HG4103 - German Marder III 7th Pz. Div. 42nd Tank Destroyer Bttn, USSR 1944 (Consign)(ST)

After several months of R&R the 7th Panzer Division left France for the southern sectorof the Eastern Front in February 1943. After heavy fighting at Kursk, Kiev, Zhitomir andKharkov the 7th was transferred to the Baltic states in August 1944 until November 1944when it began its retreat from the Soviet Army. The 7th P-D surrendered to British forcesat Scherwin in May 1945. During the French campaign in 1940 the 7th Panzer Divisionearned the title Gespenster Division "Ghost Division" because of its lightning speed nobody knew where it was, including the German High Command.