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I think the British Helmet design was quite effective during WWI, where it was mostly shrapnel raining down on you;

but during WWII - eh, should have been updated after the retreat from france, imho.

Well, shell translates into Panzer.

That pic is pure gold.

Just a few scans from the Tigerfibel.
Just thought it was kinda funny. Makes me think these magazines were ment for more than just pure maintenance advice.

No one here is claiming that the germans were winning these battles, just if they came out with a higher "K/D" ratio.

I hope I can add to the topic with some numbers, if you got more acurate ones please link me to them, Im genuinely interessted.

Here is a list of all Soviet IS-2 aces I was able to track down:
followed by a list of some other soviet and german tank aces. Its ofcourse not a complete list.
I picked the overall best for the soviets, and the top commanders for the germans sorted by the vehicles they commanded. Because the clear majority of soviet aces were t-34 commanders, and on german side it seems to be more spread out, if you dont count the tigers.

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1st lt. Lukanin Veniamin Grigorievich - 19 kills
- he commanded both an IS and a KV, I dont know how many kills he actually achieved commanding his IS -

Lyahov Pyotr T. - 9 kills

Reznikov Mihail - 8 kills
- actually a gunner not a tank commander -

1st lt. Galpyorn Vladimir I. - 6 kills
- + 14 guns -

lt. Hitzenko Ivan I. - 5 kills

lt. Boyko Alexandra L. - 5 kills
- fun fact: a woman -

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The most successful overall tank ace on soviet side:


1st lt. Lavrinenko Dmitriy Fyodorovich - 52 kills
- commanded a T-34(-76)-

After him come

lt. Kuchenkov M - 32,
Moiseyev N. - 31,
cap. Dyachenko N. - 31,
cap. Samohin Konstantin Mihaylovich - 30,
subcol. Burda Alexander Fyodorovich - 30 and
1st lt. Bochkovsky Vladimir Alexeyevich - 36

all commanded T-34s, for the most part atleast

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Those guys as far as I know where the most successful soviet, even allied tank aces.

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Overview of german tank aces:

In Panzer IVs
Strippel, Hans – 70
Riedel, Franz - 40
Kändler, Willi - 24
Kretzschmar, Willi/Willy - 15

In T-34s^^
Seibold, Emil – 69

In Panthers
Barkmann, Ernst - 82
Giese, Hans / Horst - 58
Malkomes, Hans - 24

StuGs
Spranz, Bodo - 76
Primozic, Hugo – 68
Brandner, Josef ("Sepp") - 66
Sauer, Konrad - 65


Jagdpanzer IV
Roy, Rudolf - 36

Nashorn
Ernst, Albert - 55

Ferdinand
Teriete, Heinrich – 22
Kretschmer, Franz – 21

Hetzer
Dallmeier, Josef - 50


Now the "fun" part,
Panzer VI Tiger
Knispel, Kurt – 168
Carius, Otto – 150
Bölter, Johannes (Hans) - 139
Wittmann, Michael - 138
Egger, Paul - 113
Rondorf, Heinrich - 106
Gärtner, Heinz – 103
Körner, Karl - 100
Kerscher, Albert – 100
Woll, Balthasar ("Bobby") - 100
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