sentences:  On 6 March 1945, an area west of the cathedral (Marzellenstrasse/Trankgasse) was the site of intense combat between American tanks of the 3rd Armored Division and a Panther Ausf.A of Panzer brigade 106 Feldherrnhalle.The Panther successfully knocked out a Sherman, killing three men, before it was destroyed by a T26E3 Pershing hours later.