M4 Sherman "Hurricane" (Nº3033967), 'H' Company, 66th Armored Regiment, 2nd U.S. Armored Division, having a Continental R-975-C4 engine change at a repair depot near the front lines, Le Teilleul, Normandy.
16th August 1944.
During 'Operation Cobra', a Ward LaFrance / Kenworth Heavy Wrecker M1 / M1A1 pulls the radial engine from a 2nd Armored Division M4 Sherman tank.
(During the preparation for "Cobra" in late July '44 prominent markings disappeared with the introduction of black or red brown as a second camouflage color after the earlier overpainting of the big white stars. Interesting is the fact that the nicknames on the tanks weren't overpainted, e.g.: Hurricane, because they often began with the coy. letter.)