This is a German steel shell case which is 5cm KwK 39 L60 fired by later model German Panzer 3 Tank of the 14th Panzer Division.The case which is the bottom section of case with none original markings on the base can be seen.The case is rust damaged it has mostly rotted away but is in nice solid condition for a steel case battlefield recovered not braking up or falling apart it has been very nicely cleaned perfect to display or any collection and rare case to find battlefield recovered. This shell case was recovered from the site of a destroyed tank near the town of Kalach in the area they captured in the battle of July-August 1942 on the Stalingrad front in Russia.The case comes with 2x A5 laminated information cards.
The Battle of Kalach took place between the German Sixth Army and elements of the Soviet Stalingrad Front between July 25 and August 11, 1942. The Soviets deployed the 62nd and 64th Armies in a Don River bridgehead west of Kalach with the intent of impeding the German advance on Stalingrad which they managed to do for a few weeks before they were destroyed or captured by the German 6th Army then they advanced to Stalingrad.
The 14th Panzer Division struck into the Kalach bridgehead. Their spearheads made contact southwest of Kalach by late afternoon, trapping the main body (eight rifle divisions) of the Soviet 62nd Army in an encirclement. Joined by L1 Army Corps the Germans began systematically destroying the surrounded Soviet forces. The pocket was wiped out in four days, by 11 August. Nearly 50,000 prisoners were taken, and the Germans claimed the destruction of a thousand Soviet tanks and 750 guns, although the claims of destroyed Soviet tanks are considered a little exaggerated. These losses threw the Soviet leader Josef Stalin into a panic and compelled him to feed more reserves into the fight at Stalingrad.
This is a German steel shell case which is 5cm KwK 39 L60 fired by later model German Panzer 3 Tank of the 14th Panzer Division.The case which is the bottom section of case with none original markings on the base can be seen.The case is rust damaged it has mostly rotted away but is in nice solid condition for a steel case battlefield recovered not braking up or falling apart it has been very nicely cleaned perfect to display or any collection and rare case to find battlefield recovered. This shell case was recovered from the site of a destroyed tank near the town of Kalach in the area they captured in the battle of July-August 1942 on the Stalingrad front in Russia.The case comes with 2x A5 laminated information cards.
The Battle of Kalach took place between the German Sixth Army and elements of the Soviet Stalingrad Front between July 25 and August 11, 1942. The Soviets deployed the 62nd and 64th Armies in a Don River bridgehead west of Kalach with the intent of impeding the German advance on Stalingrad which they managed to do for a few weeks before they were destroyed or captured by the German 6th Army then they advanced to Stalingrad.
The 14th Panzer Division struck into the Kalach bridgehead. Their spearheads made contact southwest of Kalach by late afternoon, trapping the main body (eight rifle divisions) of the Soviet 62nd Army in an encirclement. Joined by L1 Army Corps the Germans began systematically destroying the surrounded Soviet forces. The pocket was wiped out in four days, by 11 August. Nearly 50,000 prisoners were taken, and the Germans claimed the destruction of a thousand Soviet tanks and 750 guns, although the claims of destroyed Soviet tanks are considered a little exaggerated. These losses threw the Soviet leader Josef Stalin into a panic and compelled him to feed more reserves into the fight at Stalingrad.
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