The tank appears to have a bullet or shell hole in the left track guard. This view is a still from a combat camera film. Half the costs of repair and maintenance are still borne by the Dombauverein.T26A3 (later M26) Pershing of E Company, 32nd Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Division, attached to 1st Army, 12th Army Group, commanded by Sergeant Robert Early, approaches Koln Domplatz (Cologne Cathedral Square) on Gladbacherstrasse (where Gladbacherstrasse becomes Christophstrasse, as it crosses Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring). The Dombauhütte, established to build the cathedral and keep it in repair, is said to employ the best stonemasons in the Rhineland. Repair and maintenance work is constantly being carried out in one or another section of the building, which is rarely completely free of scaffolding, as wind, rain, and pollution slowly eat away at the stones. The 1944 emergency brick repair to the cathedral is visible near the top between the soldier and the tank. US soldier and destroyed Panther tank, 4 April 1945. An emergency repair to the base of the northwest tower, carried out in 1944 using poor-quality brick taken from a nearby ruined building, remained visible as a reminder of the war until 2005, when it was decided to restore the section to its original appearance. Repairs of the war damage were completed in 1956. The destroyed Panther was later put on display at the base of the cathedral for the remainder of the war in Europe. The Panther successfully knocked out a Sherman, killing three men, before it was destroyed by a T26E3 Pershing hours later. On 6 March 1945, an area west of the cathedral (Marzellenstrasse/Trankgasse) was the site of intense combat between American tanks of the 3rd Armored Division and a Panther Ausf.
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