The Life and Death of Michael Wittmann
Michael Wittmann is without a doubt the most famous Panzer Ace of World War Two. He is the man behind the Villers-Bocage ambush in Normandy. With his 138 tank ‘kills’, he is listed as the fourth best Panzer Ace of the Second World War. Here’s the life and death of Michael Wittmann, thé Panzer Ace of WW2.
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WW2 TIGER TANK - Waffen SS German Tiger WORLD OF TANKS
Tiger 1 was a German heavy tank of World War II deployed from 1942 in Africa and Europe usually in independent heavy tank battalions. Its final designation was Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf. E often shortened to Tiger. The Tiger 1 gave the Wehrmacht its first armored fighting vehicle that mounted the KwK 36 88-mm gun (not to be confused with the 8.8 cm Flak 36). Only 1,347 were built between August 1942 and August 1944. Production was phased out in favour of the Tiger 2.
While the Tiger 1 has been called an outstanding design, it was over-engineered using expensive materials and labour-intensive production methods. The Tiger 1 was prone to certain types of track failures and breakdowns and limited in range by its high fuel consumption. It was expensive to maintain, but generally mechanically reliable. It was also difficult to transport and vulnerable to immobilization when mud, ice and snow froze between its overlapping and interleaved Schachtellaufwerk-pattern road wheels, often jamming them solid. This was a problem on the Eastern Front in the muddy rasputitsa and winter weather conditions.
The tank was given its nickname Tiger by Ferdinand Porsche, and the Roman numeral was added after the later Tiger II entered production. The initial designation was Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausführung H (‘‘Panzer VI version H’’, abbreviated PzKpfw VI Ausf. H) where 'H' denoted Henschel as the designer/manufacturer. It was classed with ordnance inventory designation SdKfz 182. The tank was later redesignated as PzKpfw VI Ausf. E in March 1943, with ordnance inventory designation SdKfz 181.
Place of origin: Nazi Germany Service history: 1942–45
Wars: World War II
Designer: Erwin Aders Henschel & Son. Designed: 1941
Manufacturer: Henschel
Unit cost: 250,800 RM. Produced: 1942 to 1944
Number built: 1,347
Specifications: (RfRuK VK 4501H Ausf.E, Blatt: G-330)
Weight: 54 tonnes
Length: 6.316 m (20 ft 8.7 in) 8.45 m (27 ft 9 in) gun forward
Width: 3.56 m (11 ft 8 in)
Height: 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in)
Crew: 5 Armour: 25–120 mm (0.98–4.72 in)
Main armament: 1× 8.8 cm KwK 36 L/5 92 rounds
Secondary armament: 2× 7.92 mm MG 34 4,500 rounds
Engine: Maybach HL230 P45 V-12 700 PS (690 hp, 515 kW)
Power/weight: 13 PS/t (9.6 kW/t)
Suspension: torsion bar
Ground clearance: 0.47 m (1 ft 7 in)
Fuel capacity: 540 L (140 US gal) including reserve
Operational range: 68–121 miles (110–195 km)
Speed;: 28.2 MPH - 45.4 km/h
Michael Wittmann
(22 April 1914 – 8 August 1944) was a German Waffen-SS tank commander during the Second World War. Wittmann rose to the rank of SS-Hauptsturmführer (captain) and was a Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross holder. He was credited with the destruction of 138 tanks and 132 anti-tank guns, along with an unknown number of other armored vehicles, making him one of Germany's top scoring panzer aces, together
Nickname(s): The Black Baron Born: 22 April 1914
Vogelthal Kingdom of Bavaria German Empire
Died: 8 August 1944 (aged 30)
Between the towns of Cintheaux and St. Aignan de Cramesnil near the farm of Gaumesnil
Buried at: La Cambe German war cemetery (reinterred)
Allegiance: Nazi Germany
Service/branch: Flag Schutzstaffel.svg Waffen SS
Years of service: 1934–44
Rank SS-Hauptsturmführer Collar Rank.svg SS-Hauptsturmführer
Service number SS #311,623
Unit: 1. SS-Panzer-Division Leibstandarte-SS Adolf Hitler.svg 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler and Schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 101 Awards: Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
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TIGER Tank Great Sounding German TIGER MK1 - Fallen Eagle WW2 film - 4K HD
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Tiger 1 was a German heavy tank of World War II deployed from 1942 in Africa and Europe usually in independent heavy tank battalions. Its final designation was Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf. E often shortened to Tiger. The Tiger 1 gave the Wehrmacht its first armoured fighting vehicle that mounted the KwK 36 88-mm gun (not to be confused with the 8.8 cm Flak 36). Only 1,347 were built between August 1942 and August 1944. Production was phased out in favour of the Tiger 2.
While the Tiger 1 has been called an outstanding design, it was over-engineered using expensive materials and labour-intensive production methods. The Tiger 1 was prone to certain types of track failures and breakdowns and limited in range by its high fuel consumption. It was expensive to maintain, but generally mechanically reliable. It was also difficult to transport and vulnerable to immobilization when mud, ice and snow froze between its overlapping and interleaved Schachtellaufwerk-pattern road wheels, often jamming them solid. This was a problem on the Eastern Front in the muddy rasputitsa and winter weather conditions.
The tank was given its nickname Tiger by Ferdinand Porsche, and the Roman numeral was added after the later Tiger II entered production. The initial designation was Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausführung H (‘‘Panzer VI version H’’, abbreviated PzKpfw VI Ausf. H) where 'H' denoted Henschel as the designer/manufacturer. It was classed with ordnance inventory designation SdKfz 182. The tank was later redesignated as PzKpfw VI Ausf. E in March 1943, with ordnance inventory designation SdKfz 181.
Today, only a handful of Tigers survive in museums and exhibitions worldwide. The Bovington Tank Museum's Tiger 131 is currently the only one restored to running order.
Place of origin: Nazi Germany Service history: 1942–45
Designer: Erwin Aders Henschel & Son. Designed: 1941
Manufacturer: Henschel
Unit cost: 250,800 RM. Produced: 1942 to 1944
Number built: 1,347
Specifications: (RfRuK VK 4501H Ausf.E, Blatt: G-330)
Weight: 54 tonnes
Length: 6.316 m (20 ft 8.7 in) 8.45 m (27 ft 9 in) gun forward
Width: 3.56 m (11 ft 8 in)
Height: 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in)
Crew: 5 Armour: 25–120 mm (0.98–4.72 in)
Main armament: 1× 8.8 cm KwK 36 L/5 92 rounds
Secondary armament: 2× 7.92 mm MG 34 4,500 rounds
Engine: Maybach HL230 P45 V-12 700 PS (690 hp, 515 kW)
Power/weight: 13 PS/t (9.6 kW/t)
Ground clearance: 0.47 m (1 ft 7 in)
Fuel capacity: 540 L (140 US gal) including reserve
Operational range: 68–121 miles (110–195 km)
Speed;: 28.2 MPH - 45.4 km/h
Tank ACE: Michael Wittmann (22 April 1914 – 8 August 1944) - TIGER 007
(22 April 1914 – 8 August 1944) was a German Waffen-SS tank commander during the Second World War. Wittmann rose to the rank of SS-Hauptsturmführer (captain) and was a Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross holder. He was credited with the destruction of 138 tanks and 132 anti-tank guns, along with an unknown number of other armored vehicles, making him one of Germany's top scoring panzer aces, together with Johannes Bölter, Ernst Barkmann, Otto Carius and Kurt Knispel (the top scoring ace of the war with 168 tank kills).
Wittmann is most famous for his ambush of elements of the British 7th Armoured Division, during the Battle of Villers-Bocage on 13 June 1944. While in command of a single Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger he destroyed up to 14 tanks and 15 personnel carriers along with 2 anti-tank guns within the space of 15 minutes. The circumstances behind Wittmann’s death have caused some debate and discussion over the years, but it had been accepted that Trooper Joe Ekins, the gunner in a Sherman Firefly of the 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry, fired the round that destroyed his tank and killed Wittmann and his crew. The round penetrated the port armour of Wittmann's tank and ignited the ammo rack, which exploded and incinerated Wittmann and his crew. However, in recent years, some historians have suggested that members of the Canadian Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment may have been responsible instead.
Nickname(s): The Black Baron Born: 22 April 1914
Vogelthal Kingdom of Bavaria German Empire
Died: 8 August 1944 (aged 30)
Between the towns of Cintheaux and St. Aignan de Cramesnil near the farm of Gaumesnil
Buried at: La Cambe German war cemetery (reinterred)
Allegiance: Nazi Germany
Service/branch: Flag Schutzstaffel.svg Waffen SS
Years of service: 1934–44 Rank SS-Hauptsturmführer Collar Rank.svg SS-Hauptsturmführer Service number SS #311,623
Unit: 1. SS-Panzer-Division Leibstandarte-SS Adolf Hitler.svg 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler and Schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 101 Awards: Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
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Falaise pocket
The Falaise Pocket or Battle of the Falaise Pocket (12–21 August 1944) was the decisive engagement of the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War. A pocket was formed around Falaise, Calvados in which the German Army Group B, with the 7th Army and the Fifth Panzer Army (formerly Panzergruppe West) were encircled by the Western Allies. The battle is also referred to as the Battle of the Falaise Gap, after the corridor which the Germans sought to maintain to allow their escape and is sometimes referred to as the Chambois Pocket, the Falaise-Chambois Pocket, the Argentan–Falaise Pocket or the Trun–Chambois Gap. The battle resulted in the destruction of most of Army Group B west of the Seine river, which opened the way to Paris and the German border for the Allied armies.
Following Operation Cobra, the American breakout from the Normandy beachhead, rapid advances were made to the south and south-east by the Third U.S. Army under the command of General George Patton. Despite lacking the resources to defeat the U.S. breakthrough and simultaneous British and Canadian offensives south of Caumont and Caen, Field Marshal Günther von Kluge, the commander of Army Group B, was not permitted by Adolf Hitler to withdraw but was ordered to conduct a counter-offensive at Mortain against the U.S. breakthrough. Four depleted panzer divisions were not enough to defeat the First U.S. Army. Operation Lüttich was a disaster, which drove the Germans deeper into the Allied envelopment.
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