Panzerjager: Tank Hunter

Panzerjager: Tank Hunter follows young Bernhard Averbeck as he leaves home to fight on the Eastern and Western Fronts in World War II. The public and specialist alike will recognize that Averbeck's story of frustration and fear, along with the tenacity to survive three years of nonstop combat, are without parallel.

Few books have recorded the experiences of the common German soldier on the Eastern Front. No book in English concerns German World War II antitank warfare, and none would compare with this true account of a German soldier fighting with various Panzerjager units between 1942 and 1944 on the Eastern Front and from 1944 to 1945 on the Western Front. German antitank units were the bane of Allied tankers.

Averbeck supplies the reader with details of Panzerjager training, equipment, Panzerjager battle tactics, and personal observations of humor and sorrow that reveal in great detail one young man's life on the Third Reich's two fronts.


ISBN-13 : 9781572490741
Publisher : White Mane Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date : 25/08/1997
Author : Bernhard Averbeck, William B. Folkestad

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A first-person account of a young soldier's experiences fighting with various ger/> units between 1942 and 1944 on the Eastern Front and from 1944 to 1945 on the Western Front. Draws on personal and taped interviews conducted over a two-year period to give insight into the everyday life of an ordinary German soldier, covering battle tactics, equipment, experiences leading to his capture, and time spent as an American prisoner of war. Includes b&w photos. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.