Leader of the PAK by The Sangar-Las
The " B " side of their very popular song Leader of the Squad.
Leader of the PAK the backstory.
One of the brothers was a young officer assigned to a Pak 43. The young man fell in love with the fearsome weapon. It was a love that was only exceeded by his love for his sweetheart Hilda, the youngest daughter of an aristocratic Prussian general. When the general found out that his daughter was in love with a commoner he forced her to end the relationship.
When the young officer was told that their love could never be he sought solace in several bottles of schnapps. He went to the field where his beloved Pak 43 was hooked up to it's Sd.kfz 6 prime mover and proceeded to pour out his broken heart to the artillery piece.
A sudden heavy downpour of rain commenced and the drunken soldier crawled under the halftrack seeking shelter from the storm. He passed out lying under the vehicle and sometime during the night was crushed to death when the prime mover sank into the now rain soaked ground. He was found clutching a bottle of schnapps in one hand and the engagement ring meant for Hilda in the other.