The most successful German tank commanders of World War II
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- A list with some of the most successful German tank commanders from World War II.
There are more German tank aces but I could not include them all because there are dozens of sources who give different tank kill numbers.
In this video I tell their story in brief. I wish I had a good microphone and speak fluently English, otherwise I would probably have done it with a voice over. I hope you don't mind reading!
Music: Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries (from CZcams Audio Library)
Knispel had killed more than 168 tanks. However, whenever another tank commander claimed to have shot at the same tank that Knispel did, he let the other guy have the kill. He was a true gentleman.
I mean the dude ain't exactly short on kills lol
@@Pub4si
😂 good point tho, he could afford it
He was a Nazi
@@a.m.v.6938 he wasn't - that's why the Nazi Regime had a problem with him.
A.M.V. No he wasn‘t , but your an ignorant prick and that’s for sure !!!
It's great to see that kurt is getting much more recognition in these recent years. He was legend. Rip to all that gave their lives in the war
Just for a contrast: Hans-Ulrich Rudel (2 July 1916 - 18 December 1982) was a German ground-attack pilot during World War II, in which he was the most decorated German serviceman and the only recipient of the Knight's Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds.
Rudel was credited with the destruction of 519 tanks, one battleship, one cruiser, 70 landing craft and 150 artillery emplacements. He claimed 51 aerial victories and the destruction of more than 800 vehicles. He flew 2,530 ground-attack missions exclusively on the Eastern Front, usually flying the Junkers Ju 87 "Stuka" dive bomber.
I find it interesting that tanks weren’t around before these men. That means they were pioneering tactics and learning how to use tanks as the war progressed. And they were dam good at it.
Tanks were around before these men - some before they were born - many when they were children.
@@t4t_frotting First tank use in WWI is generally agreed to have been at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette in the Somme campaign on 15 September 1916
Yeah but those tanks were mainly used against bunkers and infantry, but not armour on armour assault , big difference if your target can move and fire back shells instead of bullets.
@@jlyngdoh5608 Your qualification is valid. The statement I responded to was absolute - and incorrect. Moreover, the STUG appearing first in the video, even if counted as a "tank," was designed to support infantry, and only became an AT weapon because necessity trumped theory. The primary AT shell load of the M-4 was HE. Capiche?
I've visited Wittmann's grave in Normandy myself and in that cemetery it was possibly the only one that was kept in nice shape.
All of them German tankers did present high discipline tactics and fitting spirit The best of the best Kurt Knispel Otto Carius Michael Wittmann and Tanks Destroyers Battalion commander naturally Albert Ernst Great video -thanks for sharing
Erwin rommel the dessert fox
Cahya Zain was not a tank commander
Edward jj. And they were in the service of a genocidal madman who sought to enslave the world.
john mcdonald as was everyone in the red army. Doesnt take away anything from their skill. Also a regular soldier does not get to choose his nationality esp back then.
@@johnmcdonald9304 Not really They did the duty -protecting Europe and European culture from Bolsheviks That madman was Stalin -wasted over 20 million own people with his N.K.W.D
They all do have something in common- either operated Tiger 1 or 2. Just shows how much more deadly those tanks were.
Exactly, and some Westerner was telling me their Sherman was better than the Tiger I on a one on one basis. I called hogwash... but then found myself posting data... only to be insulted and outright ignored by the Sherman fanboy. Pretty sure it has been proven it would take about 5 or 6 Shermans (on average) to take out a single Tiger I. I even posted the Tiger I's main armament data and the Sherman fanboy kept stating the Tiger I could not penetrate the front of a Sherman. The internet surely does breed stupidity... at times.
@@MrJonrocker Exactly VA 2 AK. Exactly. Sherman was a good tank (particularly its later variants) but it was not the end all be all (on a 1 v 1 basis) by any means.
@@damuses1452 the Sherman was better than the Tiger all around. It was easier to produce in quantity and service in the field. The philosophy behind the Sherman is why we won the war. The philosophy behind the Tiger is why the Germans lost.
@@damuses1452 yes Sherman jumbo could take a tiger 1 have stats to prove
@@1pcfred That is incorrect... entirely. Stat wise... a German heavy would wipe our 5 to 6 Allied tanks before being disabled. So stat-wise, Germany wins. Yet, that is not what wins wars. Obviously, you've never been involved in a war otherwise you'd already know you have a flawed opinion on this subject.
I am a great follower of Knispel, in fact, I have written two books in his honor, a novel and a biography. The biography with the collaboration of Vlastimil Schildberger. Just i want to rectify a detail in your video. Knispel died on April 30, 1945. For the rest, thank you very much for the great dissemination work of these Aces. Too bad, as always, the video will be banned because of the complaints. But we must enjoy it for the moment.
Are they on sale yet a link at all ?
@@mynameisssnein9109 Yes, but for the moment only in spanish. I hope write, with the help a translator, a english version of both books. Novel: www.amazon.es/Kurt-Knispel-Caballero-Sin-Cruz/dp/1521810117/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_es_ES=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&keywords=kurt+knispel&qid=1553464713&s=gateway&sr=8-1 and Biography: www.amazon.es/Knispel-Biograf%C3%ADa-Efrain-Herrera-Marchena/dp/1792147430/ref=pd_sbs_14_1/261-0105060-0488508?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1792147430&pd_rd_r=3807eb30-6773-4b1e-a4b5-c2f6ae0c40c3&pd_rd_w=qsUe7&pd_rd_wg=7vEat&pf_rd_p=43c87647-f7de-41c8-9171-1af32d56c406&pf_rd_r=MC7H78JDZ5PZJHWESFJJ&psc=1&refRID=MC7H78JDZ5PZJHWESFJJ
Video is still there! Bisschen Verfolgungswahn?
Would love to have both of your books, Looking forward to english versions :)
Also, when will the video be banned?
Say what ever you want but German soldiers were the brave in World War II.
Yeah i alway love hearing stories on there side. Wish they would make more movies like glory but have it with the Germans i mean not every German was hitler and it would be nice. I remember seeing an old movie my friends brother had it was saving private Ryan but with the german who to go behind Russian lines to save a dude. I can't remember because it was in Germany with subtle
I wish knew more about my Grandfather during WW2. The only thing I know is that he fought for the British after they took over NAZI Iraq. I don’t think he fought for the Germans because he joined around 1943 or 1944, by this time Iraq was under British control.
I can really recommend you these videos and their channel. The movies are made by germans. czcams.com/play/PLd6gYobcnF0n2D9cNrVhWfPv_lU6kivTr.html
Hollywood continues to push the propaganda to this day that the Germans are bad!
@@tkoking420 not so bad .... they were Only criminals
Isn’t the music by Wagner, “The ride of the Valkyries” ?
And these were seriously badass dudes
Joachim Guderian Hand maiden of gods, sparing the most relic from agonizing death
War thunder kkkk
@@Vito378 i literally thought mine was up in the background kekw
Thanks for remembering these great men.
I met the guy who "repaired" OTTO CARIUS's tank, which is now displayed at the tank museum at Saumur (France)
I met Otto Carius in his pharmacy in Herschweiler- Pettersheim 😊
@@Wilenstein Lucky YOU
Saumur is a great tank museum. Nice town
Go check out the king tiger in La Gleize (belgium) who fought in the battle of the bulge. You can still see the hits it has taken but is fully intact and restaurated.
@@Wilenstein
I hate you 🖕🏻
Did you bombard him with questions though?? I know I would have. Nag him every single day until he banned me from that place 😂
The "important to remember" at the start is why I knew this video was gonna be good. Well done indeed.
Germany didnt lose versus Quality BUT Quantity
A loss is a loss no matter how you slice it
You say that Nazi scum was of the highest quality?
Alex Boyko its a fact. Nothing less. btw. most g soldiers did not join the nazis..
as a member of the wehrmacht you were not allowed to be a member of any political party
Germany lost the war by the end of 1941 when they ran out of their logistic capabilities And failed to achieve their tactical objectives. Bravery and military prowess was thus only a useless sidenote to the murderous and criminal regime that ruled Germany at the time.
Great respect for Kurt Knispel, a great warrior, a true hero.
Another ace was Ernst Barkman who commanded a Panther in the Normandy campaign.Barkman served in both the East and West. During the fighting for the Vienna bridgehead he commanded a Panther fitted with the VAMPIR infra red system. Barkman destroyed 3 Sovet IS tanks which he insisted were the new IS 3 but its more likely they were IS 2s. Barkman survived the war. He surrendered to the Americans.
@sinchiro ichihada I would much rather be sitting in a Panther F than the IS-2
Also, the Tiger 2 is far better than the IS-2
Frederik Henriksen I can agree with you but you must remember that the Panther had rather thin 40mm armour on the sides, always a sore point, 16mm top making it vulnerable to artillery and an increasly vulnerable mantlet to the newer tanks with more powerful cannons. Basically the Panther had to avoid long distance duels with the IS-2 because of it's thick armour but the Panther had the great advantage of having a good rate of fire and was very precise. Unfortunately I saw some effects on some photos of the Panthers of from the 122 mm hits that was truly devastating, not for nothing the Russians called it's cannon the "smasher" but suffered from a very low rate of fire. Yep, I do prefer the Panther...
@@paoloviti6156 Definitely my favourite all time German tank.
Jason Mussett yes, it is my favorite tank too but honestly I wouldn't mind at all to have also in my garage the Tiger and the Königstiger too, lol...
@@paoloviti6156 Oh yeah!
Rest in peace legends i love them
Wittmann had many stories if his victories i love him
Mahdi Mahdi I love Joe Ekins..dude was a fill in tank commander in a Sherman firefly & took out the Tiger ace Whittman.
Holy cow that's a lot of kills for a few guys!
What do you want, for many destryed Tanks you need many targets, 54 countrys declared war against germany, many enemy Tanks to destroy
I would not like to give the Impression to dishonore the German crews or tactics (best soldiers of the world) but they always had targets to shoot. Many allied soldiers never saw a German tank or airplane. For high score you need 2 things. A good Crew and targets!
Yes,indeed....but what about tank aces of others countries?
i think they are called tank aces,if they killed a few german tanks.... :-D
Look for Hans Ulrich Rudel 's kill list..Famous Stuka Pilot...
@@nordlander6597 Very brave Soldier! Amerikan or english soldiers fought 5 or 6 missions over germany and then they went home for teaching students to pilots. In germany you fought to an Iron cross or to an wooden cross. Look How many missions Hans Ulrich Rudel flew. At least he flew with one leg.
@@nordlander6597 I've heard about Whitman, never heard of the other guys, no way Germany could lose that many thanks and trained men and last as long as they did.
I think German Tank Commander is the best in World War 2
, Das stimmt ganz genau. Gut erkannt.
@glareola A country against a planet...
@glareola, they lost means they dont have the quantity. They have way better quality compared to the rest. just imagine 6 sharks against a fish, which is germany. Germany almost stood alone for both World Wars carrying their teammates but ended up losing.
Stalin,"We have more men and women in the red army than the germans have ammunitions!"
BF5,"The Americans had more sherman tanks than the Tigers had ammunitions"
Again, i dont hate either sides of the war, u cant ignore the fact germany almost won the war. You would be saying that soviets lost the war and not germany if germany won.
@@Arengeesus They lost because quality but they have quality? misspelled or what?Quantity or quality?
@@arifcso6633, fuck, typo. thanks for pointing out
I think the reason Kurt Knispel was such a great tank ace is that he started out as a loader, then gunner and finally commander. He really knew his way around tanks - he sure cleaned up well, but I always liked the bearded, slovenly look he preferred. I think he had a lot to do with the character "Oddball" in the film "Kelly's Heroes" even though the character was American. Absolute legend!
"The Americans were a joke compared to Germany"
"The English were joke compared to Germany"
"The Soviets were a joke compared to Germany"
@spudnic88 American tanks were more than shit.
I Could yet give other examples?
Ah yes, and the jokes won.
@@gary11able Yeah, but it took them years to beat a country suffering from logistics and supplies lmao
The USA produced 24 000 tanks. The Soviets produced 40 000. The Germans produced 8000 in total.
The war was not won on the battlefield but in the factories.
@@gary11able quantity not quality
Best video footage ever on this topic. Great work.
I liked your disclaimer. A crew is as good as it's weakest link. The commander usually gets the credit becasue he has the vital role of coordinating them. He must be a good leader and must be quick to think and adapt. Must importantly to make use of the strenghts and weakness of his crew in picking the fights he can finish.
Excellent video, historical, objective and well put together 👍🏻
Thankyou!Finally an article not exclusively about Wittman,but everyone else.Im so sorry of Knispel.
One thing these pictures have in common, all the tank commanders pictured have the earphones over one ear and the other free so they could hear sounds of local battle. This was common among German tank commanders but never portrayed in Hollywood and never seen among Allied tank commanders.
This video is completely awesome!
make Germany great again!!
anakin924 every time Germany getting great in the end of that greatness territory shrinks in size
Germany has been an occupied country since ww2 ended.
Europe is a stone throw away from killing each other. You guys are just living on Russia's influence.
@@cheefqueef6494 That's a complete lie and you have no proof or facts to back any of that nonsense up. The GDP of Germany alone is twice as high as Russia's.
@@cheefqueef6494 That legit has no backing of any sort, fucking nonsense.
I live in Mülheim an der Ruhr and i dont know that one of the most successful tank commanders of world war two was born in my hometown.
Thats very interesting to know thanks for the video.
You are not allowed to honour your war hero,s look at what they did to Walter Nowotneys grave
Michael Wittman, charismatic personality .
and a briljant tank commander, like Kurt Knispel.
there was something magical about them.
i am building a 1/35 model of Wittmans Tiger.
5:09 iconic scene!
The thing I always found interesting about Knispel was just how he was as a person and the fact that he was THE best and yet died at what was equivalent to a sergeant and was recommended for the Knights Cross of the Iron cross by several other officers, so while they really didn't like him, they did realize he was a damn good tanker.
Incredible tank scores!
Great recap. I am currently finishing a movie script based on the most accomplished tank ace of all time, Kurt Knispel.
You do a great job of showing how he was his own man and never suffered from a “sore throat”. He gave away another shared/unconfirmed kills (37) in addition to his 168 confirmed kills. On the way the eastern front , Kurt got “in trouble” when he forcibly stopped a SS Guard from brutalizing a Russian POW. He was the only man in his unit to step forward. That is a big reason he never saw the Knights Cross. He is an example to us all that, ultimately (even in war) we are responsible to do the right thing. Kurt Knispel showed incredible courage in his choices on and off the battlefield. My family has five generations of military service (myself, Vietnam Era, my dad WW2, my grandad WW1, and current daughter and hubbie USAF Afghanistan)). We SALUTE Kurt as a warrior who lived and died with a strong personal code of conduct. He died about 100 miles from where he was born in the last week of the war as a Tiger II commander. Then he was forgotten.
Follow my movie progress: www.tigeronemovie.com
Www.tigeronemkvie.com
And then there was a movie "fury"
@MrImpossible96 for real tho, especially the tiger ambush scene
Hahaha
It is really sad, Knispel didn't made it into times of peace, to tell his stories
Joachim Peiper is missing of this list of great German tank commanders
He was a great commander of his units and a brave man ,but not a panzer ace,
Erzählt keinen Schwachsinn!
Sie waren perfekt!
Nur sie mussten es tun.
Respekt an jeder Person!
, Stimmt genau...
i am Indonesian and i always curious of german soldier in Ww2 how they war ,style and his leader was inspired
Real hero`s
Mass production of the Maus/E-100 INTENSIFIES
It would have been a worse tank than the Jagdtiger... too heavy, no tactical use, more of a burden and what do you want to kill what the Jagdpanther / Nashorn / Elefant / Tiger 2 can't kill?
Amazing how many of these guys survived the war..and the number of kills is a surprise
Was sind das für Menschen die den Daumen nach unten halten ? Diese Wehrmachtsoffizier waren für mich Helden !
Good guys always finish last. Knispel is a good example of that. Good video.
Thumbnail : incredibly beautiful picture of a tank
Germany had the best everything .
ur right!!!
Better yet, most soldiers didn’t fight for their ideology they fought for their homeland
Sadly they were really unreliable, don't get me wrong I love the Tiger, if they only had decent reliability,
Didn't have the best Ideology, Ressources or Transmissions
@@markusz4447 Or logistics the German military in World War 2 is a really overrated and most of it is a b.s narrative pushed by many uninformed people. And the fact that many German generals lied about their achievements and so called “Lost Victories”. Just to make themselves look good cough cough Manstein cough cough Guderian oh the list goes on.
Thanks for a fine, brief video that also recognized Knispel as being a cut above the usual run of war heroes. A note on pronunciation: German does not have silent letters or syllables, so if it's there, it's pronounced. Thus (phonetically) K(h)nispel, SudAYtenland, Luftwaffe(h), Porsche(h) etc., even though this last does not occur here. Now some troll will say, "I don't give a [bleeep:expletive deleted] how German is pronounced." Fine. But my comment isn't addressed to trolls, and I doubt YOU will take that attitude.
Paul Egger was a true warrior.. he just had to fight one way or another..
The Allies might have won the war. But the axis forces also showed some unique moments, that the world can never forget.
Gotthard Heinrici. Final rank - Colonel General. Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords and many other medals for bravey and injury in battle Author, "Morals and Behaviour Here Are Like Those in the Thirty Years’ War. The First Year of the German-Soviet War as Shown in the Papers of Gen. Gotthard Heinrici. " The World Should never forget.
Killed 168...😮
Two hours...😢
Gun reload 100
Dead in 2 hours. That is sad. I can't even remember that day. It all went by so quick.
At last a correct documentation of the best of the best in the German Panzer forces. Kurt Knispel was not only the ace of all German tank aces, he was also a real human being, as a non Nazi who always saw fair play in what he did. He was admired by all of his commanders that looked after him and recommended him many times for the ultimate knights cross that he was prevented from receiving by the block headed Hitlerite's due to his humanistic behaviour and free thinking attitude. However he had the last laugh as nobody in the higher command could afford to do without Kurt and his unique talents. It was such a shame that he died so close to the end of the war, a few more days and he would have been such a revered ace by all sides, as he is now even more so by his heroic death.
Thanks for your excellent and informative video !! The germans were really good soldiers and not all were criminals. They were humans like us doing there duty!!
Im a huge fan of wwII history and specially the campaings of the germans during all the conflict!!
Sie waren die besten Soldaten der Welt!!!
no, the Russians won.
Ich lache mich kaputt. Vier Großmächte waren nötig um das Deutsche Reich zu bezwingen!!! Und das obwohl Deutschland alles versuchte um einen Krieg zu vermeiden, aber danke an die Engländer, die mit Polen diesen Krieg auslösten!
Geschichte wird vom Sieger geschrieben, aber die Wirklichkeit war eine andere.
@@michaelgross1222 Was sind die vier Großmächte? 90% der deutschen Soldaten in Russland getötet. Und setzen Sie den Folienhut auf.
Was war die Realität? Sag uns die Wahrheit.
@@ruthlesstruth8639 GB, Frankreich, USA und Rußland, also daß sollte man schon wissen.
Ansonsten würde ich dir empfehlen mal selber zu recherchieren wie die wirkliche Geschichte war.
Z.B. dieses hier: czcams.com/video/i3hkqRUfUeQ/video.html
oder: czcams.com/video/6cM0J-UwXbE/video.html
@@michaelgross1222 Frankreich kämpfte 1940 drei Wochen lang. Dann begannen Frankreich und der Rest Europas, für Deutschland zu arbeiten und zu kämpfen. Reich ist Europa. Die Vereinigten Staaten landeten 1944. England saß auf der Insel und verteidigte die Konvois. 1941-1944 Hitlers Europa kämpfte gegen die UdSSR. Die UdSSR war in allem schwächer, gewann aber. Der einzige Erfolg der Deutschen ist der Völkermord an friedlichen Menschen.
Exceptional commanders and crew. But the Russians had pretty much only one tactic. Keep moving forward with overwhelming numbers of men and equipment.
you are a complete idiot .
@@alexboyko154 No, he is right.
@@alexboyko154 That was both soviet tank and infantry doctrine.
@@void1968able you are all brainwashed morons
David, hahaha
I think the story of the think it was 8 or 9 jagdtigers who drove right up to the Americans to surrender is really cool.
Rest in Peace, they were all brave men.
809 tank kills between the 6 tank aces shown in this video.
every tank has 4 to 5 crew thats nuts
That's like a whole month and a half of Sherman tank production. Doesn't account for the T-34s that were being produced in that time period too though. In short it wasn't nearly enough to make a difference.
Such strong and powerful tanks , no wonder they had so many kills
What a marvel of skill and courage, too bad a movie is not made of these heroes. No other nation could demonstrate such belief for people and country.
Those tiger tanks... MAN!
虎式虎王坦克在大战末期西綫，真的蜕变為猫科动物了，晝伏夜出保全战力，畢竟正面砲塔裝甲有11公分厚要擊破射穿有難度，但上方，引擎室卻只有3~4公分裝甲保護，太危險了。
the "little problem" was that both the USA and Sovjetunion build over 50.000 tanks (Sherman and T34), togehther over 100.000 units.
Tiger I: 1.300 units, Tiger II: under 500 units.
Germany faced a lot of little problems that cumulatively doomed them. Such as the little problem that tanks need fuel to run on. They simply lacked the vital resources to sustain a war. Even with those natural resources I doubt they had the manpower to win.
Commander: Hows your kills today cpt. Fritz?
Cpt fritz: i destroyed 40 trucks, 10 anti tank guns, 15 machine gun nests, a command vehicle, 9 jeeps, 10 weapons carrier and 2 tanks.
Commander: you have a previous record of 8 tanks destroyed. Congratulations cpt. fritz, you can now paint 1 ring around your gun barrel for destroying 10 tanks.
All of them is very talented man 👍
the last one was the best - top soldier.
Tanks for the memories.
Sorry brother. I can't read or write very well and it would be so cool if you narrated it. Cheers for the upload fella. Thank you 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
legend commander
My God! That WW2 must've been terrifying! I'm just glad no one got hurt.
the background music should have been "Panzerlied".
No it is not
This is the Panzerlied:
czcams.com/video/uyV3aVuGor8/video.html
@@Watschel He said " should have been" 🙄
Ahhh yes, tank commanders with War Thunder theme. PERFECT
The music is "Ritt der Walküren/Ride of the Valkyries" by Richard Wagner
Jochen Peiper, Michael Wittmann, sie sind unvergesslich, RIP
i never know why they say best german just say best of ww2 tank aces first 4 pages of that list be germans
Germany ❤❤💥💥🔥
wtf
You mean Deutschland?
The best gunner of all time has to be the one in iron Man one who shot the suit with the main gun of the chieftain while he was in flight. Unfortunately he was blown up shortly afterwards
They were VERY VERY good at what they did. And fought untill they were incapacitated, surrendered or were killed in Action. Can't denied how good they were.
Battle beween Quality and Quantity , Quality could not get win against Quantity in WW 2 , even German soldiers and Panzer quality is excellent .
RESPECT.
Interesting how many of them achieved their successes on Tiger Tanks (or variants thereof) despite remarkably few being produced compared to the likes of Pz.IV and even Panthers; the latter of which also appears notably absent as a mount of the aces discussed here.
How inspiring. The Germans were such remarkable people
Cedric Lioggins----- Yes, the Germans were remarkable. They managed to start a war that got 20 million people killed (including 8 million of their own), their cities bombed into wastelands, and lost half their county for 50 years as a satellite to one of their old enemies./
@@MartinDRand My comment was based on a quote from none other than General Charles de Gaulle when he visited Stalingrad after the Germans surrendered.
@@cedricliggins7528 ------ OK. Apology. There are several extremely different ways of looking at that comment.
The Germans were truly magnificent soldiers.
@@TheToolnut ---- They bit off more than they could chew, and got their asses handed to them..... Again !!
ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL VIDEO !! BUT YOU FORGOT ONE OF THE BEST ACES OF THE WAR !! ME !!! JOACHEIM PEIPER !🤨🤨
Furry you dont have power here
simehong2000 fury just fake
Lame ass movie
German Tank Commander : You see that Sherman?
Gunner : Yes sir
Tank Commander : I don't want to
Gunner : Right away
Sherman's were called "Ronson Lighters" by the Germans for the ease they caught fire.
Dutchman, it's a pity you didn't present the aces in orderly fashion, first the most succesful one (Knispel) then down the chart till the one who scored less kills... Anyway, it's an informative video.
Thanks for your comment, Kevin. I have actually no reason why they are not in order, but I do know that I wanted to save the best for last, in this case Kurt Knispel.
@@DeltaSniperZRR I think most programs/videos etc always do a countdown and end up at #1. Anyway, I liked the video and thanks for posting and spending your time on it.
What an absolute great song choice lol
Funny that they all somewhere in there carreer used a tiger tank. I'm sure the tiger tank played a mayor roll in getting those kill counts.
I know they were the enemy but you have to respect their skill and bravory.
Enemy of the Jews and no other.
Erich Lepkowski and Slavs
@@maelstrom254 You should google Erichs name so you can see how much you were lied to.
Erich Lepkowski Erichs who? What do you mean?
@@maelstrom254 Google my name.
you forgot peter müller
There must have been HUNDREDS of unknown brilliant German Panzer commanders that have gone unnoticed in history due to the fact that Germany had legions of unusually succesful soldiers in every branch of the Wehrmacht, that have been popularized by the media and have thus relegated to darkness those less succesful yet outstanding soldiers... the forgotten heroes.
@@kevinanderson3849 Man, he's talking about Battlefield 5
@@audrickbelmonte9754 - So what...?
Stunning.👍
great video
Gloria eterna a estos grandes soldados👍
This stuff really gives me the hump as an ex Chieftain gunner and commander it's not the commander but the gunner that lays the gun and fires
Eggsackly! But then you also know that without the tc doing the proper target acquisition and prioritizing from the possible targets at a split-second, it all comes to naught. (and that comes from a former Centurion tc)
Respect forever!!!
I'd like to know the names of the top tank gunners.It's all well and good getting the vehicle in a good firing position but if your gunner can't shoot then your stuffed.
My opa was in Kurt’s battalion he told me it crushed him when he found out he passed Rest In Peace Kurt:)
168 confirmed tank kills. How many soldiers dose that add up to ?
Around 640, if you dont take to account someone survives knocked down tank
Kurt Knispel is mentioned -very good idea
@@edwardjj4224 - How couldn't he be ? it would be like talking about succesful submarine commanders and not mention Otto Kretschmer....or about fighter pilots, and forget to mention Eric Hartmann !
@@michaldvorak2501 how can you tell if you don't know exactly what tanks were involved ( or do you know )? Some of them had crews of four and others of five men.
@@combatantezoteric2965 thats why i say around. My guess was wast majority of tanks in the east was t 34/76 (crew of four) and in the west Sherman (crew of 4). That was my line of thinking. Of course some tanks have larger crews, some crew members survived downed tank. Very rough number
Battle of kursk wasnt one of the largest tank battles in history, it was the largest
props to Knispel ! so maby great stories just were forgotten. not every one of them was evil. just were on the wrong side iguess
We allied with the wrong enemy
No we didn't
Nobody cares
Both are the enemy actually