Ubiitsa tankov. Kavaler Rytsarskogo Kresta rasskazyvaet - Mebius I., Khal'm G.

At the age of 19, Gunther Halm became the youngest knight of the Knight's Cross and the first private Panzerwaffe to be awarded this highest combat award, which was presented to him personally by Field Marshal Rommel, who noted the "unparalleled personal courage" of the young soldier. Fighting in the African Corps, a gunner on a trophy Soviet 76 mm weapon, Haim in one battle burned nine British tanks (eight "Valentines" and commander "Matilda"), actually deciding the outcome of the battle of El Alamein. Even the British themselves then recognized the crushing defeat of their tank brigade, which "was destroyed in full force by the incredibly accurate fire" of the German PTO and panzers. "We were firing all the time, one shot after another. We acted in cold blood, as usual, without feeling the slightest fear. The British tanks have a narrow view, and they did not immediately determine where we were shooting. But when they identified it, that's where it started! Several shells sewn the armor of the gun flap. The charger yelled, bleeding. And again a direct hit to the flap, a few seconds later another. But we did not pay attention to them - as if nothing happened, continued to fire. And then, as soon as I recoiled from the optics, a torn sight whistled past me. A tiny fraction of a second decided to live or die. I felt sticky warm blood on my face and felt my head and saw that there were shards in my skull. One of them still sits under my skull..." In addition to El Alamein, the author had a chance to fight near Tobruk and Normandy. This book is panzerMetzger's "trench truth" (literally: "tank butcher" - the front-line nickname of the most effective German anti-tankists), which earned the fame of the best "KILLER TANK)."