Sd.Kfz.234/2 PUMA
4.Pz.Aufkl./Lehr - Normandie 1944

Sd.Kfz.234/2 PUMA,
4.Panzeraufklärungs / LehrTruppe der Pz.Tr.Schulle Batallion Krampnitz (Wehrmacht),
Normandy, France.
Summer 1944

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The Panzer division’s greatest enemy in Normandy proved to be the Allied fighter-bombers and the Pumas struggled with the foe as well. The stealth and infiltration techniques practiced by the Aufklärungs companies whose emphasis was on seeking cover during the day did help a high percentage of Pumas to survive the heavy damage the Panzer division took during Normandy. Of the original 26 Pumas from the Panzer Lehr division that started the campaign 8 survived Falaise Gap. In that same time only 20 tanks survived out of the starting strength of 109.