In wartime Germany, the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht or OKW recognised not only air aces but also tank aces unlike the Allies who deemed that the actions of a tank were a collective action not solely attributable to one’s man’s deeds. He was credited with the destruction of 138 tanks and 132 anti-tank guns, along with an unknown number of other armoured vehicles, making him one of Germany’s top scoring panzer aces, together with Johannes Bölter, Ernst Barkmann, Otto Carius and Kurt Knispel who was the top scoring ace of the war with 168 tank kills. Michael Wittmann was emblematic of WW2 German Panzer Tank Commanders. Joined together they represented an invincible combination. Wittmann and the Tiger 1 represented the very best of German manhood and Engineering. A Metaphor of German Brilliance and Flawed Thinking in WW2
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