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Kurt Knispel (born September 20, 1921 in Salisov (Czechoslovakia)), died April 28, 1945 in Moravian municipality Vrbovec near Znojmo (Lower Reich District) - German military commander, armored. One of the best tanks of World War II, during which he became famous for the destruction of 168 enemy tanks. Curriculum vitae

In 1940 he joined the armored forces. Then he underwent intensive training in the training battalion in Żagań in Lower Silesia, where he had the opportunity to familiarize himself with the constructions of the German tanks PzKpfw I, PzKpfw II and PzKpfw IV. In October 1940, he began service in the 12th Armored Division, where as a beginner the armor was superior in skill. In 1941 he participated in Operation Barbarossa and heavy fighting with Soviet troops on the Eastern Front. By January 1943 he was a gunner for the PzKpfw IV tank under the command of Lieutenant Hellman.

The greatest success of the war was achieved by sighting and then by the commander of the PzKpfw VI Tiger, while serving in the 503th Heavy Tank Battalion (sPzAbt 503). He died before the end of the war in the vicinity of the town of Znojmo in Moravia, during a firefight with the overwhelming Soviet troops.

In 2013 during the exhumation works in Znojmo his skeleton was found in a collective grave. Probably died in a local field hospital as a result of a stomach shot and a splint in the head. Honors Armor Brigade badge - gold German Gold Cross (May 20, 1944)

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