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Franz Staudegger (12 February 1921 – 16 May 1995) was an ''Oberscharführer'' (sergeant) in the Waffen-SS and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. As an ''Unterscharführer'', (equivalent to corporal) Franz Staudegger was the first 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH) Tiger tank commander to win the Knight's Cross. ==War experience== On 7 July 1943, a single Tiger I tank commanded by ''Oberscharführer'' Staudegger from the 2nd Platoon, 13th Panzer Company, 1st SS Panzer Regiment LSSAH engaged a Soviet group of some 50 T-34 tanks around Psyolknee in the southern sector of the Battle of Kursk. Staudegger used up his entire ammunition supply and destroyed 22 Soviet tanks, while the remaining T-34s retreated. For this achievement, he was awarded the Knight's Cross. He was also summoned to the Führer Headquarters to give Adolf Hitler a detailed account of the tank battle. Staudegger ended the war in the 501st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion which fought in the Battle of Normandy in 1944 under the command of Michael Wittmann, and was later involved in the Battle of the Bulge. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Franz Staudegger」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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