)
le.Fu.Pz.Wg. (Sd.Kfz. 250/3)
le.S.P.W. (s.Gr.W.)(Sd.Kfz. 250/7)
Sfl. (Sd.Kfz. 10/5) for 2 cm Flak
kl.Pz.Fu.Wg.(Sd.Kfz. 261)
2 cm Flakvierling 38 on Sfl. (Sd.Kfz. 7/1)
2 cm Flakvierling 38 on MB 4500A