Which Division claimed the most Tank Kills by wars end?

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Which Division claimed the most Tank Kills by wars end?

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Post by Kameraden » 29 Jul 2016, 12:39

Hi

I've seen sometimes there were announcements that Divisions had achieved a particular number fo tank kills such as 500,1000 etc etc.
Does anyone have a list of divisional totals?

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Re: Which Division claimed the most Tank Kills by wars end?

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Post by Cult Icon » 29 Jul 2016, 14:15

I think 3,000 was the upper limit.


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Post by Hauptmann Holston » 29 Jul 2016, 18:15

I would check numbers for 1,2,3,7,21 Pz Div 1 and 2 SS Pz. Div and Großdeutchland.
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Post by EugE » 31 Jul 2016, 21:25

Das Reich in autumn 1943 claimed 2000 tank kills. No comments:
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Post by Kameraden » 01 Aug 2016, 10:47

Yeah well known pic of Adolf Peichl. Thank Guys!! Appreciated.

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Post by Cult Icon » 02 Aug 2016, 17:17

Hauptmann Holston wrote:I would check numbers for 1,2,3,7,21 Pz Div 1 and 2 SS Pz. Div and Großdeutchland.
I did an estimate earlier this year and I thought it was no.1 was GD with their biggest action being Targos Frumos (they claimed 400 kills IIRC?) . Then they became a Panzerkorps and had spin off divisions (FGD, FBB, Langemark, Brandenburg) which may have put to the total up to 4,000.

With the SS divisions, it was probably 2.SS DR or 1.SSLAH. I'm thinking at the 3,000 range. 3.SS also had a lot.

Then there are others like 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 11, 23, 24 that had a lot.
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Post by Jan-Hendrik » 02 Aug 2016, 17:20

Totenkopf?

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Post by EugE » 02 Aug 2016, 20:34

Jan-Hendrik wrote:Totenkopf?
Are you surprised? The effect from the result of the fourth battle of Kharkov you can't imagine how many loss had the 1 tank army and 4 and 5 guard tank corps. I think Tk also can be in the first row!
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Post by Kameraden » 02 Aug 2016, 22:02

Thanks for replies guys!!

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Post by Hauptmann Holston » 03 Aug 2016, 00:39

Does anyone know how many the Herman Goering fallschirmjager panzer division claimed to have amassed
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Post by Hauptmann Holston » 03 Aug 2016, 00:40

What was the total for the Totenkopf?
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Post by Cult Icon » 03 Aug 2016, 22:48

23rd Panzer Division had 2672 kills

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Post by Cult Icon » 05 Sep 2016, 00:46

9. Pz, from Mitchell, Panzer Legions

"From November 16 to December 14, in heavy fighting, it prevented the U.S.
1st Army from breaking through the Rhine plain; during the fighting around Geilenkirchen,
the 9th Panzer destroyed its 2,325th enemy tank."

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Post by Stiltzkin » 05 Sep 2016, 01:18

Are those corrected numbers? They were usually highly exaggerated.

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Post by Cult Icon » 05 Sep 2016, 02:13

kill claims from their unit records

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