Sd.Kfz. 251

He has left six half-tracks at Elst as a blocking force.

Some, or all of them, are Sonderkraftfahrzeug 251 slash 9s, mounting short 75mm guns.

He was awarded the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, for bravery in Normandy only the day before.

He watches Brinkmann's unsuccessful attack through his binoculars.

More comes from the right, between the road and the river.

a reported four armored cars, an unidentified tank, an infantry hold houses, and a factory there.

These are most likely the Sonderkraftfahrzeug 251 half-tracks of Kampfgruppe Möhle.

Eleven platoon take shelter in houses on the right.