In the Vitebsk sector, Oberst der Reserve Dr.Ing. Rudolf Flinzer (Kommandeur Grenadier-Regiment 317 / 211.Infanterie-Division) instructed his infantrymen to secure a railway line with the support of an armored train (Eisenbahn-Panzer-Geschütz-Triebwagen). An armored train provides significant support with its heavy armament, consisting of two 7.62 cm Feldkanone 795 cannons and four MG-34 machine guns. In the Vitebsk sector, two trains are providing support to German units in their fight against the local resistance, which the Germans refer to as partisans: the PZ 61 (Eisenbahn-Panzerzug Nummer 61) commanded by Hauptmann Wilhelm Linke, and the PT 17 (Eisenbahn-Panzer-Geschütz-Triebwagen Nummer 17), commanded by Oberleutnant Max Warda. The PT 17 itself is a captured Soviet train. The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Werner Böhmer from PK (Propaganda-Kompanie) 697 in the winter of 1943/44.
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https://alifrafikkhan.blogspot.com/2018/01/foto-211-infanterie-division.html
https://imagesdefense.gouv.fr/fr/un-colonel-oberst-titulaire-de-la-croix-de-chevalier-de-la-croix-de-fer-ritterkreuz-1.html
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