He was in the Eastern Front.
Some interesting remarks.
"…when the enemy tank is 600 meters away, going from left to right, OK, then we use this turn-handle. At 400 meters you turn it a little bit, at 600 meters you turn it farther to the left, this moves the whole telescopic sight over. This is the lead-measure. The tank had to drive into the path of the shell. It takes a certain amount of time until the shell… it takes a while for the shell, I mean, it doesn't travel that fast…
…It depends on the range, yes. Well, it depended on other things too. Our gun had a flat trajectory, so the shell traveled faster. But you have to realize, that in three seconds the tank has traveled 2 lengths ahead, right? It always depended on how fast he was traveling, so you also had to be able to judge that. And for our lead-distance, right – he is 600 meters always, going 40 kph, it all adds a little bit. Then I aimed precisely at his snout, and he drives into it… catches it right in the middle, if you squeeze at the right moment, yeah. So it always came down to flesh and blood. I practiced this over and over. That's the way we did it…
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