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The surrender of a heavy Panzerjaeger unit to US troops at Iserlohn, 16 April 1945

Mute US Signal Corps footage showing the formal surrender of remnants of the schwerer-Panzer-Abteilung-512 to US troops at the Schillerplatz at Iserlohn on 16 April 1945. Rare shots of Jagdtiger heavy tank hunters armed with the 12.8cm PAK 44 L/55 cannon and a Panther armoured recovery vehicle or Bergepanther on the move. Also of interest to AFV enthusiasts are the shots of a US-built M3A1 White Scout car in German markings.from 00:35 to 00:50. At this stage in the war in Europe, 21st Army Group under the command of Field Marshal Montgomery were still using the White Scout Car but it seems more likely that the vehicle seen here was a trophy fom an earlier battle on the eastern front with the Red Amy which received many thousands of US-manufactured vehicles during the years 1942 to 1945 via Lend-Lease. The panzerjaeger officer seen addressing his men at the end of this footage is Hauptmann (Captain) Albert Ernst, who had commanded Kompanie 1 of schwerer-Panzer-Abteilung-512 until taking charge of surviving remnants of the battalion just days before its surrender. The American officers seen taking the formal capitulation belong to 99th US Infantry Division's 394th Infantry Regiment.