Panther Tank Ausf. g. n°111

The German tank at Houffalize is a Panzer Mark V Sd. Kfz. 171 Ausf. G known as PANTHER 111. Its first missions were during the Battle of Normandy. It took part in the retreat of the German army to the interior of its borders. At the dawn of the Battle of the Bulge, he was incorporated into the 116th Panzer Division and returned to the front.Very early on the morning of 15 January 1945, he fell ass over head into the Ourthe. When the tank driver engaged the Panther on the Rue de La Roche bridge, part of the arch gave way under the vehicle's 44 tonnes. The bodies of four crew members were buried in 1947, when the tank was raised by the Belgian Engineers in Namur and the bodies finally made accessible. It was removed from the Ourthe on 20 or 28 September 1948.Further information: The Panther tank of Houffalize