Panzer Aces GB January 2007 to May 31, 2008

Here is a list of Panzer aces and the vehicles they commanded. If you want to claim one, PM me and I'll mark you down for it. Each different vehicle for each commander can be built, so for example, 4 people can build the various vehicles of Michael Wittmann. If you want to suggest an ace not on this list, PM me and I'll add him. Also I will be updating this with turret numbers and etc., just not all at once. At the bottom will be a list of recommended kits.

I have posted the commander's rank if I know it. If you spot an error or have some useful information, PM me and I'll add it.

SS Haupstumfuhrer Michael Wittmann - 3 Tiger I's, early, mid, late, StuG III Ausf A

Oberleutnant Otto Carius - Tiger I Early (SgtBrown), Tiger I mid, Jagdtiger (Hermesminiatures)

Kurt Knispel - Tiger I

Walter Schroif - Tiger I

Hans Bolter - Panzer III, Tiger I (redd_34)

Uscha Oberhaber - Tiger I

Paul Egger - Tiger I 

Oberwachtmeister Hugo Primozic - StuG III Ausf B, F, G 

SS Oberscharfuhrer Ernst Barkmann - Panther D Kursk(Phsycoblue23), Panther A Normandy(Lethal19), Panther G Ardennes/Berlin

Hauptmann Freidrich Luders - Jagdpanther  (Hermesminiatures)

Arno Geisen - Tiger I

Heinz Rohndorf - Tiger I 

Albert Kerscher - Tiger I

SS Haupsturmfuhrer Bobby Woll - Tiger I (Previously Wittmann's gunner)

SS-Hauptsturmführer Rolf "Karl" Möbius - Company Commander, 1st Company, 101st (Heavy) SS Panzer Battalion (schwere SS Pz.Abt. 101)(the Postman)

Will Fey - Tiger I 

SS Obersturmbannfuhrer Max Wunsche - Panther D, G late

SS Standartenfuhrer Jochen Peiper - StuG III B, SdKfz 251 Ausf C Command, King Tiger Henschel

SS Obersturmfuhrer Werner Wolff, Sdkfz 251 Ausf C w/ 3.7 cm PaK (Gun Tech), Panzer IV ausf J

Karl Bromann - Tiger I 

SS Sturmbannfuhrer Jupp Deifenthal - SdKfz 251 Ausf C, Panzer IV, King Tiger

SS Haupsturmfuhrer Heinz Kling - Tiger I

Generalmajor Dr. Franz Bake, Panzer III, Panther

SS Sturmbannfuhrer Hubert-Erwin Meierdress - StuG III B, Panzer III, Panzer IV, Panther

Oberfeldwebel Hermann Bix, Panzer III, Panther, Jagdpanther (Comet)

SS Obersturmbannfuhrer Heinz Von Westernhagen - Tiger I

Alfred Rubbel - Tiger I

Bobby Warmbrunn - Tiger I 

SS Unterscharfuhrer Franz Staudegger - Tiger I

SS Hauptscharfuhrer Kurt Sametrieter - StuG III F, G

Leutnant Albert Ernst - Hornisse (Plastic_Cross), Nashorn, Henschel Jagdtiger (espins1)

Heinz Mausberg - Tiger I 

SS Untersturmfuhrer Fritz Langanke - Panther D, G early & late

SS Standartenfuhrer Leon Degrelle - Infantry private> Panzer IV commander> General

Hauptmann Walter Scherf - King Tiger, commander sPzAbt 503

Leutnant Freiherr Von Rosen - King Tiger, Porsche Normandy, Henschel later (Bufflehead)

Hauptmann Johann Speilmann - StuG III A, F, Ferdinand Elefant

Major Peter Frantz - StuG III A, B, G

Hauptmann Bodo Spranz, Infantry panzerknacker > StuG III C > StuG IV late

Major Gottfried Gleisser - StuG III A, B, F, G

SS Haupsturmfuhrer Rudolph Von Ribbentrop - Panzer IV Ausf C, H

SS Sturmbannfuhrer Gerd Bremer - SdKfz 251/9 Stummel, SdKfz 234/2 Puma (Comet)

Most of the above are Knight's Cross winners.

Recommended kits: (These are just recommendations, feel free to use whatever kit you want)

Tiger I

Dragon Late production, kit #6253. Includes all sorts of PE and such.

Dragon Early Production kit #6259. 1st production run is over and lots of eBay sellers are listing it as OOP. However we should be seeing a 2nd production run soon like with all Dragon kits. Includes a whole bunch of goodies like #6253.

Tamiya Mid Production, kit 35194 or Otto Carius version, 35202. The only difference that the Otto Carius issue is more expensive and has a trashy set of figures that look nothing like Carius and his crew.

Panther

Ausf A: Dragon 6160, 6168 and the close to release 6358 premium edition.

Ausf D: Dragon 6164 or the new Premium edition 6299.

Ausf G: Tamiya 35160, 35174, 35176. Dragon 9046, 6268. 

StuG III

A/B: Dragon 9031, 6008, Tamiya 35281
C/D: Dragon 6009
F: Dragon 6033, 9013
G: Dragon 6320, 9014, 9058(105mm), Tamiya 35197

StuG IV

Dragon 6043, 6107, 9038

King Tiger

Porsche: Dragon 6189, 6312, Tamiya 35169

Henschel: Dragon 6208, 6209, 6254, Tamiya 35164

Ferdinand Elefant

Dragon 6126, 6311

SdKfz 251

Ausf C: Dragon 6187, 6206, 6246

Ausf D /9 "Stummel" Tamiya 35147, AFV Club 35068

Ausf C with 3.7cm PaK36 Dragon 6284

SdKfz 234/2 Puma

Dragon 6256

Last but not least Panzer IV

Dragon 6080, 6301, 6265, 6291

Tamiya 35181, 35209

Hopefully I made less than five spelling errors...oh well, I learned to write in English, not German.

I would like to build this Ace's vehicle:

SS Obersturmfuhrer Werner Wolff, Sdkfz 251 Ausf C w/ 3.7 cm PaK         The Dragon kit

But I will require some info

Wolff was commanding the 13th Company of Peiper's "Blowtorch battalion" at the battle of kursk, so his halftrack would most likely have been dark yellow with narrow green stripe camo like the rest of the company's halftracks. Fortunately these half tracks don't seem to have had any markings other than the iron cross and a blowtorch painted in white on the frontal armor, so you don't have to worry about a number.

Some of blowtorch battalion's halftracks at Kursk: (actually I think this is a while before Kirsk because all the men are wearin winter gear)

How 'bout a logo?

Paste this image into your signature, or put it in your animated GIF of GB's.

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p90/J_Hermes/pzace_gb_logo-1.jpg 

Nice logo     I like it!      Souldn't it say 07-08 though?

Duh.

Will fix. 

Hermesminiatures wrote:

How 'bout a logo? Paste this image into your signature, or put it in your animated GIF of GB's. http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p90/J_Hermes/pzace_gb_logo-1.jpg

Hey Scott......  I hope you like that one for the GB Badge cause I do

Hermes, what great info!!!!!

I need to think about which one I want to do now... hmm. 

Put you down for Otto Carius' Tiger. 

I would say the best kit is Tamiya 35194. Academy's mid Tiger has an interior, but they really cut some corners to make the early release into a mid. So I would go with the Tamyia kit unless you want to be doing major surgery.

Details:

Eduard 35624(exterior) and 35518(interior) or  Voyager 35072

Wow!  I really like the badge!  It's perfect!

Hermesminiatures, thank you very much for putting that list together, that's a lot of research there!  Exactly the kind of stuff we need with this GB.  Looks like we're all on the same wavelength here. 

I should be able to stay on top of this thread and the roster daily, and thanks for putting our names next to the Ace Hermes, between the two it will be really easy to keep all this stuff straight. 

Sorry I didn't respond last night, we went out to a great sports bar here in Reno (Bullys) with our older kids and their significant others.... man, we had a blast!  You gotta love 24oz Sierra Nevada Pale Ale on tap... mmmmmmmmm  and my head is only hurting a little this morning!

I've updated the roster and added a section for recommended reading and reference material.  If you know of any books or references please let me know and I'll add them to the list. 

Eventually, once we get rolling, I'm going to create a page on my website dedicated to this GB, with pics of our models, and info about the tank and Ace etc. (I'm stealing this idea from Marc aka Wingnut who is doing that for the P-39 GB.... it's really cool )

I'm also going to dig through my stash of books tonight and post some more recommended reading and references for you all.  If any of you have books you think are good for this GB, let me know and I'll add them to the lists. 

espins1 wrote:

I'm also going to dig through my stash of books tonight and post some more recommended reading and references for you all.  If any of you have books you think are good for this GB, let me know and I'll add them to the lists.

I know I'll be looking back over my copy of  Tigers in the Mud: The Combat Career of German Panzer Commander Otto Carius by  Otto Carius 

SgtBrown wrote:

espins1 wrote: I'm also going to dig through my stash of books tonight and post some more recommended reading and references for you all.  If any of you have books you think are good for this GB, let me know and I'll add them to the lists.  I know I'll be looking back over my copy of  Tigers in the Mud: The Combat Career of German Panzer Commander Otto Carius by  Otto Carius

Great book, read that earlier this year and got about halfway done with building one of his Tigers.  I'll add that to the list. 

Gun Tech wrote:

Tanks in detail #1        Panzer IV Ausf. A to J     by Jonathan Forty        Ian Allan Publishing    is awesome!    I believe they also do a book on the Tiger and Panther.

Cool thanks!  I added that one to the reference section. 

Hi,

This is a great GB idea.  I would like to sign up to build the Albert Ernst Hornisse.  I have the Dragon 6165 Hornisse kit in my stash...just got it a week ago.  Let me know if someone else already claimed this.....if so, I'll choose something else.

Thanks for hosting the GB.

Larry

results may vary wrote:

I'm interested in this build too.  Guess I'll need to bone up on my history though. I'm a little weak on specific individuals.  Give me some time to figure out what i'm going to build.  Sounds like a bucket of fun.  Some online references would be great.  Whole lot cheaper than buying books.

doh!  I'll add a section for online references as well 

Plastic_Cross,  you got Ernst's Hornisse.

We do need an online reference section so we can provide links to all the sites about Michael Wittmann

Surprisingly, no one has requested a Wittmann vehicle yet. Everyone must be sick of him... 

Hermesminiatures wrote:

Plastic_Cross,  you got Ernst's Hornisse.   We do need an online reference section so we can provide links to all the sites about Michael Wittmann Surprisingly, no one has requested a Wittmann vehicle yet. Everyone must be sick of him...

It just has been done before

I added some reference sites for some of the tanks we're looking at building, and it's just a basic preliminary list.  I'll be adding many more and will also add links to sites that zero in on some of the guys and units we're interested in.

If you have any good sites you feel would be helpful to the gang feel free to pm, e-mail or post and let me know so I can add them. 

I also added redd-34 and Plastic_Cross to the roster.  Welcome aboard Gentlemen!

Scott-great idea for a GB.  I'm thinking of diving in after I clean up a couple of other projects.  I'll let you know.  I'm especially looking forward to the Allied Armor Aces GB that you mentioned-I have a T34/76 & the Thunderbolt VII Sherman setting in the stash.

Hermesminiatures-you are very knowledgable regarding applicable kits-Great job on putting the list together.  I'm thinking of a SdKfz 251 with the 3.7 Pak.  Do any of the Dragon kits come with the proper decals to fit the criteria for this GB or does somebody like Archer Transfers make a sheet for the SdKfz 251?  btw-do you know of any Panzer Aces that would have used the Marder III M?  I have the Tamiya kit sitting in the stash.....

Thanks