36th Engineers and giant German tank

[Mike Hinkle]

I have found a picture of a rare German heavy tank in the photo gallery of Charles Johnston:

http://www.6thcorpscombatengineers.com/imagevue/?p=gallery#/WWII%20Engineers/36th%20Engineers/Charles%20Johnston%2036th%20Engineer/FB%20Unknown%20soliders%20and%20tank.jpg

 

This vehicle is said to be the most powerful AFV of WWII. But most of them were destroyed by their crews after a mechanical failure. 80tns were too much in 1945.

 

There is little information about these vehicles, specially in the last days of the war. The picture seens to be taken in postwar. I would like to ask in the Forum if anyone could identify the place/area. In the chaos of the last days of the war 10 of these tanks were lost without a trace, until now. This is a "lost link" that could help to find the other missing tanks. This finding will not change the history of the war, but I will have a very happy day.

 

Any help is welcomed!

 

As a curiosity, you have another two pictures of another tank of this type destroyed in Soultz sous Foret, Alsace.

http://www.6thcorpscombatengineers.com/imagevue/?p=gallery#/WWII%20Engineers/36th%20Engineers/Harold%20Bare%2036th%20Engineer/Wrecked%20German%20128%20mm%20SP%20-%20JagdTiger%20-%20at%20Soultz%20Alsace%20France%20-%20March%201945%201.JPG

 

Best regards,

Javier Tomé