Situation Briefing of 7. Panzer-Division in Ukraine

Morning briefing in Russia: Leading units of the 7. Panzer-Division conducting a "Lagebesprechung" (situation briefing) south of Malin, Ukraine, on the morning of 8 December 1943. From left to right: Oberleutnant Otto Hohensee (Bataillonsadjutant Panzergrenadier-Regiment 7), Generalmajor Hasso von Manteuffel (Kommandeur 7. Panzer-Division), Oberstleutnant im Generalstab Otto-Heinrich Bleicken (Ia Erster Generalstabsoffizier 7. Panzer-Division), Oberst Adelbert Schulz (Kommandeur Panzer-regiment 25), Oberst Friedrich-Carl von Steinkeller (Kommandeur Panzergrenadier- Regiment 7), and Kriegsberichter Heinz Maegerlein (after the war a famous German sports reporter!). The tank on the left is the command version (Befehlspanzer) of the Panzerkampfwagen III with the tactical number usually used by the stabskompanie (staff company) of the panzer regiment. In the area around Zhitomir (including Malin), the 7. Panzer-Division fought together with the Brandenburg Division. On the night of 7/8 December 1943 Manteuffel's division attacked the Malin bridge built by the Soviets across the Irscha river and finally it was captured by the Germans on 9 December 1943.

Source :
https://alifrafikkhan.blogspot.com/2010/10/album-foto-general-der-panzertruppe.html