World War II Panzer aces from Germany

World War II Panzer/tank aces from Germany sorted by the number of destroyed armored vehicles.

[@Desertduleler_88]

Germany had some very capable soldiers, no doubt about it. These men will never be surpassed again in armoured warfare.

[@jeannoelpion3496]

Super les photos ❤❤❤

[@Cyd98]

They were ahead of the game in more ways then one

[@saburosakai9129]

Carpaneto ( 50+) , he was a painter , an italian citizen , in 1939 he wai in Vienna to study at the academy of art , at the burst of the war he left a volunteer in the Wermacht . Fallen in Prussia in the last day of the war ,in commandof a Tiger 2 .

[@templario121]

great italian ace

[@user-jh1hm2kp3j]

✟

[@tdietz021]

Are sure on the date of his KIA? Tracesofwar has it listed as January 26th, 1945.

[@eirethecapybara]

Wow, Von Ribbentrop lived almost 100 years. Awesome...

[@balanb312]

Take a look at the U boat Commanders.Same provider: History Comparison.

[@eduardobaccaroschrepel4035]

Grandes combatentes alemães! Respeito aos heróis de sua pátria!

[@hansjochenvo6094]

Ehre dem Andenken dieser tapferen Soldaten.

[@faitharmor5818]

This movie needs Panzerlied as background music.

[@arkbuilder2012]

Surprising to see how many actually survived the war. Speaks to their skills as soldiers.

[@sdkfz2519]

I was surprised, too. However, most of the top aces were in command of Tiger 1 or 2s. The latter was especially well protected and hard to destroy.

[@frogman1941]

The soldiers that died in the war were in the thick of it and had no choice. Skill didn't matter at that point when you have nowhere to run and fight to the end.

[@jesusvillaverdelanchares8100]

El barón negro y carihus tankistas letales

[@vengaboys5420]

This is highly offensive, many brilliant and brave soldiers have died in battle over the years. Have you served?

[@myhonorwasloyalty]

@@sdkfz2519 bs allies just bombed them with planes

[@PaulPadoan]

Otto Carius book is worth a read.

[@enricodemaria3498]

TIGRI NEL FANGO,veramente bello io l ho

[@paoloviti6156]

It is not so easy to find the book written by Otto Carius yet everyone recommended to read it

[@officierpolonais2367]

​@@paoloviti6156in France you can quite easily in museums or internet !

[@Hammermann29]

Carius had exactly 206 Tank victories, after the war they told it.

[@thepub245]

Kurt Knispel was overlooked for the Knights Cross due to being quite insubordinate and disrespectful of authority, I recall reading somewhere once. Similar situation to Blair Mayne being denied the Victoria Cross.

[@johnrussell3961]

The VC needs another officer to witness the bravery. The SAS only had one officer per operational group. It’s even worse now. The UK SAS are just sergeants . Not so the Australian SAS who operate in larger groups with officers. The Australian SAS get VC’s as a result.

[@alexblue6991]

We could do with these men in Britain nowadays Britain army and navy can't even defend their own borders with people invading in dinkys they are a disgrace to their uniform

[@lennykump8396]

That is wrong and a made up myth like the Mölders letters. The truth is that someone who isn't regarded to have participated in an extraordinary event isn't considered for the knights cross. Knispel was therefore never even recommended.

[@FriedrichBarb]

@@alexblue6991 No thats because its intentional and allowed by government, since its apart of the plan to eventually breed out all the European British to replace with more obedient, easily controlled non-Europeans.

[@luisrodriguez9583]

Knispel evitó que unos miembros de la SS, ejecutaran a unos tanquista aliados. Es por eso que no era tomado en cuenta ya que se oponía a estas situaciones.

[@adrianab.2423]

Onore a tutti questi valorosissimi nostri alleati. Eccezionali combattenti tra i quali anche il nostro connazionale Alfredo Carpaneto.

[@ablackpencil8249]

era metà austriaco da parte di madre e metà italiano

[@Orcaaaan]

Still feels surreal to see that some of those guys fought in WW2 and survived past the year 2000 or atleast close to it.

[@charlesburgoyne-probyn6044]

They were often 20 or so when the war began hence 80 in 200 and I don't know the ratio of 80 year olds who reach 100 but it's less than 1%

[@bjrnsvendsen7661]

💗

[@agagqbq]

similar to the famous picture of H meeting with his top Luftwaffe aces, i've noticed over 80% of the most skilled fighters survived the war surprisingly, despite having been seeing the fiercest combat for 5 years straight. you'd think these fighters would almost all die but they defied the odds and proved skill played a significant difference.

[@americanmilitiaman88]

Surprised how many of them only recently passed away. Sad that very soon there will be no WW2 vets of any nation left

[@davidknichal6629]

Kurt Knispel was born in Czechoslovakia in Salisov. He was not only the best Czech/German Panzer ace, but he was a good human being too. Even tho Czechs used to hate their German neighbours this one is respected even among Czechs. Rest in Peace Kurt

[@primenova4935]

Otto Carius and Kurt Knispel, absolute units of the battefield.

[@cedricliggins7528]

Carpeneto was a real bad ass from what I was told. RIP

[@gustawkossak4389]

German soldiers was the best during II World War

[@--novus-ordo-secrolum-un--8820]

Aryan soldiers my friend 😊

[@janhansen554]

@@--novus-ordo-secrolum-un--8820 No, Aryan dont lives in Germany.... They lives elsewhere in this world...

[@--novus-ordo-secrolum-un--8820]

@@janhansen554 aryan is means indo European literally thats all Europeans and pure nlooded descendents

[@janhansen554]

@@--novus-ordo-secrolum-un--8820 Nazi allways rewrite history. Arians lives in pakistan today....

[@--novus-ordo-secrolum-un--8820]

@@janhansen554 😂 good joke

[@Drebel503]

Everyone nicely combed and clean. And then there is Knispel looking like a tribe member, yet with the highest count

[@patrickodonnell6844]

Kurt Knispel sang to his own tune...rocking facial hair and a Bee Gees hairstyle while in uniform!

[@meibing4912]

Interesting how many of them survived the war given how many encounters it would take to have so many successful hits.

[@VeriAka]

Gorgeous aces... "Behold Panzer Power!!"

[@imredory4516]

Tisztelet a hősöknek! ❤

[@sued_]

Ezt csak ide írom hogy vannak spekulációk Michael Wittmannról. Sokan azt állítják, hogy kevesebb 'kill'-t szerzett mint a megadott adatok, főleg azért mert gyakran megjelent rádión és interjúkon úgyhogy ki lehetett használni mint propaganda. Azt azért nem tagadom, hogy ezek az emberek tényleg gyakorlott tank ászok voltak

[@jstrahan2]

Otto Carius himself claimed less than 100. He only counted when he did it as a gunner. His book is excellent by the way, highly recommended.

[@pagodebregaeforro2803]

I think its fair to leave the credit to the gunner instead of the commander. Should be who aims get the credit

[@jstrahan2]

​@@pagodebregaeforro2803 : Well, the commander should get some credit. He decides where to aim and fire, the gunner decides how to aim and fire.

[@jaromirmusil9017]

The last one is German, but not "from Germany", as the title of the video announces. Kurt Knispel was born on September 20, 1921 in Salisov (Salisfeld), in Czechoslovakia and, of course, with Czechoslovak citizenship. He was born and grew up in the house (inn) of his grandfather, innkeeper Franz Dittmann at Salisov No. 4, where he lived together with his mother, Dittmann's daughter. His father, Leopold Knispel, lived separately in Mikulovice (Niklasdorf) No. 463. The house has not been preserved.

[@nicktozie6685]

Impressive warriors, all enter valhalla.

[@Kajak80]

Val...Hella yes? 😀

[@claudiomagi5375]

Grandi uomini tutti, grazie ❤

[@HappiKarafuru]

Surprisingly Otto Carius live long enough to publish a book and open a shop and he had include in some interviews about ww2 historical

[@tedteodoro5907]

what a wrecking crew they were

[@TerrorRobin]

Hans Babo von Rohr. Schöner Name.

[@JohnWick-yh5kn]

R.I.P heroes❤

[@Arachnid3000]

Меня за это посадят

[@tillposer]

A little observation: some of the uniforms have death's head collar patches. These are NOT SS uniforms, these are Panzertruppe uniforms, a totally different animal. The skulls were a callback to the Hussar origins of the Panzer troops.

[@BOBBYSJ81]

if we count all destroyed vehicles as both gunner and tank commander then Balthasar Woll would have more than Kurt Knispel This is because Woll, before becoming commander, was Michael Wittmann's gunner

[@Whatda25]

Many of them only living 23-25 years before getting killed....

[@user-pc5ww8fh6d]

A more interesting chart would be a break down of what they destroyed, and what they got the kill in.

[@lewissparrow7417]

I suppose the German Panzer crews lived long enough to build up a decent score in their better armoured vehicles

[@darkawakening01]

Well, until mid-war most panzer types were comparable to inferior in armor to many of their western and eastern adversaries...

[@christopherthrawn1333]

Excellent work here Sir

[@user-kg8jq5wt9x]

❤ الألمان عباقرة العالم الف تحية

[@uchixgaming9848]

I should be here as a german tank commander I can say I have destroyed 100+ allied tanks in war thunder

[@brrrrrki-xk8pz]

With what tank or antitank?

[@panzersati6850]

Gott mit euch !!

[@erichaheidrich4593]

Men of steel.

[@maikbonewske5095]

Rip

[@alexandrr7191]

Горите в аду🤬

[@THEHUNTER--3]

​@@alexandrr7191go first

[@paulbell9516]

Deeply interesting.

[@HerraH88]

NICE VIDEO I LOVE!!!!

[@abaxoth1488]

Damn, even as a man myself i had to admit how hot and masculine looked Kurt Knispel. A true chad and an example to follow

[@SteveBrownRocks2023]

It looks like they all got the Knights Cross too…

[@Joe_Peroni]

HEROES, ALL. REAL Germans. I salute them.

[@athensxv88]

there's a decent Italian beer that shares your last name

[@jasemartin9019]

No dates for Horst kronke?

[@julienbossert7976]

Une super vidéo, mais ça aurait été cool de mettre la dernière unité ou ils étaient 👍

[@fishyc150]

So who gets the credit, the gunner or the commander? Or do both claim a kill? If Kurt got 126 as a gunner then a further 42 as a commander... what about his gunner? It seems they can claim one in both situations...

[@Xen0411]

mostly commander, since if they don't have a command, how do they perform. But remember you are all crew team, without tank crew, tank is nothing.

[@fishyc150]

@@Xen0411 so why did Kurt get credited as a gunner? Can you see its double accounting as "his" old commander/s could claim kurts 126 kills from when he was gunner???

[@Xen0411]

@@fishyc150 relax, i just said mostly commander, but commanders never been so greed about not giving them a credit to their own crew. they are team.

[@mariosprenger5186]

Falsch. Dabei handelt es sich um die offiziell bestätigten Panzerabschüsse dieser Männer. Diese Liste beinhaltet nicht den Abschuss von 'Fahrzeugen',also LKW, Halbkette, Pak etc.! Dementsprechend hätte ein As, wie Carius,ein Vielfaches von dem auf seiner Menükarte.😎

[@Schmaier]

Knispel - the only one with beard :D

[@highwayman187]

Konrad weinert of the 503 tiger 311 had 59 kills is missing from the list.

[@ritterrunkel3904]

Wo ist Will Fey in der Liste

[@ti-pt3dq]

Great.Thank you.

[@hornetmagtfVMFA314]

How many tank kils does it take to be considered an ace?

[@RomanAquila]

I believe based on all of my research.....is....10 visually "Confirmed" Tank Kills. TANKS Only!....Anti-tank guns and light Vehicles(such as half-tracks, and Armored cars) were counted separately. 😁

[@paoloviti6156]

It is good to remember that the Germans didn't fair so well at western front because they were avoiding mass attacks and completely different environment like on the Eastern front and were fully utilising there very powerful guns..

[@armyvet8279]

Plus the American and British air forces were WAY better than Russias

[@davidb7422]

@@armyvet8279 Don't forget air superiority, tanks were (and still are) very vulnerable to airplanes.

[@ltbo6781]

So many interesting people I'll never speak to bummer. So many Russian tanks destroyed perfect.

[@Kajak80]

Nazi

[@gemmabutterworth1208]

Why is heinze deutsch wearing a luftwaffe uniform when we are on about tank aces

[@lennykump8396]

Sorry, I was wrong. He was not member of the Division Hermann Göring but of the Fallschirm-Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 12. They used soldiers of the Luftwaffe and retrained them in 1944 to reinforce the ground units.

[@tillposer]

Well, the Division Hermann Göring was a "Fallschirm-Panzerdivision", Paratroop Armoured Division (the mind, she boggles). The troops we're Luftwaffe personell... Connect the dots...

[@juancasillas5369]

Pero el mérito total fue del comandante, hasta donde se, el decidía el blanco. Y el artillero que hacía las mediciones y disparaba no se le toma en cuenta?

[@karitylinen8096]

Impressive list, but think not all tank aces are get their names here.

[@heroiccombatengineer6018]

This statistic also tells that most of the guilty fascists somehow "what a coincidence" survived while the ordinary german got klled...

[@mirjamrichter2120]

And than the Movie Fury what are Joke. My Grandfahter told me . The Amis shoot more Tiger as germans are build?

[@nikolaysokolnikov2677]

Heinz Deutsch 1:13 Why is he in Lufwaffe uniform?

[@carlopomi9410]

Staudegger only 22?whaaat?

[@brunocognet2025]

Quand on regarde les scores des tankistes , des pilotes de la lutwafe , des commandants des U boats ils ont fait des performances exceptionnelles on doit dire qu ils etaient dans le mauvais camp pour un regime maudit .mais c etaient des sacres soldats on ne peut que les admirer il a fallu une coalition mondiale pour les vaincre 😮

[@davidb7422]

Il faut dire que beaucoup d'entre eux ont fait ces énormes scores sur le front est, où les soviétiques envoyaient tout en masse sans se soucier des pertes (ce qu'ils font toujours aujourd'hui).

[@Axelfl6161]

Survival mostly came down to luck.Otto Carius got injured before Kursk and missed that meat grinder and many fought in east against poorly trained crews in outclassed T34,s

[@charlesburgoyne-probyn6044]

Luck plays a role indeed

[@therisencomrade3452]

Most of Nazi Panzer Ace hav master the drive and shoot technique with high Accuracy. It's not surprising how most of them survived the war.

[@lorenbaez]

Heinz deutch had a LW Uniform, strange.. can someone explain me why?

[@JudasPriestSUCKS]

Luftwaffe had 1 Panzer Divison. You can google Luftwaffe panzer division and see pictures of Panzer soldiers in Luftwaffe uniform

[@ferzbeitel6026]

Records say he was part of Luftwaffe unit „Fallschirm-Sturmgeschütz-Brigade“ aka Paratrooper-StuG-Brigade.

[@MarcioDascal]

Maquinas de matar

[@JorgeLuiz-qd6ry]

A vitoria coube aos aliados mas a gloria militar ficou com os alemaes !

[@sdds2298]

Alfredo Caparneto Was german?

[@armyvet8279]

He was Italian but fought for Germany

[@Boomerchill]

Did they have autograph cards back then?

[@paoloviti6156]

At least the official photographs 😉

[@user-ds1fc1xc]

На 9 МАЯ в России ветеранов показывать будут они не умирают но молодеют с каждым годом

[@mkoschier]

Balthasar Woll was Wittmans gunner thus the number is wrong

[@bjrnsvendsen7661]

💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

[@vaipocaraxo7581]

“Pound-per-pound” there are no match to any of german soldiers, Generals and so on. Like since then till today regarding all they manufacture.

[@Careless_Fister]

josef brandner (61) ist doch einfach sheldon cooper :D

[@matze6519]

lol

[@MrYuso-tr5vi]

Why germans are handsome and warrior type people back then

[@jamisdelsol5761]

Certains étaient des héros d'autres des fanatiques qui ne relève pas de l' héroïsme même si leurs compétence et résultats égalisant ceux qui ne l'étaient pas

[@rogercude1459]

If only they had as many Tigers as the Soviets had T34s the world would be a better place 😊

[@Kajak80]

Nazi

[@paulhicks6667]

Thats the point though isn’t it. The Germans knew how to build battle-winning tanks but the Russians and Americans knew how to buld war-winning tanks. Above all you need something that can be built in vast numbers regardless of whether it is inferior on a one-to-one basis. Because then you will overwhelm your enemy by having tanks where they have none. Simple. Guderian knew this - he just wanted huge numbers of Panzer IVs. With the 75mm gun these were quite adequate to defeat Shermans and T34s. (Not that defeating enemy tanks is the main purpose if a tank anyway). But German industry wasted its capacity on Tigers, Panthers and all those mega tank destroyers that impress fanboys so much, but which basically just hastened Germany’s demise.

[@rogercude1459]

@@paulhicks6667 agreed on that though the Panther once teething problems were delt with turned out to be pretty good. But again 6000 units against probably 100,000 US an Soviet units! The Bovington tank museum rated the Panther the best German tank during the last two years of the war. In fact some say it laid the plan for the west tank design post war thinking.

[@Kajak80]

@@paulhicks6667 Very rare and sophisticated answer to all nazi fan boys.

[@charlesburgoyne-probyn6044]

IF again, it's about circumstances; resources and choices

[@godeal365com7]

Germany full of super human

[@wodzimierzradomski3993]

Helde vaterland 😊

[@Naz_i206]

Martin Schroif?

[@jstrahan2]

The 168 number attributed to Kurt Knispel is considered to be 'unfounded'.

[@charlesburgoyne-probyn6044]

Of every 100 90 years old men only 3 will reach 100 hence why they're all dead now

[@kb1996]

Handsome German men❤

[@TheRealDill93]

Many were from the SS. Interesting

[@JudasPriestSUCKS]

You prolly think everyone you saw death heads on is SS right? this may shock, but only those who it said SS on the uniform is SS here. The death heads was also the embelem for tank troops in the army.

[@TheRealDill93]

@@JudasPriestSUCKS no. I’m aware

[@KoKissaki]

Men in their 20/30s…

[@strongSLO]

Hugo Primožič!!

[@nightshade4186]

How did Luftwaffe officer Heinz Deutsch come into this?

[@testtor2714]

Airborne tank unit.

[@JudasPriestSUCKS]

The Luftwaffe had 1 panzer divison, if you google Luftwaffe panzer division you will see pictures.

[@steventhorson4487]

Achtung!! We salute the panzers!!

[@ivanviera2649]

🇦🇷♥️🇩🇪

[@w.l.6258]

the numbers are partially wrong, not because of these brave soldiers but because of some fantasy books written after war. Carius sid he mybe destroyed 100 tanks. kills were not counted like that because they shot at ennemies in "pack".

[@sk31370n]

no Lieutenant Hubert Gruber. fake list.

[@user-ds2tt1kv6p]

German are the best Ladies

[@indosuprem2296]

the reason this vid only show World War II Panzer aces from Germany is because their is none from other country, some said it take 10 abrams tank with a10 support to take out a panzer 1

[@user-cj3mg5zq2h]

Тяжкі часи родять великих людей ! Сучасній Германії е ким податись . Мені особисто найбільше подобається Вітман !

[@widesthosrimora538]

🐅🚀🔥🔥

[@Jorn41]

Kurt Knispel was gunned down by Czech partizans AFTER he surrendered, and was found with his hand tied behind his back - goes to speak on the brutality of the war! Nowadyas, one could wish the Germans had been even more efficient on the Eastern front taking out Ruzzian troops.

[@jstrahan2]

Jorn41: Not correct. "Knispel was severely wounded on 28 April 1945 by shrapnel to his head when his Tiger II was hit in battle by Soviet tanks. He died two hours later in a German field hospital."

[@myhonorwasloyalty]

@@jstrahan2 myth

[@myhonorwasloyalty]

@@jstrahan2 czech purisants like rest of east europe

[@jstrahan2]

@@myhonorwasloyalty : Truth

[@Desertduleler_88]

Russia was being supplied by the pro Communist Allies, Germany was already hard pressed and did extraordinarily well considering the odds.

[@user-hs1qq1rs9d]

Najwięcej czolgòw zniszczył Joachim Rudel 500 sztuk ale on był lotnikiem!!!❤

[@user-hs1qq1rs9d]

Tak i jeszcze zestrzelił 5 samolotów i zatopił pare okretów w tym 2 krążowniki