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#4068991 - 01/25/15 02:49 AM Otto Carius died today age 92  
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Didn't see anyone post a comment so I though I would

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#4069048 - 01/25/15 05:19 AM Re: Otto Carius died today age 92 [Re: Discord]  
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He was one hell of a tank commander.
Something like 150 tanks destroyed
Probably the highest kill ratio for any single tank commander
The US and UK do not have tank aces they consider tank combat a team/crew effort
No mater what side he was on he was a brave soldier.
And i would recommend reading the book tigers in the mud.

#4069122 - 01/25/15 12:28 PM Re: Otto Carius died today age 92 [Re: Discord]  
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I actually went to the Tiger Apotheke to have my edition of "Tiger im Schlamm" signed by Mr. Carius when I visited a friend in Kaiserslautern in 2001. We chatted for about half an hour and he offered me a cup of coffee. A wonderfully polite, modest and friendly gentleman.

And one hell of a tank commander.

He would have deserved to fight for a better cause.


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#4069133 - 01/25/15 01:27 PM Re: Otto Carius died today age 92 [Re: Discord]  
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I read his bio and it's amazing how he was rejected twice for military service at first due to being "underweight".

It's interesting to me how Michael Wittman seems to be much more widely known than Carius among students of military history.


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#4069202 - 01/25/15 05:58 PM Re: Otto Carius died today age 92 [Re: Discord]  
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Wittmann was a willing figurehead for Nazi propaganda (and the high number of kills attributed to him is dubious, to say the least). That's not to say that he didn't have chromium-plated balls, but still. Carius on the other hand wasn't so eager to become a propaganda hero.


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