Date of birth:

June 10th, 1916 (Zerbst/Anhalt, Germany)

Date of death:

July 19th, 1983 (Neunkirchen/Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Gerhard Niemann reached the rank of Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel and his credited with 32 tank kills

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

in silver

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant)

Unit:

Zugführer, 8. Kompanie, Panzer-Regiment 31, 5. Panzer-Division

Awarded on:

March 14th, 1943

On the 07.03.1943 the 5. Panzer-Division succeeding in largely holding its defensive front, destroying 55 enemy tanks in the process. Of these, Feldwebel Niemeck alone destroyed 15 tanks with his long-barrelled Panzer IV. For his achievements on this day Niemeck would be decorated with the Knight’s Cross.

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• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.