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2 unusual facts about 827th Tank Destroyer Battalion


827th Tank Destroyer Battalion

It finally returned to a self-propelled unit, equipped with M18 Hellcats.

Not all elements of the battalion suffered similar problems, however; on the same day, 9 January, B Company destroyed eleven German tanks advancing on the village of Rittershoffen, with four more the next day, while another section working with the 813th Tank Destroyer Battalion in Hatten nearby accounted for nine.



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