Декабрь, 2010

Der Panzerknacker — Panzer Destruction Manual

Автор: Merkblatt 77/3
Издательство: Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH)
Год: 13 мая 1944
Страниц: 25
Язык: Немецкий
Формат: PDF
Размер: 20,96 Mb

Описание: Буклет объясняет, как поражать вражеские танки в наиболее уязвимые места, как определить вражеские танки (Т-34, Шерман, Черчилль и др.). Какие виды оружия, использовать против танков.

The German word “Nußknacker” means “Nutcracker” and the picture on the front of this Wehrmacht manual shows a Landser using a traditional German “Nußknacker” in the form of an Imperial soldier to crush a Soviet tank. The title of the booklet is ,,Der Panzerknacker’’ or “The Tank Cracker”.

This example of ,,Der Panzerknacker’’ was published on 13 May 1944 by the Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH) and explains in words and pictures how over 10,000 German soldiers were already wearing the Individual Close Combat Tank Destruction Arm Badge. The destruction of tanks on the Eastern Front was equivalent to 200 Russian Tank Brigades, or roughly one Russian tank every 150 meters for 1500 kilometers from Odessa to Leningrad!
The Panzerknacker booklet explains how to approach an enemy tank, the tank’s most vulnerable points, how to identify enemy tanks (T34, Sherman, Churchill, etc.), types of weapons to use against tanks (Panzerfaust, Panzerschreck, mines, explosives, gas bottles, etc.), and how to avoid being killed by a tank. The manual ends with the words STÄHLERNE HERZEN GEGEN STÄHLERNE MASSEN! (Hearts of Steel Offset Masses of Steel!).

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