The Germans had a unit that was sent into allied territory to cause a bit of havok - moving road signs, sabotaging things and causing panic as GIs realized they might not actually be speaking to a GI but an undercover German. The propaganda from this was more effective than anything they actually did. They used an assortment of captured vehicles along with some Panthers with plates welded over them to make them look like M10 Tank destroyers but no King Tigers. This is possibly a group of US engineers taking a captured (or more likely abandoned run out of fuel) Tiger back for more detailed examination at HQ as was done on a regular basis. The stars would have been strung up to stop friendly fire and it would not have mattered what way up they were as long as they were big and visable. Would make a nice subject for a build though as would a Panther with the welded on panels - anything to make the HL panther look better is good

Gorehound