See IMPROVED VERSION: http://youtube.com/watch?v=1qfHgoSTm48 of this video - for higher definition and better audio. Also visit the 3rd Armored Division YouTube Channel: http://youtube.com/3rdArmoredDivision The 3rd Armored Division History Website (www.3AD.com) presents a brief glimpse of action by the Spearhead Division during the capture of Cologne in March, 1945, the first major German city (4th largest) to fall to Allied troops. Includes scenes of the fiery destruction of a German Mark V Panther tank by a 3rd Armored 90mm Pershing tank in which gunner Clarence Smoyer of Pennsylvania scored three hits in rapid sucession. (Army Signal Corps film research by Dan Fong, with editing and film restoration [where possible] by Vic Damon, both of 3AD.com web staff.)