Scratch one Tiger...
So there we were in the village. We already know that there are kraut Panthers around as Maloney had almost driven us straight into one by the goddam bridge!
I got one round into the SOB but it just bounced straight off!... The Sarge screamed at Maloney to reverse and shouted
'left stick' as we backed out, and then high tailed it round the side of another house.
I gotta tell ya, I was in a cold sweat, and I remember looking at Slinky the loader and he was as white as a sheet!
Well, Sarge got Maloney to turn back towards the river at high speed, hoping we had lost that Panther, but as we turned the corner there was this Tiger in front of us... JEEZ!... I think every one of us screamed 'TIGER' all at the same time.
That damn thing filled my sight picture... didn't wait for the Sarge, I just put that M-61 AP straight in his side and he caught fire.
Hey man, everyone was laughing and yelling, telling me
'well done' and then that big gun started to swing around towards me, and everyone shut up real fast... I could hear Slinky reloading, Sarge shouting at Maloney to reverse, and I remember looking at that big muzzle, trying to imagine the kraut gunner looking through his sight and smiling...
'LOADED!' screamed the Slink, so loud that I literally jumped out of my seat and fired that second shot to send that Tiger to kraut hell...
No one said a word for about 20 seconds I guess, until the Sarge said
'Well, I don't know about you people, but I need coffee'There were a few snickers, but I could still see that muzzle... I don't mind telling you I was shaking all over. How had our old M4A3 'GoodLuck' survived after meeting two large enemy tanks?
Then Jorgenson up front spoke for the first time,
'Coffee? Not me guys, I need new underwear'