2/12/2024 0 Comments Battle of kursk sherman tank crewWhile in command of a single Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger he destroyed up to 14 tanks and 15 personnel carriers along with 2 anti-tank guns within the space of 15 minutes. Wittmann is most famous for his ambush of elements of the British 7th Armoured Division, during the Battle of Villers-Bocage on 13 June 1944. He was credited with the destruction of 138 tanks and 132 anti-tank guns, along with an unknown number of other armoured vehicles, making him one of Germany's top scoring panzer aces, together with Johannes Bölter, Ernst Barkmann, Otto Carius and Kurt Knispel who was the top scoring ace of the war with 168 tank kills. Wittmann rose to the rank of SS- Hauptsturmführer (captain) and was a Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross holder. Michael Wittmann (Ap– August 8, 1944) was a German Waffen-SS tank commander during the Second World War. Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords La Cambe German war cemetery (reinterred)ġst SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler and Schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 101 Aignan de Cramesnil near the farm of Gaumesnil Vogelthal Kingdom of Bavaria German Empireīetween the towns of Cintheaux and St.
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