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February 8th, 2007, 01:58 AM
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German Tank Destruction Badge
Hi, I've posted this on a couple of sites, and I'm hoping someone here might have an idea! When the Sonderabzeichen für das niederkämpfen von Panzerkampfwagen durch Einzelkämpfer, or Special Badge for the single-handed destruction of a Tank, commonly known as the Tank Destruction Badge, was instituted on 9.3.42, it was backdated to 22.6.41 to cover the Russian campaign. As the bronze coloured metal representation of a tank was based on a mixture of Pz III and Pz IV tanks, why, when presumably most of these were won on the Eastern Front, didn't they have a representation of a T-34 in the middle of the badge? Seems more fitting to me!
Troy
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February 8th, 2007, 02:14 AM
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Re: German Tank Destruction Badge
That never occured to me before. But you are right. Strange.
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February 8th, 2007, 08:37 AM
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Re: German Tank Destruction Badge
Just a guess, but perhaps they didn't want soldiers proudly wearing a replica of a Soviet tank.
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February 8th, 2007, 06:17 PM
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Re: German Tank Destruction Badge
Hi Jim, but they'd be proudly wearing a replica of a Soviet tank that had been single-handedly destroyed without anti-tank weapons! Maybe they should have had a T-34 inside a red circle with a line through it!
 Troy
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February 9th, 2007, 02:02 AM
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Re: German Tank Destruction Badge
Every enemy sniper would thank you for that kind of badge!!
 Makes the work more fun...
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