Top Panzer Aces and Recipients of the Tank Destruction Badge

This is a check list of the top Panzer aces of World War II and a list of recipients of the Tank Destruction Badge. Please note that the list of Tank Desctuction Badge recipients is not complete. The list of top Panzer aces is reasonably accurate, but there is much controversy concerning the number of victories of some and the correct ranking. Its the best I could come up with. If anyone can add to either list it would be much appreciated.

Cy Stapleton Box 151107 Lufkin, Texas 75915-1107 936-676-6375 cy@hotlinecy.com http://www.hotlinecy.com

Checklist of Top Panzer Aces

1. Kurt Knispel (s.Pz.Abt 503) 162 2. Otto Carius (s.Pz.Abt 502) 150 3. Johannes Hans Bolter (s.Pz.Abt 502) 139 4. Michael Wittman (s.SS.Pz.Abt 101) 138 5. Mbius Karl (Rolf ?) (s.SS.Pz.Abt.101)125 6. Hans Sandrock (Fallshirm Stug Abt H.G) 123 7. Paul Egger (s.SS.Pz.Abt 502) 113 8. Arno Giesen (Das Reich) 111 9. Oberfahnrich Rondorf (s.Pz.Abt 503) 106 10. Feldwebel Gaetner (s.Pz.Abt 503) 103 11. Karl Koerner (s.SS.Pz.Abt 503) 100 12. Albert Kerscher (s.Pz.Abt 502) 100 13. Will Fey (s.SS.Pz.Abt 102) 88 14. Helmut Wendorff (s.SS.Pz.Abt 101) 84 15. Ernst Barkmann (SS.Pz.Rgt 2) 82 16. Bobby Woll (s.SS.Pz.Abt 101) 80 17. Eric Liztke (s.Pz.Abt 509) 76 18. Herman Bix (4 Pz Div) 75 19. Hans Strippel (1 Pz Div) 70 20. Emil Seibold (SS.Pz.Rgt 2) 69 21. Wilhelm Knarth (s.Pz.Abt 505) 68 22. Karl Bromann (s.SS.Pz.Abt 503) 66 23. Albert Ernst (S.Pz.Jag.Abt 519)65 24. Richard Engelmann (Stug Abt 912) 62 25. Hugo Primozic (Stug Abt 667)- 60 26. Joseph Brandner (Stug Abt 912) 60 27. Hans-Babo von Rohr (7 Pz Div) 58 28. Fritz Amling (Stug Abt 202) 56 29. Karl Heinz Warmbrunn (s.SS.Pz.Abt 101) 51 30. Heinz Kling (s.SS.Pz.Abt. 101) 51 31. Johann Muller (s.Pz. Abt. 502) 50 32. Heinz Kramer (s.Pz.Abt 502) 50 33. Alfredo Carpaneto (s.Pz.Abt 502) 50 34. Walter Fiebig (Stug Abt 301) 50 35. ? ? Mausberg (s.Pz.Abt 505) 50 36. Josef Dallmeier (Fhr. PzJager Kp.1183) 50 37. Bostell Wolfgang Hans Heimer Paul von (Pz.Jg.Kp. 1023) 48 38. Jrgen Brandt (s.SS.Pz.Abt.101) 47 39. ?? Scholz (s.Pz.Abt.505) 46 40. Heinz Deutsch (Fsch. Stug Brigade 12) 44 41. Karl Pfreundtner (Stug Abt 244) 43 41. Heinz Scharf (Stug Abt 202) 40 42. Walter Oberloskamp (Stug Abt 667) 40 43. Fredrich Tadje (Stug Abt. 190) 39 44. Rudolf Roy (12 SS Pzjager Abt) 36 45. Dauser Hans (I./SS.PzRgt.1 LSSAH)34

46. Gottwald Stier (Stug Abt 667) 30 47. Josef Tragner (Stug Abt 667) 30 48. Richard Schram (Stug Abt 202) 30 49. Senghas Paul (1./SS-Pz.Rgt.5) 30 50. ?? Banze (Stug Abt. 244) 24 51. Eugen Metzger (Stug Abt. 203) 23 52. Felix Adamowitsch (Stug Abt 904) 23 53. Hauptmann Rade (Stug Abt. 244) 23 54. Franz Staudegger (s.SS.Pz.Abt.101) 22 55. Heinrich Teriete (sPzJgAbt. 653) 22 56. Franz Kretshmer (sPzJgAbt. 653) 21 57. Horst Naumann (Stug Abt. 184) 21 58. Henke Fritz (3./SS-Stug.Abt.1) 20 59. Malkomes, Hans (2./SS-PzRgt.1)20 60. Klaus Wagner (StuG Abt. 667) 18 57. ? Rempel (13 Schwere Kie GD) 18 58. Hermann Feldheim (s.Pz.Jg.Abt. 654) 16 59. Wolfgang Hartelt (Pz Rgt Hermann Goring) 17 60. Heinrich Engel (StuG Abt. 259) 15 61 Gunerlach, ? (?./SS.Pz.Rgt.9) 15 62. Rudolf von Ribbentrop (LSSAH + HJ) 14 63. Wachtmeister Moj (StuG Abt. 190) 12 64. Feldwebel Sachs (s.Pz.Abt 503) 11 65. Obersturmfuhrer georg Hurdelbrink (ss.Pz.Jag.Abt.12) 11 63. Siegfried Freyer (Pz.Abt.24) 11 64. ? Beyer (13 Schwere Kie GD) 10 65. Alfred Reginitor (StuG Abt. 279) 10 66.Regeniter Alfred (3./StuG.Brig. 276) 10 67. Leutnant Fromme (1 Pz Div) 9 68. Uschaf Oberhaber (s.SS-Pz.Abt.102) 3 69. Leutnant Bourzel (1 Pz Div) 3

Partial List of 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-Obersturmfhrer 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 didnt recieve the badge) B Oberst Ernst-Gnther Baade (1 kill) SS-Obersturmfhrer Erwin Bachmann (SS-Pz.Rgt.10) 1 Gefreiter Hans Baindner (11./Jg.Rgt. 228) - 2 kills SS-Ustuf Johan-Petter Balstad (Rgt. Norge) - 3 kills Stabsfeldwebel Ludwig Barth (14./Inf.Rgt. 14) - 1 kill SS-Unterscharfhrer 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./Schtzen-Rgt. 25) - 1 kill Lt. Helmut Bollmann (1./fallschirmjger 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 January 29,1945 Oberfeldwebel (ph) Ottmar Bruttel - 7 SS-Sturmbahnfhrer Hermann Buchner (9./SS-Totenkopf-Inf.Rgt. 1) - 1 kill Obstlt. Buck (commander Pz.Gren.Rgt.2) - 1 Hauptmann d. R. Karl Buckel (Sturmgeschtzabteilung 277) 2 Major Heinrich Busse (Fhrer, Fselier Batallion 328, 328 Infanteriedivision) - 1+ SS-Obersturmfhrer Gnther Butte (1./Pol..Pi.Btl.) 1 Oberst Franz Bke (Kdr. II.Pz.Rgt. 11) - 3 Unteroffizier Gottfried Bumler (2./Inf.Rgt. 41) - 1 kill Oberfeldwebel d.R. Reinhold Bhmke (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 January 29,1945 D SS-Obersturmfuhrer Christian Dall (CO of 13th Company/Regiment Norge) - 1 kill Leutnant d.R. Dieter Damerius (5./Gren.Rgt. 273) - 1 kill Obersturmfhrer Eugen Deck (commander of 11. Comp of Nordland Regiment)- 3 Oberst Rudolf Demme (Kdr. Pz.Gren.Rgt. 59) - 1 kill SS-Sturmbahnfhrer Wilhelm Dietrich (I./SS-Polizei-Schtzen-Rgt.) - 1 kill Hauptmann Valentin Dietz (I./Jg-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 didnt recieved any badge) Hauptmann Paul Dowerk (5./Inf.Rgt. 215) - 1 kill SS-Hauptsturmfhrer Hans Drexel (II./SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt. Westland) - 2 kills Oberstleutnant Hermann Dropmann (Kdr. Gren.Rgt. 1050) - 5 kills SS-Unterscharfhrer Emil Drr (SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.26) 1 SS-Sturmbannfhrer Hans Drr (SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.9 Germania) 2 Feldwebel d.R. Josef Drries (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 (Sturmgeschtzbrigade 912) - 5 kills Hscha. Ehlers (SS-Sturmbataillon 500) - 9 SS-Unterscharfhrer Ewald Ehm (2 kills) Oberfeldwebel d.R. Johann Eisgrber (Stab./Gren.Rgt. 62) - 3 kills F Wolf Fahrenberg - 2 Major Fritz Fechner (III./Pz.Rgt. 23) - 1 kill SS-Oberscharfhrer Willi Fey (schw.SS-Pz.Abt. 502) - 12 kills (qualified but didnt recieve the badge) Unteroffizier Josef Fink (7 kills) Karlheinz Fink - ? SS-Obersturmfhrer 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+ G Pionier Gericke (2./Pz.Pi.Btl. 13) 1 tank on 29.1.1945 Leutnant der Reserve Siegfried Gerke (1 kill) Oberscharfhrer Theodor Gernt (Zugfhrer im Stabskomp./SS-Pz.AA1 LSSAH)- 1 kill Oberleutnant Giesche (2./Pz.Pi.Btl. 13) 1 tank on 29.1.1945 Ustuf. Karlheinz Giesler (Nordland) - 11# (qualified but didnt recieve the badge) SS-Untersturmfhrer Leon Gillis (Wallonie) 3 Leutnant Josef Glantz (1 kill) Oberscharfhrer Simon Grascher (SS-Pz.Gre.Rgt 4 DF) - 2 Feldwebel Andreas Greiner (8./Jg.Rgt. 75) - 2 kills Hauptmann Heinz Grimberg (1 kill) Oberleutnant Ernst Grunau (Div. Begl. Kp.) 1 tank on January 29,1945 SS-Untersturmfhrer Gsttner [sic?] (SS-Pz.AA 10) 1 Strm. Wolfgang Gnter (19./SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.2) - 1+ Hstuf Karl Heinz Gustavsson (Kdr SS Flak Abt 2/Das Reich) - 1

Oscha. Rudolf Gtz (15./SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.2) - 1+ H Oberst Hermann Haderecker (1 kill) Brig Fhr Heinz Harmel - 1 Ogefr. Willi Haschke - 2 Hauptmann Josef Heichele (2 kills) SS-Oberscharfhrer 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, April, 21 and was awarded with KC of the IC for that) Ustuf Emil Hilber (Das Reich) - 1 SS-Oberscharfhrer Hans Hirning (1 kill) Oberleutnant Paul Hollenweger (4./Krad.Btl. 64) 1 tank on July 3,1942 Leutnant Johannes-Matthias Hnscheid (Kriegsberichterstatter der Fallschirmtruppe) - 2+ Oberfeldwebel Hanns Hnscheid (3 kills) J Jahn - 3 Hans Heinrich Jescheck - 1 SS-Oberscharfhrer 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 K SS-Hauptsturmfhrer Vincenz Kaiser (4 kills) SS-Obersturmfhrer Alois Kalls (1./schw.SS-Pz.Abt. 502) - 2 kills SS-Oberscharfhrer Sepp Kammerer (SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.4) 1 Major Wolfgang Kapp (SturmgeschtzLehr 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 Klrmann (1 kill) Oberleutnant Gerhard Konopka - 4 kills (by using satchel charges) Major Hermann Krenzer (3 kills) Oberleutnant Harald Krieg (1 kill) SS Oberscharfhrer Ernst-Gnther Krtschmer - 1 SS-Untersturmfhrer Joachim Krger (SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.4 DF) 1 Oberleutnant Wilhelm Kuhlwilm (2 kills) Obergefreiter Walter Kuhn (4 kills) Leutnant Ekkehard Kylling-Schmidt (3 kills) Uscha. Eberhard Kpke - 1 L Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel d.R. Werner Lang (2 kills) Gren. Hans-Jrgen Larsen (9./SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.2) - 1+ Karl Lauch - 1 Major Heinz-Georg Lemm (12. Inf.Div.) 1 Ustuf Jacques Leroy (Zugfhrer in Wallonie) - 3 Ustuf. Hans Leykauf (SS-Pz.Pi.Btl.9/Hohenstaufen) - 4 Hauptsturmfhrer Alfred Lex (Das Reich, ritterkreuztrger) - 2 SS-Hauptsturmfhrer Karl-Heinz Lichte (5./SS-Pz.Rgt. 5) - 2 kills SS-Obersturmfhrer Gerhard Lotze (SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.10 Westland) 2 Hauptmann Erick Lffler (4 kills) Oberleutnant der Reserve Karl-Willi Lumpp (1 kill) Major Erich Lorenz (2 kills) Leutnant Johannes Lutz (Div.Begl.Kp./116.Pz.Div.) - 5 kills M SS-Sturmbannfhrer Heinz Macher (1 kill) Mangold - 8

Fw. Marunowski - 2 Hauptmann d.R. Wilhelm Massa (3 kills) Bruno Meineke - 1 Obergefreiter Metzl (2 kills) Leutnant der Reserve Georg Michael (2 kills) Oberstleutnant Hubert Mickley (1 kill) Johannes Modick - 5 Oberjger Herbert Muller [sic] (Jg.Rgt. 741, Jg.Div. 114.) - 1 Emil Mller - 1 Oberleutnant Mllhoff (3./Pi.Btl.39) 1 N Bruno Namyslo - 1 Unteroffizier Georg Nietert (5 kills) Leutnant Wilhelm Niggemeyer (4 kills) O Unteroffizier Heinrich Ofenloch (Gruppenfhrer 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-Untersturmfhrer Adolf Peichl (11 kills) SS-Sturmbahnfhrer Joachim Peiper (SS.Pz.Rgt. 1) - 1 kill Hauptsturmfhrer Hans- Gsta Pehrsson (3./SS-Pz.-Aufkl.-Abt. 11, SS Pz. Gren. Div. Nordland) (destroyed one tank but didnt recieve the badge) Unteroffizier Pelz (8./Pz.Gren.Rgt. 103) 1 tank on January 29,1945 Oberfeldwebel Erich Petermann (4./Krad.Btl. 64) 3 tanks on July 3,1942 Willi Peters - 5 Strm. Willi Pfeiffer (14./SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.2) - 1+ SS-Hauptscharfhrer Walter Pitsch (SS-Flak-Abteilung 1/1.SS Pz.Div. LSSAH) - 1 (atleast) Ustuf. Frithjof-Elmo Porsch (SS-Sturmbataillon 500) - 20-24# Oberleutnant d.R. Peter Prien (Pz.Rgt. 3) - 2 kills Unterscharfhrer Prinz (SS-Pi.Btl.9) - 2 Leutnant Puchta (2./Pz.Gren.Rgt. 3) 1 R SS-Untersturmfhrer Rappl (SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.4) 2 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 August 31,1942 west of Stalingrad) Hauptmann Emil Heinrich Rentschler (2 kills) Feldwebel Adam Riedmller (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 Rger (3 kills) Olt. Babo von Rohr (Pz.Rgt.25/7.Pz.Div.) - 3 SS-Rottenfhrer Roth (SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.19) 1 SS-Hauptscharfhrer Adolf Rd (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 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./Jger-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) Obergefreiter Leopold Schrems (3 kills) Albert Schrder - 1 Ostuf Viktor Schubert (Das Reich) - 1 Panzergrenadier Schuh (Div. Begl. Kp.) 1 tank on January 29,1945 Uscha. Schuler (SS-Sturmbataillon 500) - 9 SS-Oberscharfhrer 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 didnt recieve any badge) Feldwebel Johann Schwerdfeger (2 kills) Hauptmann Fritz Schck (2./Pz.Abt. 507) - 1 kill SS-Hauptsturmfhrer Max Seela (Totenkopf) 1 Jger Hans Siegler (3 kills) Unterscharfhrer Alf-Erik Silfverberg (III/Norland Regiment) - 1 Oberleutnant Bodo Spranz (4 kills) Hauptmann der Reserve Eberhard Steinborn (5 kills) Hauptmann Herbert Stenzel (I./Pz.Gren.Rgt. 108) 1 tank SS-Rottenfhrer Stefan Strapatin (4 kills) SS-Oberscharfhrer Stefan Strapatin (SS-Freiw.Pz.Gren.Rgt.49 De Ruyter/Nederland) 2 (the same as above?) Nepomuk Sttzle (Pz.Jg.Abt. GD/GD) - 7 Leutnant Strck (SR 394) 1 T Oberleutnant Arno Taulien (Komm. 7 Pz. Regt. 6 3 Panzerdivision, rkt) - 1 Gefreiter Tichy (2./Pz.Pi.Btl. 13) 1 tank on 29.1.1945 Obergefreiter Tietz (1./SR 3) 1 Oberleutnant Treppe (4./Pz.Gren.Rgt.3) 1 V Uscha. Eugene Vaulot (Divisionskampfschule Charlemagne) - 8# Oberleutnant Gnther 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 (Panzerjgerabteilung 24/ 24 Pz. Div)- 5 (22?) W Maj. Gustav Walle (Pz.Jg.Abt. GD/GD) - 9 SS-Hauptscharfhrer Alois Weber (1 kill) Ostuf. Wilhelm der Zyklon Weber (Divisionskampfschule Charlemagne) - 13 (qualified but didnt recieve the badge) SS-Hauptscharfhrer Gustav Wedrinsky (SS-Pz.Jg.Abt.8 ) 2 Obergefreiter Willi Wenk, Sturmgeschutz Brigade 276 (knocked out a number of tanks but didnt recieve any badge) Oberwachtmeister Wiedermann (II./Pz.AR 76) 1 Obergefreiter Mathias Winkler (Gebirgsjger) - 1 kill SS-Obersturmfhrer Werner Wolff (2/SS-Pz.Gren.Div. LSSAH) - 1 Hauptsturmfhrer Oskar Wolkerstorfer (SS-Pz.Gre.Rgt 4 DF) -4

X Z Obergefr. Rudolf Ziegenhalg (Infanterie Regiment 552) - 2 Panzergrenadier Zimmermann (7./Pz.Gren.Rgt. 103) 1 tank on January 29,1945 Oberscharfhrer Zinncker (III/Norland Regiment) - 1 Leutnant Zobel (Pz.Rgt.11) 2 Oberleutnant Zchner (Pz.Nach.Abt. 4) 2 tanks on March 5,1945 SS-Oberscharfhrer Zumbusch (SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.19) 1 # These ones arent KC holders but were considered as such for sometime, this of course doesnt mean they didnt destroy the number of panzers in question. Apparently either the documents about the award dont 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.