024857 Accession Number: 024857

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WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08. CLOSE-UP OF "THE LITTLE HOLE THAT DID ALL THE DAMAGE". THIS GERMAN PANZERKAMPFWAGEN III MEDIUM TANK WAS DISABLED BY FIRE FROM AN AUSTRALIAN ANTI-TANK BATTERY. THE SMALL ROUND HOLE WHERE THE SHELL ENTERED MAY BE SEEN SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE BRACKET BETWEEN THE TWO WHEELS ON THE RIGHT.

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Accession Number
024857
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
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Copyright expired - public domain

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