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A fact from 502nd Heavy Panzer Battalion appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 29 May 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the German 502nd heavy tank battalion was the first unit to be issued the famous Tiger I heavy tank?

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isn't that a GI on the Tiger in the picture???

He is wearing an American tanker's jacket with an American helmut. Obviously taken after the war (or close to it). The viewer might think this is a member of the 502nd. 74.117.6.117 00:00, 29 May 2007 (UTC)Byteknight[reply]

The picture was taken in North Africa around 1943 and shows a Tiger in American hands, I changed the picture in the article. --Bryson^{Talk}^{Edits} 01:25, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

So now we have a photo of a Tiger on the western front somewhere (note the US truck). Nice photo but it seems out of place in this article since the unit spent no time on the western front. DMorpheus (talk) 15:56, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]