When the American crew fired the tube burst. It bounced upwards and hit the Sheman's gun damaging it. You can still see the deep gouge on the front.

The shell hit the sloping front armour and bounced off. The Panther tank that was next to me shot. Jokingly we just called it a knocking device. 'This tank with its small gun was barely a threat to us. It was in the same place on that day.'ĭamaged gun in the Wibrin M4(75) Sherman Tank From up there we saw the Sherman tank that is now the war memorial in Wilbrin.

We were on the hill about 1,000 metres way from the village church. 'We did not take the streets, but drove across the fields and meadows because of all the mines. German tank crew member Pfc Hans Herost of the 116th Panzer Division remembers contact with the enemy’s M4 Sherman tanks near the village of Wilbrin. First the newly formed German 6th Army had to capture the bridges over the Meuse River. The final objective was to capture the port of Antwerp and all the allied supplies. it will become known as the Battle of the Bulge. On the 16th December 1944 in bad winter weather the Germans launched an offensive against the American troops resting in the Ardennes. How was the Wilbrin M4(75) Sherman Destroyed? Preserved Wilbrin M4(75) Sherman Tank with missing rear section thanks to the scrap metal merchants. Language you speak the village is called Wilbrin or Wibrin. Junction of the Rue du Tilleul and Rue du Bourg.

It has been preserved and can be seen at in the village of Wibrin about 15 km north west of Houffalize at the This Surviving M4(75) Sherman Tank took part in the 1944 WW2 Battle of the Bulge in the Belgium Ardennes. Surviving Battle of the Bulge 1944 Wilbrin M4(75) Sherman Tank Surviving Battle of the Bulge 1944 Tanks

Battle of the bulge sherman tank