Erwin Meierdrees and His Kompaniechef in Front of a T-34 Tank

SS-Sturmbannführer Erwin Meierdrees (right), Kommandeur I.Abteilung / SS-Panzer-Regiment 3 "Totenkopf" / 3.SS-Panzer-Division "Totenkopf", receives report from one of his Kompaniechef. The company commander, who allegedly come from 2nd Company, is wearing a SS-Erbsenmuster camouflage pattern jacket (a.k.a. pea-dot pattern) with the shoulder boards of SS-Hauptsturmführer. In the background is a Soviet T-34/85 #220  tank that "fell victim to our Panther and Panzerfausts" (original caption). There is other photo that shows another Russian T-34 tank with a different turret number (#210), and it appears that these tanks were not destroyed but were repurposed by the Germans to fight their former master. This photo was taken by SS-Kriegsberichter Hermann Grönert on 29 August 1944 on the outskirts of Siedlce, Poland, during heavy fighting against Soviet troops east of Warsaw, and is one of a series of photos he took that day (Grönert also captured the fighting that took place through his film camera). In this particular battle, the unit led by Meierdrees succeeded in destroying many enemy tanks and armored vehicles.

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