Upon it’s escape from Cherkassy pocket, Wiking was sent to Poland where it was re-equipped with at least eight companies of Panther Ausf. As. Then the Soviet probes at Kovel in March 1944 brought Wiking back into the battle again. Here, Panther ‘823’ covers the progression of the panzergrenadiers in the spring of 1944. This tank was coated in Zimmerit and has received one of the wide array of different three colour camouflage patterns adopted by the Wiking Division.