Tigers!

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From the Alan Hamby Internet web site we have this article:

"Tiger Aces"

German tank commanders during the Second World War [WW2] with extraordinary numbers of "kills" Enemy armor destroyed.

"Listed here are Tiger I commanders and gunners with the highest number of enemy tank kills."

TANK KILLERS [almost exclusively so manning and commanding Tiger tanks]

 1. Kurt Knispel –168 Kills
 2. Otto Carius – 150+ Kills
 3. Johannes (Hans) Bolter-- 139 Kills (possibly 144)
 4. Michael Wittman – 138 Kills
 5. Hans Sandrock – 123 Kills
 6. Paul Egger – 113 Kills
 7. Fritz Lang– 113 Kills
 8. Arno Giesen – 111 Kills
 9. Oberfahnrich Rondorf—106 kills
 10. Feldwebel Gaetner ( Gartner?)– 103 Kills
 11. Karl Koener – 100+ Kills
12. Albert Kerscher – 100+ Kills
 13. Balthazar (Bobby) Woll–100+ Kills, 81 as Gunner
 14. Helmut Wendorff—84 Kills
 15. Ernst Barkmann—82+ Kills
 16. Eric Litztke—76 Kills
 17. Hermann Bix – 75+ Kills
 18. Hans Strippel – 70 Kills
 19. Emil Seibold – 69 Kills
 20. Wilhelm Knauth—68 Kills

[Kurt Knispel the preponderance of his enemy armor destroyed as a gunner. Bobby Woll also the same.]

Different listings giving slightly different results. In all instance [?] we must understand we are speaking of enemy tanks destroyed. NO anti-tank guns, artillery, self-propelled guns or soft-skinned vehicles included in those totals.

See this modern perception of the German tank aces. In several cases that perspective less than FAVORABLE!

THE SUGGESTION MADE THAT TIGER TANK COMMANDERS AND THEIR CREWS SHOULD HAVE HAD A LOT OF ENEMY ARMOR DESTROYED! THEY HAD AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE THE TIGER TANK WITH HEAVY ARMOR AND ENORMOUS AND POWERFUL GUN OUTCLASSING THE SOVIET COMPETITOR!!

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