25 June 2024 Garand Picture of the Day

[browningautorifle]

Pretty ambitious shot...wonder what's really happening? That visible track is SO slack and even disconnected at rear, that tank didn't just pop from a rocket...maybe just making sure it wasn't playin' possum? Supposedly Caen France on June 6th...

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[Mark in Rochester]

Pretty ambitious shot...wonder what's really happening? That visible track is SO slack and even disconnected at rear, that tank didn't just pop from a rocket...maybe just making sure it wasn't playin' possum? Supposedly Caen France on June 6th...

Can not be Caen or June 6th - The British 3rd Infantry Division was to seize Caen on D-Day or to dig in short of the city if the Germans prevented its capture, which would temporarily mask Caen to maintain the Allied threat against it and thwart a potential German counter-attack from the city.
Caen, Bayeux and Carentan were not captured by the Allies on D-Day, and for the first week of the invasion, the Allies concentrated on linking the beachheads. British and Canadian forces resumed their attacks in the vicinity of Caen and the suburbs and city centre north of the Orne were captured during Operation Charnwood (8–9 July). The Caen suburbs south of the river were captured by the II Canadian Corps during Operation Atlantic (18–20 July). The Germans had committed most of their panzer divisions in a determined defence of Caen, which made the fighting mutually costly and greatly deprived the Germans of the means to reinforce the west end of the invasion front.

[browningautorifle]

Can not be Caen or June 6th

Agreed...my mistake in name. The caption I saw said... "NORMANDY, FRANCE - JUNE: Bazookas attacking a German tank blocking the way in June 1944 in Normandy, France." So anywhere there would do.

Question stands though, you see the broken track and I wonder if they're just checking a suspect tank. I see a drooping gun which usually meant an explosion in turret too.