![]() A second Tigeralso broke through the ice this Tiger was recovered in mid-April 1943. It was here that 4(s) Panzer-Kompanie incurred its first loss: the driver of SS-Obersturmbannführer Rinner’s Tiger drowned. By early evening, Pereschtschepino was captured. The Russian attack was beaten back by gunfire from the tanks. Kompanie at point as the first houses came into view. The tanks fanned out across the open terrain, with 1. As I/SS-Panzer-Regiment 3 approached the village, the Russians tried to take the road from the right side. The next objective was to reassemble north of Pereschtschepino. I/SS-Panzer-Regiment 3 arrived in Karlovka during the early morning of the twenty-second. A total of thirteen tanks were reported damaged from the night’s march. From 4(s) Panzer-Kompanie, a single truck overturned but was recovered and towed back to Poltawa for repairs. During the march, six tanks slid off the road, including the Befehlspanzer of SS-HauptsturmführerMeierdress it crashed into a roadside ditch. The march was conducted in severe winter conditions. On 20 February 1943, I/SS-Panzer-Regiment 3, with 4(s) Panzer-Kompanie, left Poltawa for Karlovka.
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