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| Tango01 | 17 Nov 2017 9:33 p.m. PST |
… The Wehrmacht – 2nd Company, 502nd Heavy Tank Battalion "In this three-part series, we will take a look at the three most decorated panzer companies in the entire Wehrmacht during WWII, as well as the men who fought in them. First off will be the most decorated Heer Tiger company, Carius's unit, the 2./s.Pz.Abt. 502. This is not an effort towards any glorification or veneration of the politics that drove the German war effort, instead it is intended to be read as an exposition of the best that the German Panzerwaffe had to offer, as military history first and foremost…."
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| vicmagpa1 | 18 Nov 2017 4:35 a.m. PST |
like this article. who knew an Italian in a Tiger tank! |
| Fred Cartwright | 18 Nov 2017 10:48 a.m. PST |
Yes I didn't know Alfredo Carpaneto was Italian. I think they are right about him being the top scoring Italian tanker. I doubt any M13/40 crews got that many.
A friend of mine went to a talk by Otto Carius a few years ago. Despite the bad press that it gets he obviously loved the Tiger and he showed what a fearsome weapon it could be in the hands of a good crew. His success was due to his thorough knowledge of the ground he fought over often through personal recce. I suspect the first thing many of his victims knew of his Tiger being in the area was an 88mm AP round crashing through the armour of their tank. |
| Tango01 | 18 Nov 2017 11:07 a.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my friends!. (smile) Amicalement
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| Murvihill | 20 Nov 2017 11:45 a.m. PST |
"…but unfortunately was killed in battle in late 1944." I'd say fortunately. The sooner the good ones were killed the sooner the war would end. Someone forgot they were the bad guys. |
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