Nashorn Ace Albert Ernst was nicknamed the "Tiger of Vitebsk" for he knocked out 19 Soviet tanks during the Battle of Vitebsk. His gunner Kramer destroyed a Russian JS-2 at 4,800 Meters! He received the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 22 January 1944 as Leutnant and Zugführer in 1.Kompanie / schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 519. Albert Ernst and his Jagdtiger unit of 1/s.Pz.Jg.Abt.512 surrendered at Iserlohn in the Ruhr pocket on April 16,1945 (3 Jagdtigers, 1 bergepanther G, 5 sdkfz 251, one sdkfz 250 and a M3A1 scout car)
Source :
ECPAD Archives
https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/30017/Ernst-Albert.htm
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