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Otto Carius
Sign in to saveGerman pharmacist, military officer and highly decorated tank commander (1922-2015)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Tiger Nel Fango
- Otto Carius Meine Dienstzeit
- Tiger im Schlamm
- Tigers in the mud
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Origin
- Germany
Discography
- Night Birds2020
- Isocandela Ep2020
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 1
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,384x
- On the Origin of Cancer Cells
· 1956 · cited 11,330x
- Development and validation of a geriatric depression screening scale: A preliminary report
· 1982 · cited 11,070x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,811x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 9,764x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1922-05-27 ) 27 May 1922, Zweibrücken , Weimar Republic
- Died
- 24 January 2015 (2015-01-24) (aged 92), Herschweiler-Pettersheim , Germany
- Allegiance
- Nazi Germany
- Branch
- Heer
- Service years
- 1940–1945
- Rank
- Oberleutnant
- Unit
- 502nd Heavy Panzer Battalion , 512th Heavy Panzerjäger Battalion
- Conflicts
- World War II
- Awards
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Other work
- Pharmacist
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1979-064-06, Otto Carius.jpg
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- date of death
- 2015-01-24
- Commons category
- Otto Carius
- date of birth
- 1922-05-27
- start of work period
- 1940-00-00
- name in native language
- Otto Carius
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Article
Otto Carius (27 May 1922 – 24 January 2015) was a German tank commander in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He fought on the Eastern Front in 1943 and 1944 and on the Western Front in 1945. Carius is considered a "panzer ace", some sources credited him with destroying more than 150 enemy tanks, although Carius, in an interview claims he had around 100 kills or less. This was also due to the fact that he did not count kills as a commander, and rather only as a gunner. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.
World War II