![]() Even so, many were unconvinced by this new weapon of war. WW2 – The Tank Goes Global: The Interwar period saw the tank go on a worldwide tour, from Bolivia to China, every corner of the globe and all seven continents felt the tread of heavy armor. Soon after its introduction, the tank quickly became a killing machine integrated into combined arms operations. However, many pioneers had envisioned the use of armored vehicles in the decades prior to the Great War. WW1 – Mud, Barbed Wire, and Trenches: The United Kingdom and France started development of tanks in order to break through enemy lines. If you feel something is missing, please add it to our Public Suggestion List. If you spot something wrong, please let us know. As a reader, you can help to improve our site. Opinion about Americans.Tank Encyclopedia continues to be a work-in-progress largely carried out by volunteers. Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K (in German). Bad Friedrichshall, Germany: Friedrichshaller Rundblick. Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 6 (in German) (3rd ed.). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives (in German). Wound Badge in Black (8 July 1941), in Silver (15 December 1943) & in Gold (11 September 1944).Panzer Badge in Silver 2nd Grade (15 July 1944) & 3rd Grade (1 September 1944).535th Oak Leaves on 27 July 1944 as Leutnant of the Reserves and leader of the 2./schwere Panzer-Abteilung 502.Knight's Cross on as Leutnant of the Reserves and platoon leader in the 2./schwere Panzer-Abteilung 502.Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.The book was adapted into a manga by Hayao Miyazaki. Tigers in the Mud: The Combat Career of German Panzer Commander Otto Carius.Carius ran his pharmacy until retiring in 2011. He also authored a book about his wartime experiences called "Tigers in the Mud", which was released in 1960. Later life Īfter the war, Carius studied pharmacy at Heidelberg University and set up a pharmacy which he named the "Tiger Apotheke" as a tribute to the Tiger tank. He claimed in his autobiography that his gunner shot down a soviet plane attacking their tank, possibly an IL-2 with a Tiger I's 88mm main gun in late 1943 on the Eastern Front. He is considered a "panzer ace", credited with destroying more than 150 enemy tanks most of his kill claims were on the Eastern Front. ![]() He was released from captivity on 21 May, two weeks later. Eventually, after being trapped in the Ruhr Pocket east of the Rhine, he ordered all his Jagdtigers destroyed to prevent enemy forces from capturing them intact and then surrendered to the US Army on 7 May. On 8 March 1945, the 2nd Company was directed to the front line near Siegburg, where it took part in the defense of the Rhine against the American forces crossing the river, with limited success. He first served in the infantry before volunteering for the Panzer branch his father referred to tanks as "metal deathtraps." Carius was transferred to the 502nd Heavy Panzer Battalion in 1943 and fought in the northern sectors of the Eastern Front.Īt the beginning of 1945 he was made commander of a Jagdtiger company of the 512th Heavy Anti-tank Battalion, which by that time was engaged in fighting on the Western Front. He enlisted in the army and was only accepted after twice being rejected as unfit for military service for being underweight. ![]() He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.Ĭarius graduated from school in 1940, a year following the commencement of the Second World War. This was also due to the fact that he did not count kills as a commander, and rather only as a gunner. Carius is considered a " panzer ace", some sources credited him with destroying more than 150 enemy tanks, although Carius, in an interview claims he had around 100 kills or less. He fought on the Eastern Front in 19 and on the Western Front in 1945. Otto Carius ( – 24 January 2015) was a German tank commander in the Wehrmacht during World War II. Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves ![]()
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