Since this first shell would have entered the Panther's hull closest to the loader's position it would seem likely that he would have been seriously hurt even if he was not hit directly. Gruber, from the book "Panzer V Panther" by Spielberger/Doyle, with friendly permission by Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2010 The trajectory (blue dotted line), the bullet (arrow a), loader position (3), gunner position (2), commander position (1) Soldier 3, is he the gunner or the loader ? The white line shows the trajectory of shell #1. 4 still frames out of a film sequence of several secondsĭigital reworked movie sequence soldier 3 in cupola in repeat mode Gruber, "Panzer V Panther" by Spielberger/Doyle, Stuttgart 2010, with friendly permission by Motorbuch Verlag On the Panther's deck soldier 4 (arrow) appears out of one of the hatches - it seems to be the driver since he is climbing out of the driver's hatch. The tank commander starts to escape to the left side. Soldier 2 is now behind the Panther, one cannot see him. The soldier in the cupola: the fire seems to burn his torso. The following original pictures are public domain from archives NARA, BPR (Air Forces Group) and originate from various internet sources, pictures from the original movie by Bates and Rosenmann originate also from the version of the original movie on the DVD "1945 - Kriegsende in Köln" published by Hermann Rheindorf.
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