Panzerknackern

[CSP]

Jacques:
Yes - this photo is his most famous. He would likely have signed a number of these for his fan club.

[Prosper Keating]

SS-Untersturmführer Wabersich - 2 Kills.

Wabersich served with SS-Fallschirmjäger Btl 500/600. I believe he won his TDBs before joining the airborne but I do not know which Waffen-SS unit he served with. But plenty of SS paratroopers qualified for and won TDBs in the final half-year of WW2.

Prosper Keating

[Ludwig]

Panzervernichtung

D. Löwenhamn - were did you get the information about Hans-Gösta Pehrsson having destroyed one enemy tank?

All stories related to Porsch and Sturmbataillon 500 should be concidered pure bull****. Porsch wants us to believe that he was awarded:
Bandenkampfabzeichen in Gold
Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen 100
Nahkampfspange in Gold
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Ritterkreuz d EK
Panzervernichtungsstreifen for over 20 tank kills
... and some more goodies
And none of the other highly decorated soldiers of his unit is to be found in any archive or book/listing. Isn´t that strange?
And if you read all of the books of Porsch, you know that he is NOT a penal soldier. He gets his rank and rank insignias back after Bewährung. Why didn´t German newspapers write about him? They didn´t have to mention the unit. Most often they did not, when reporting about other heros. He must have been something extra ordinary of a well decorated hero!!!

[Denis]

Hello
I had a look on Daniel's listing and could'nt find a mention to Karlheinz Gieseler so here is some info about him :

GIESELER KARLHEINZ
DoB : 30/07/1925
Last rank : SS USTUF.
Last unit : 11. SS PZ. GRE. DIV.
EK1 : 03/06/1944
DKiG : 04/12/1944
RK : 29/04/1945 as Ustuf. 11. SS PZ. GRE. DIV.

TDB in gold awarded as 30/03/45

He was also awarded the Fallschirmschützenabz. on 13/05/44. He was a member of the SS FJ Btl. at a time before being transferred to the Nordland Division with which he fought in Berlin.

Regards
Denis

[Samba66]

Hi!

Here you have one norwegian !! with 3 panzervernichtungsabzeichen; Johan Balstad.



Regards
Paal

[Samba66]

Hi!

Here you have one norwegian !! with 3 panzervernichtungsabzeichen; Johan Balstad.



Regards
Paal

[jacques]

Hi Shilo
Fine picture !
Some other names of TDB wearers, picked up in the last "Biblio verlag, Ritterkreuzträger der Deutsche Wehrmacht, band 6, Infanterie".

4 TDB FABRITIUS
2 TDB FAHRENBERG
1 TDB FASEL
7 TDB FINK J
1 TDB FINK K-H
2 TDB FINKBEINER

JACQUES

[D. Löwenhamn]

Hi everyone. I wish to thank you all for the fine contributions, I hadn't noticed that people had responded to this post until Carl brought it up. I will comment your contributions and compare it with one of my lists that are a bit more updated soon, I'm a bit busy at the moment. The information about Pehrsson I recieved from Martin Månsson.

Best regards/ Daniel

[D. Löwenhamn]

This is the latest update, corrections and contributions are welcomed.

Panzervernichtungsabzeichenlist

Holders of the Tank Destruction Badge

A
Feldwebel Hinrich Ahrens (14./Inf.Rgt. 301) - 4 kills
SS-Sturmmann Hermann Alber (SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.20) 1
SS-Obersturmführer Josef Amberger (SS-Pz.Rgt.1) 4 ¤
W-H Stuf.d.SS Roberts Ancans (Feldersatz.Btl. 19, 19.W-Gren.Div.d.SS) - 1
Oberleutnant Friedrich Anding (18 kills)
Oscha. Francois Apollot (Divisionskampfschule Charlemagne) - 6#(qualified but didn't recieve the badge)

B
Oberst Ernst-Günther Baade (1 kill)
SS-Obersturmführer Erwin Bachmann (SS-Pz.Rgt.10) 1 ¤
Gefreiter Hans Baindner (11./Jäg.Rgt. 228) - 2 kills
SS-Ustuf Johan-Petter Balstad (Rgt. Norge) - 3 kills
Stabsfeldwebel Ludwig Barth (14./Inf.Rgt. 14) - 1 kill
SS-Unterscharführer Barth (SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.19) 1 ¤
Oberleutnant d.R. Hans Barthle (7./Gren.Rgt. 119) - 1 kill
Oberleutnant d.R. Rudolf Bayer (14./Gren.Rgt. 110) - 1 kill
Oberleutnant Heinz Berger (1 kill)
Oberleutnant Karl Berger (Fsch.Jag.Rgt. 15) - 2
Oberleutnant d.R. Alfons Bialetzki (4./Fallschirm-Pionier-Btl) - 2 kills
Oberfeldwebel d.R. Willi Biesenbach (6./Gren.Rgt. 2) - 4 kills
Unteroffizier d.R. Otto Binnig (7./Inf.Rgt. 463) - 1 kill
Leutnant d.R. Gustav- Adolf Blancbois (I./Schützen-Rgt. 25) - 1 kill
Lt. Helmut Bollmann (1./fallschirmjäger Pz.Jg.Abt. 3) - 1
SS-Ustuf Hermann Bolte (Das Reich) - 2 kills
Oberleutnant Hans-Georg Borck (4 kills)
Oberleutnant Born (3./Pz.AR 76) 1 ¤
Georg Bose (1 kill)
Feldwebel Rudolf Brasche (6 kills)
Oberleutnant Brandt (3./Pz.Pi.Btl.39) 1 ¤
Leutnant d.R. Christian Braun (8./Gren.Rgt. 308) - 4 kills
Briedenbach - 1
Gefreiter Wilhelm Bremann (Pz.Gren.Rgt.128) -3
Feldwebel d.R. Oskar Bremmermann (6./Gren.Rgt. 209) - 4 kills
Briedenbach - 1 kill (also holder of badge for shooting down low flying aircraft)
Uscha. Roger Albert-Brunet (Divisionskampfschule Charlemagne) - 4
Leutnant Edgar Brunk (2./Inf.Rgt. 202) - 1 kill
Feldwebel Brunn (8./Pz.Gren.Rgt. 103) – 1 tank on 29.1.1945
Oberfeldwebel (ph) Ottmar Bruttel - 7
SS-Sturmbahnführer Hermann Buchner (9./SS-Totenkopf-Inf.Rgt. 1) - 1 kill
Obstlt. Buck (commander Pz.Gren.Rgt.2) - 1
Hauptmann d. R. Karl Buckel (Sturmgeschützabteilung 277) 2
Major Heinrich Busse (Führer, Füselier Batallion 328, 328 Infanteriedivision) - 1+
SS-Obersturmführer Günther Butte (1./Pol..Pi.Btl.) 1 ¤
Oberst Franz Bäke (Kdr. II.Pz.Rgt. 11) - 3
Gottfreid Bämer - 1
Unteroffizier Gottfried Bäumler (2./Inf.Rgt. 41) - 1 kill
Oberfeldwebel d.R. Reinhold Böhmke (13./Gren.Rgt. 162) - 2 kills

C
Oberst Robert Colli (Kdr. Gren.Rgt. 547) - 1 kill
Oberleutnant der Reserve Klaus Coracino (1 kill)
Peter Cremer (kriegsmarine)- 1
Major Kurt Creuzkacher (1 kill)¨
Obergefreiter Cyganek (5./Pz.Gren.Rgt. 103) – 1 tank on 29.1.1945

D
SS-Obersturmfuhrer Christian Dall (CO of 13th Company/Regiment Norge) - 1 kill
Leutnant d.R. Dieter Damerius (5./Gren.Rgt. 273) - 1 kill
Obersturmführer Eugen Deck (commander of 11. Comp of Nordland Regiment)- 3
Oberst Rudolf Demme (Kdr. Pz.Gren.Rgt. 59) - 1 kill
SS-Sturmbahnführer Wilhelm Dietrich (I./SS-Polizei-Schützen-Rgt.) - 1 kill
Hauptmann Valentin Dietz (I./Jäg-Rgt. 204) - 1 kill
Oberleutnant d.R. Rene Dollwet (2./Gren.Rgt. 485) - 1 kill
Feldwebel d.R. Walter Dorsch (14./Gren.Rgt. 544) - 2 kills
Obergefreiter Gerhard Doss, Sturmgeschutz Brigade 276 (knocked out a number of tanks but didn't recieved any badge)
Hauptmann Paul Dowerk (5./Inf.Rgt. 215) - 1 kill
SS-Hauptsturmführer Hans Drexel (II./SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt. Westland) - 2 kills
Oberstleutnant Hermann Dropmann (Kdr. Gren.Rgt. 1050) - 5 kills
SS-Unterscharführer Emil Dürr (SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.26) 1 ¤
SS-Sturmbannführer Hans Dörr (SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.9 »Germania«) 2 ¤
Feldwebel d.R. Josef Dörries (6./Gren.Rgt. 87) - 2 kills

E
Ostuf Ernst von Eberstein (Das Reich) - 2 kills (1 as an Ustuf, 1 as an Ostuf)
Oberleutnant Eckel (2 kills)
Leutnant Eckhardt (6./SR 114) 1 ¤
Hauptmann Walter Eggers (7./Gren.Rgt. 116) - 3 kills
Leutnant Alfred Egghardt (Sturmgeschützbrigade 912) - 5 kills
Hscha. Ehlers (SS-Sturmbataillon 500) - 9
SS-Unterscharführer Ewald Ehm (2 kills)
Oberfeldwebel d.R. Johann Eisgrüber (Stab./Gren.Rgt. 62) - 3 kills

F
Fabritius - 4
Wolf Fahrenberg - 2
Walter Fasel - 1 (ritterkreuzträger)
Major Fritz Fechner (III./Pz.Rgt. 23) - 1 kill
SS-Oberscharführer Willi Fey (schw.SS-Pz.Abt. 502) - 12 kills (qualified but didn't recieve the badge)
Unteroffizier Josef Fink (7 kills)
Karlheinz Fink - 1
Finkbeiner - 2
SS-Obersturmführer Fischer (SS-Divisionsbegleitkompanie 10/Frundsberg) 3 ¤
Oberleutnant Ferdinand Frech (4 kills)
Rttf. Otto Freiwald (19./SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.2) - 1+
Oscha. Siegfried Friedhoff (9./SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.2) - 1+
Hauptmann Hans Roland Fröbel - 6

G
Hauptmann Urbano Gomez Garcia (Legion Española) - 2
Pionier Gericke (2./Pz.Pi.Btl. 13) – 1 tank on 29.1.1945
Leutnant der Reserve Siegfried Gerke (1 kill)
Wachtmeister Gernert (111 Ausb. Brig.) - ?
Oberscharführer Theodor Gernt (Zugführer im Stabskomp./SS-Pz.AA1 LSSAH)- 1 kill
Oberleutnant Giesche (2./Pz.Pi.Btl. 13) – 1 tank on 29.1.1945
Hauptmann Franz Giesler - 3
Ustuf. Karlheinz Giesler (Nordland) - 11 (gold badge awarded 30/03/45)
SS-Untersturmführer Leon Gillis (Wallonie) 3 ¤
Leutnant Josef Glantz (1 kill)
Oberscharführer Simon Grascher (SS-Pz.Gre.Rgt 4 »DF«) - 2
Feldwebel Andreas Greiner (8./Jäg.Rgt. 75) - 2 kills
Hauptmann Heinz Grimberg (1 kill)
Oberleutnant Ernst Grunau (Div. Begl. Kp.) – 1 tank on 29.1.1945
SS-Untersturmführer Gstötner [sic?] (SS-Pz.AA 10) 1 ¤
Strm. Wolfgang Günter (19./SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.2) - 1+
Hstuf Karl Heinz Gustavsson (Kdr SS Flak Abt 2/Das Reich) - 1
Oscha. Rudolf Götz (15./SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.2) - 1+

H
Oberst Hermann Haderecker (1 kill)
Brig Fhr Heinz Harmel - 1
Hauptmann Max Haschberger (1/ Gren Rgt 481- 256 Inf Div) - 1
Ogefr. Willi Haschke - 2
Hauptmann Josef Heichele (2 kills)
SS-Oberscharführer Heiermann (SS-Pz.Pi.Btl.9) 2 ¤
Olt. d. Schupo Heinz Heuer (KG Berlin 5) - 3 (but is reported to have destroyed 13 russian tanks in Berlin, 21 April and was awarded with KC of the IC for that)
Ustuf Emil Hilber (Das Reich) - 1
SS-Oberscharführer Hans Hirning (1 kill)
Oberleutnant Paul Hollenweger (4./Krad.Btl. 64) – 1 tank on 3.7.1942
Hans Härtl - 1
Leutnant Johannes-Matthias Hönscheid (Kriegsberichterstatter der Fallschirmtruppe) - 2+
Oberfeldwebel Hanns Hönscheid (3 kills)

J
Jahn - 3
Josef Jakwert (Panzerjäger of 562. VG Div., eichenlaubträger) - 1 kill
Hans Heinrich Jescheck - 1
SS-Oberscharführer Jensen (SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.19) 1 ¤
Hauptmann Hermann-Gustav Jochims (4 kills)
Uffz Franz Juschkat ( 1st btn, 43rd inf rgmt, 1st inf div) -4 kills
Hans Jäkel (2./Gr.Rgt.407) - 5 kills

K
SS-Hauptsturmführer Vincenz Kaiser (4 kills)
SS-Obersturmführer Alois Kalls (1./schw.SS-Pz.Abt. 502) - 2 kills
SS-Oberscharführer Sepp Kammerer (SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.4) 1 ¤
Major Wolfgang Kapp (SturmgeschützLehr Brigade 920) - 1+
Hstuf. Georg Karck (Kdr. II./SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.2) - 1+
Leutnant Peter Kiesgen (5 kills)
Willi Kleemann (1 kill)
Hauptmann Hans Klärmann (1 kill)
Oberleutnant Gerhard Konopka - 4 kills (by using satchel charges)
Rudolf Kreitmair- 1
Major Hermann Krenzer (3 kills)
Hauptmann Erwin Kressmann (519. jagdpantherabt.) - 2 (2 tank killer 30th April 1945)
Oberleutnant Harald Krieg (1 kill)30th April 1945
SS Oberscharführer Ernst-Günther Krätschmer - 1
SS-Untersturmführer Joachim Krüger (SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.4 »DF«) 1 ¤
Oberleutnant Wilhelm Kuhlwilm (2 kills)
Obergefreiter Walter Kühn (4 kills)
Leutnant Ekkehard Kylling-Schmidt (3 kills)
Uscha. Eberhard Köpke - 4 (first badge recieved on 9.10.1944)

L
Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel d.R. Werner Lang (2 kills)
Gren. Hans-Jürgen Larsen (9./SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.2) - 1+
Karl Lauch - 1
Major Heinz-Georg Lemm (12. Inf.Div.) 1 ¤
Ustuf Jacques Leroy (Zugführer in Wallonie) - 3
Ustuf. Hans Leykauf (SS-Pz.Pi.Btl.9/Hohenstaufen) - 4
Hauptsturmführer Alfred Lex (Das Reich, ritterkreuzträger) - 2
SS-Hauptsturmführer Karl-Heinz Lichte (5./SS-Pz.Rgt. 5) - 2 kills
Oberleutnant d.R. H.-A. Liebscher (Pz.Rgt. "GD") - 3 kills
Egon Paul Loibl - 1
SS-Obersturmführer Gerhard Lotze (SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.10 »Westland«) 2 ¤
Major Erich Lorenz (2 kills)
Uscha Horst Lutgens (12 SS Pz.Div. HJ) - 1
Oberleutnant der Reserve Karl-Willi Lumpp (1 kill)
Leutnant Johannes Lutz (Div.Begl.Kp./116.Pz.Div.) - 5 kills
Hauptmann Erick Löffler (4 kills)

M
SS-Sturmbannführer Heinz Macher (1 kill)
Mangold - 8
Fw. Marunowski - 2
Hauptmann d.R. Wilhelm Massa (3 kills)
Bruno Meineke - 1
Obergefreiter Metzl (Pz.Rgt.3/2.Pz.Div.) - 2
Leutnant der Reserve Georg Michael (2 kills)
Oberstleutnant Hubert Mickley (1 kill)
Johannes Modick - 5
Uscha. Gerardus Mooyman (14./SS-Freiwilligen Legion Nederland) - 1
Oberjäger Herbert Muller [sic] (Jäg.Rgt. 741, Jäg.Div. 114.) - 1
Emil Möller - 1
Oberleutnant Möllhoff (3./Pi.Btl.39) 1 ¤

N
Bruno Namyslo - 1
Unteroffizier Georg Nietert (5 kills)
Leutnant Wilhelm Niggemeyer (4 kills)

O
Leutnant Alois Oblinger - 1
Unteroffizier Heinrich Ofenloch (Gruppenführer 1./PiBtl 323) - 1
Major Wilhelm Osterhold (3 kills)
Felix Ostermann - 1
Hauptmann Hans Arno Ostermeier (1 kill)
Oberleutnant der Reserve Helmuth Ott (2 kills)
Ustuf Wolfgang Otto (Das Reich) - 2

P
Oberleutnant Dr. Walter Paulus (Pz.Jg.Abt.263) - 2
SS-Untersturmführer Adolf Peichl (11 kills)
SS-Sturmbahnführer Joachim Peiper (SS.Pz.Rgt. 1) - 1 kill
Hauptsturmführer Hans- Gösta Pehrsson (3./SS-Pz.-Aufkl.-Abt. 11, SS Pz. Gren. Div. Nordland) (destroyed one tank but didn't recieve the badge)
Unteroffizier Pelz (8./Pz.Gren.Rgt. 103) – 1 tank on 29.1.1945
Oberfeldwebel Erich Petermann (4./Krad.Btl. 64) – 3 tanks on 3.7.1942
Willi Peters - 5
Strm. Willi Pfeiffer (14./SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.2) - 1+
Oberleutnant Walter Philipp 1 kill (served in Grenadier Brigade 1133, Gren Reg 248, finally 17 Inf Div.) - 1
SS-Hauptscharführer Walter Pitsch (SS-Flak-Abteilung 1/1.SS Pz.Div. "LSSAH") - 1 (atleast)
Wachtmeister Julius Poeppel (Pz.Gren.Rgt.26/24.Pz.Div.) - 4
Ustuf. Frithjof-Elmo Porsch (SS-Sturmbataillon 500) - 20-24#
Oberleutnant d.R. Peter Prien (Pz.Rgt. 3) - 2 kills
Unterscharführer Prinz (SS-Pi.Btl.9) - 2
Hauptmann Lorenz Probtsle - 1
Hauptmann Walter Prüß - 1
Leutnant Puchta (2./Pz.Gren.Rgt. 3) 1 ¤

R
SS-Untersturmführer Rappl (SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.4) 2 ¤
Josef Rauch - 3
Rttf. Karl-Ludwig Raymond (9./SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.2) - 1+
Leutnant Egon Reifner (3./Pz/Pi.Btl. 40) – 2 badges (for the destruction of an armoured train on 31.8.1942 west of Stalingrad)
Hauptmann Emil Heinrich Rentschler (2 kills)
Feldwebel Adam Riedmüller (2 kills)
Unteroffizier Georg Rietscher (14./Inf.Rgt. 513) - 2 kills
Oberleutnant Karl Rinklef (Kradsch.Btl.17) - 2
Oberst Helmut Ritgen (6th Panzer Division) - 1 kill
Panzergrenadier Ritting (Div. Begl. Kp.) – 1 tank on 29.1.1945
Unteroffizier Hans Röger - 4 pz.vern.abz.
Olt. Babo von Rohr (Pz.Rgt.25/7.Pz.Div.) - 3
SS-Rottenführer Roth (SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.19) 1 ¤
SS-Hauptscharführer Adolf Rüd (SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt. 3 "Deutschland"/2.SS-Pz.Div. "Das Reich") - 1 (atleast)

S
Major Fritz Sann (1 kill)
Oberwachtmeister Emil Schareina (1 kill)
Ostuf Reinhold Scharfe (Das Reich) - 1
Leutnant Schenk (2./Pz.Gren.Rgt. 3) 1 ¤
Dr. Eberhard Schleppler - 2 kills
Oberleutnant Hans Schlittenbauer - 1
Hans Schlott (2 kills)
Oberfeldwebel Jakob Schmitt (2 kills)
Oberfeldwebel Georg Schmitz ( 4./Fsch.Pi.Btl., Fj Rgt.31) - 1 kill
Ernst Schneck (1 kill)
Oberfeldwebel Josef Schneider (11./Jäger-Rgt. 270/97. l. Inf. Div.) - 3
Feldwebel Josef Schneider (5./Gren.Rgt. 521) - 1 kill
Sturmmann Schneider (SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt. »H«/Hohenstaufen)-3
Alfred Schneidereit - 1 (at least)
Oberleutnant Albert Schneller (1.pz.jäg.komp.,s.Ski Bt. 1,1. Ski Jäger Div.) - 3
Obergefreiter Leopold Schrems (3 kills)
Albert Schröder - 1
Ostuf Viktor Schubert (Das Reich) - 1
Panzergrenadier Schuh (Div. Begl. Kp.) – 1 tank on 29.1.1945
Uscha. Schuler (SS-Sturmbataillon 500) - 9
SS-Oberscharführer Schulz (SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.19) 1 ¤
Major Paul Schulze (Pz.Abt. 21) - 1 kill
Stabwachtmeister Schwarzbach, StuG Brigade 276 (knocked out a number of tanks but didn't recieve any badge)
Feldwebel Johann Schwerdfeger (2 kills)
Hauptmann Fritz Schöck (2./Pz.Abt. 507) - 1 kill
SS-Hauptsturmführer Max Seela (Totenkopf) 1 ¤
Jäger Hans Siegler (3 kills)
Unterscharführer Alf-Erik Silfverberg (III/Norland Regiment) - 1
Oberleutnant Bodo Spranz (4 kills)
Oberleutnant Jakob Steckmeier (3./Gren Rgt 485) - 2 kills
Hauptmann der Reserve Eberhard Steinborn (5 kills)
Hauptmann Herbert Stenzel (I./Pz.Gren.Rgt. 108) – 1 tank
SS-Rottenführer Stefan Strapatin (4 kills)
SS-Oberscharführer Stefan Strapatin (SS-Freiw.Pz.Gren.Rgt.49 »De Ruyter«/Nederland) 2 ¤ (the same as above?)
Nepomuk Stützle (Pz.Jg.Abt. GD/GD) - 7
Leutnant Störck (SR 394) 1 ¤
Hauptmann Georg Störck 2

T
Oberleutnant Arno Taulien (Komm. 7 Pz. Regt. 6 3 Panzerdivision, rkt) - 1
Oblt. Teltz (3./Pz.Auf.Abt. of 8th Pz.Div.) - 1
Gefreiter Tichy (2./Pz.Pi.Btl. 13) – 1 tank on 29.1.1945
Obergefreiter Tietz (1./SR 3) 1 ¤
Franz Totzke (352.ID) - 1
Oberleutnant Treppe (4./Pz.Gren.Rgt.3) 1 ¤

V
Uscha. Eugene Vaulot (Divisionskampfschule Charlemagne) - 8#
Oberleutnant Günther Viezenz (10./Gren.Rgt. 7) - 21 kills
Stubaf. Fritz Vogt (I. /Wiking) - 3 (knocked out some tanks in Pettend, Hungary,Jan 45)
Oberfeldwebel Walter ""Panzer-Voigt" Voigt (Panzerjägerabteilung 24/ 24 Pz. Div)- 5 (22?)

W
Untersturmführer Wabersich (SS-Fallschirmjäger Btl 500/600)- 2
Maj. Gustav Walle (Pz.Jg.Abt. GD/GD) - 9
Major Horst Warschnauer - 2
SS-Hauptscharführer Alois Weber (1 kill)
Ostuf. Wilhelm "der Zyklon" Weber (Divisionskampfschule Charlemagne) - 13 (qualified but didn't recieve the badge)
SS-Hauptscharführer Gustav Wedrinsky (SS-Pz.Jg.Abt.8 ) 2 ¤
Obergefreiter Willi Wenk, Sturmgeschutz Brigade 276 (knocked out a number of tanks but didn't recieve any badge)
Oberwachtmeister Wiedermann (II./Pz.AR 76) 1 ¤
Obergefreiter Mathias Winkler (Gebirgsjäger) - 1 kill
Jakob Wittmann - 1
SS-Obersturmführer Werner Wolff (2/SS-Pz.Gren.Div. "LSSAH") - 1
Hauptsturmführer Oskar Wolkerstorfer (SS-Pz.Gre.Rgt 4 »DF«) -4
Leutnant Hermann Wulf (2./Gren Rgt 333) - 1 kill

X

Z
Josef Zens (352.ID) - 3 (but knocked out 4 russian tanks)
Obergefr. Rudolf Ziegenhalg [or Ziegenbald] (14./I.R. 552) - 2
Panzergrenadier Zimmermann (7./Pz.Gren.Rgt. 103) – 1 tank on 29.1.1945
Oberscharführer Zinnöcker (III/Norland Regiment) - 1
Leutnant Zobel (Pz.Rgt.11) 2 ¤
Oberleutnant Züchner (Pz.Nach.Abt. 4) – 2 tanks on 5.3.1945
SS-Oberscharführer Zumbusch (SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.19) 1 ¤

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# These ones aren't KC holders but were considered as such for sometime, this of course doesn't mean they didn't destroy the number of panzers in question. I guess either the documents about the award don't exist anymore or they just thought they should have received it. Another thing you must understand is that Hitler gave an order to decorate any soldier, who destroyed more then 6 tanks with a Pz.Faust or Pz.Schreck, with KC. ( Mark V's note)

¤ Please note that the list contains names of soldiers who qualified for the badge but didn't recieve it, this has been noted when possible.

A total of 18.541 of the silver and 421 of the gold badges were handed out making a total of 20 646 knocked out tanks.

I apologize for the inconsistency of the list, this will eventually be corrected. Thanks to everyone who has contributed with information to this list. I'm truly grateful for your kind help.

Last update on 13 May 2003


Best regards/ Daniel

[Angel Farré]

Where do you obtained the amounts of TDB awarded?

You can add three more, no KC, but really Panzerknackern:

Hauptmann Lorenz Probstle, 1 kill (DKiG and named in the Ehrenblatt)
Leutnant Karl Vier, 1 kill (EK I)
Oberjager Herbert Muller, 1 kill (EK II)

If you want more info about this soldiers drop me aline.

Angel

[D. Löwenhamn]

Hi, I can't remember exactly from where but it was somewhere on the internet.

Thanks for the additions, Probstle is already on the list.

Best regards/ Daniel