Tiffy artwork depicting anti-armor attacks during Falaise Pocket battles in France, 1944. Much of Typhoon's reputation attributed to its deployment as aerial mobile artillery against German units during final weeks of Normandy campaign. Note prominent D-Day stripes covers both upper/lower surfaces and fuselage. Related Model History : Panzerspahwagen 234-2 (St. Lo, Normandy 1944) - UweMilitaria.org/1-Wheel/Puma/19.html

August 1944 : Breakout of American forces in western Normandy St. Lo sector, coupled with failure of German counter-offensive against American penetration at Mortain (also in western Normandy), enabled British/Commonwealth forces in eastern Normandy Caen sector to launch another southern offensive. Americans outflanked German forces via a southern pincer as British drove to close northern pincer meeting at French town of Falaise.

Small eastern gap (also called Falaise Gap) by which escaping Germans units converged was mercilessly pounded by Allied armor, artillery, and aircraft. Germans called this area TODESGANG (death road), US Gen. Eisenhower upon visiting scene after the battle remarked it was possible to walk a quarter of a mile stepping only on dead soldiers and animals. German casualties estimated at 10,000 killed and 50,000 captured, also losing about 500 tanks. But 100,000 German soldiers managed to escape the trap. Falaise Gap - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falaise_gap

Rollover : Photo of British 3-inch U-airborne rocket projectiles being loaded onto Typhoon rails. Rockets carried 60-lb warhead and 25-lb solid propellant (which burnt from rear to front to stabilize rocket flight trajectory). Warhead can be either armored piercing, high explosive, or anti-personnel fragmentation. TNT or Amatol was used as explosive agent inside warhead cone. Amatol - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amatol