All rights reserved. Until 1946 Carius was in American captivity.After the war, Carius opened the Tiger Pharmacy in Herschweiler-Pettersheim.As one of the few tank commanders he carried the highest level (100) Tank Assault Badge and the Golden Wound Badge. *We promise we will never SPAM you with unwanted emails. This 1996 kit is a repackaging of Tamiya's generic "mid" Tiger with decals for a tank that Otto Carius commanded. An all-watercolor historical manga based on "Tigers In The Mud", the memoirs of Otto Carius, a WW2 German tank ace. In the Battle of Narva – the now promoted to first lieutenant Carius – destroyed four SU-85.
He was one of THE tank commanders of World War II. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. Carius capitulated arround Iserlohn-Letmathe / Ergste. Both of the kit parts are standard issue, but Otto Carius' Tiger had older versions of each. Otto Carius, Tank Ace with 150 kills. Because there was no need for personnel, he was assigned to the 104th Infantry Battalion replacement (Posen). Born on May 27, 1922 in Zweibrücken, departed January 14 2015 in Herschweiler-Pettersheim.Both, father and brother of Otto Carius were officers of the Wehrmacht. Apr 11, 2018 - Explore John Y's board "OTTO CARIUS" on Pinterest. He was awarded with the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves for extreme battlefield bravery . With 18 years, Carius announced as voluntere in May 1940, for the Wehrmacht to do service in a anti tank unit. From there, he volunteered for the armored forces and became a member of the Panzer Replacement Battalion 7, set in Vaihingen an der Enz.As on June 22, 1941, the attack on the Soviet Union begun, Carius was loader on a Panzer 38 (t) of the Panzer Regiment 21, which was part of the 20th Panzer Division. Tiger I in Combat ISBN 978-0-304-35394-1. CS1 maint: ref=harv ; Carruthers, Bob (2013). Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. During the course of reading Tigers in the Mud, it saddened me to hear that Otto passed away at the age of 92. In June 1944 carius was sent to Daugavpils in Latvia where he was part of the city. See more ideas about Otto carius, Ww2 tanks, Tiger tank. Otto Carius was a German tank ace responsible for upwards of 150 tank kills. As of July 1944, he was appointed company commander of the unit, which was continuously in use. I first learned about Otto Carius at the Saumur Tank Museum where a likeness of him was featured next to their Tiger tank. In the village Malinava at Daugavpils he destroyed together with the tank commander Sergeant Albert Kerscher on July 22, 1944 a total of 17 Soviet tanks.A severe injury in July 1944 made a long hospital stay required. During the fighting there he destroyed in a battle at the Friedrich-Wilhelm-height in the Bismarck-tower between Unna and Langschede on 11 April 1945 about 15 Allied tanks.On April 15, ordered Lieutenant General Fritz Bayerlein, that Carius was assumed to, the cessation of all hostilities. At the narva bridgehead Carius engaged Russian SU85 tanks destroying 4 of them. ISBN 978-0-8117-2911-6.Knight’s Cross on 4 May 1944 as Leutnant of the Reserves and platoon leader in the 2./schwere Panzer-Abteilung 502535th Oak Leaves on 27 July 1944 as Leutnant of the Reserves and leader of the 2./schwere Panzer-Abteilung 502Subscribe to our mailing list and get history updates to your inbox! An all-watercolor manga based on Tigers In The Mud, the memoirs of Otto Carius, a German tank commander.. Tiger Ace Otto Carius destroyed more than 150 tanks during his WWII career.