Operation Ochsenkopf
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Unternehmen Ochsenkopf also known as the Battle of Sidi Nsir and the Battle of Hunts Gap was an Axis offensive operation in Tunisia from 26 February to 4 March 1943, during the Tunisia Campaign of the
Panzer VI (Tiger I) in Tunisia, 1943
German paratroopers in Tunisia examine a captured Thompson M1928 / M1 sub-machinegun, 1943
Panzer III knocked out by a Churchill during the Southern Horn attack
Churchill tanks move up on 28 February, to meet the Southern Horn attack
Tiger I
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The Tiger I was a German heavy tank of World War II that began operational duty in 1942 in Africa and in the Soviet Union, usually in independent heavy tank battalions. It gave the German Army its fir
Operation Ochsenkopf
…the more ambitious objectives were achieved before the operation was called off due to increasing losses of infantry and tanks, particularly the heavy Tigers. Unternehmen Ochsenkopf was the last big Axis offensive by the 5th Panzer Army before the surrender of the Afrika Korps in May 1943. After the Battle…
Tiger I in northern France, March 1944
Early Tiger with tall cupola
The Tiger I's armour was up to 200 mm on the gun mantlet.
Turmzielfernrohr TZF 9c gun sight