Tafel: 8 April 1945 US tankers at a self-propelled gun on a tank fire at enemy positions in Germany during World War II. US troops in Germany towards the end of World War II. An early build German Pz.III tank burns in front of a building. U.S. crew operating 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7. They fire several rounds. The howitzer is then elevated. The crew loads and fires. A Sergeant on a phone gives a firing order. A crewman points to the sky and a gunner points the M7's machine gun.