From the article:
In the weeks and months after the invasion, a German photographer named Hugo Jaeger traveled extensively throughout the vanquished country, making color pictures of the chaos and destructionThe photo is a bit puzzling because my understanding has been that German photographers were prohibited from photographing German damage/casualties. Perhaps this was early enough in the war that the order had not gone out.
My guess is that well before the photo was taken, a recovery unit deemed the tank unrecoverable and scavenged what they could.
They didn't scavenge the right front drive sprocket because it is broken nearly in half. There is a large irregular shaped hole in the right hull where the #2 idler used to be. The glacis and part of the upper right hull above the right front drive sproket appear to be blown out with daylight shining through.
Having some eyesight issues- you’re quite right.