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Cobra King [b] was first used in combat in 1944. It was knocked out during fighting in France during November 1944, and later repaired and re-issued. [3]In late 1944 the tank was assigned to Company C of the 37th Tank Battalion of the American 4th Armored Division, which was the spearhead of General Patton's Third Army racing toward Bastogne. [5]
English: Black and white battlefield photo of Cobra King, a Sherman tank which was the first tank into Bastogne. Crew is outside the tank. Crew is outside the tank. Date
The tank Cobra King, which was operated by Company C of the 37th Tank Battalion during the Battle of the Bulge, and was the first tank to enter the Bastogne perimeter On 16 December 1944, Sherman tanks of Company A, 37th Tank Battalion were the first 4th Armored Division vehicles to enter Germany when they chased several German tanks back into ...
The spearhead reached the lines of the 326th Engineers on 26 December, Cobra King being the first tank to make contact at approximately 16:50. [9] [10] The 101st's ground communications with the American supply dumps were restored on 27 December, and the wounded were evacuated to the rear. Taylor reached Bastogne with the 4th Armored Division ...
The U.S. 2nd Armored Division destroyed 64 German tanks and 538 other German combat vehicles during Operation Cobra, [12] while itself losing 49 tanks. [12] The 2nd Armored Division inflicted over 7,370 casualties on the Germans, while suffering 914 casualties of their own. This is approximately an eightfold disparity. [12]
The 735th Tank Battalion followed the standard organization of a U.S. medium tank battalion during World War II. [1] It consisted of a Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Service Company, three medium tank companies (Companies A, B, and C) and a light tank company (Company D). 735th Tank Battalion Co. A
Cobra King may refer to: Cobra King (tank), the first tank to relieve the siege of Bastogne; Cobra King radar, a radar system carried by USNS Howard O. Lorenzen; The Cobra King of Kathmandu, the third novel in the Children of the Lamp trilogy
Facing only two US companies, G Company, supported by several tanks from the 10th Armored Division and E Company in reserve, the German commander took his whole division further west. At Marvie, the Germans lost six tanks and several half tracks. One tank did break into Marvie, but was destroyed trying to make a run towards Bastogne.