WRECKED BRITISH AND GERMAN TANKS IN THE RUINS OF LINGEVRES (PART 2) [Allocated Title]

Addition coverage of the damage in Lingevres incurred during 50th (Northumbrian) Division's struggle for the village with the 130th 'Panzerlehr' Division.

The cameraman surveys wrecked and badly damaged buildings in the village, situated astride the Caen-St Lo road, which the 9th Battalion Durham Light Infantry captured on June 14th 1944. Two destroyed tanks, one a 'Panzerlehr' Panther Ausf A, the other a Sherman from 4/7th Dragoon Guards' 'A' Squadron, lie facing each other near the 1914-18 war memorial on the village green; a church damaged by British artillery dominates the setting. The cameraman examines a road sign pointing the way to neighbouring villages that has been shot off its pole. A 1st Hampshire Regiment 15-cwt CMP truck overtakes a ditched Panther Ausf A tank knocked out by the Dragoon Guards' 'A' Squadron as it tried to flee eastwards through Lingevres on the Caen-St Lo Road. The tank's salient features, notably its Zimmerit-covered frontal armour and the long barrel and double-baffled muzzle-brake of its 7.5cm L/70 gun, are examined.

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