Help to I.D. this picture

[Dave Bybee]

Hello,
This picture came with a panzer grouping. The panzer man is in it. What type of uniforms are they wearing. I’m thinking post war as there are no eagles.
Thanks,
Dave

[Gran Sasso]

Looks like NVA from DDR / GDR

[Dave Bybee]

Thanks Gran Sasso. I thought maybe postwar firemen of some type.

[Dave Bybee]

After a search on google I was unable to find anything similar for East or West Germany armed forces. I’m sure they’r some kind of German post war uniform and he was a Wehrmacht tanker but these don’t look like tank uniforms.

[HPL2008]

Post-war West German fire brigade. From the size and shape of the cap badges, probably Bavarian.

For examples, have a look at the photographs here:

https://feuerwehr-oberammergau.de/ueber-uns/geschichte/
https://feuerwehr-ottobrunn.de/allge...ist-verstummt/

[Dave Bybee]

I think that’s it. The hat matches. The overcoat must be a type of fire fighting coat.Thank you!

[Dave Bybee]

Just checked soldbuch. He and his parents are from Erlangen, Bavaria so it fits even better.