• StuG III Sturmgeschütz

Date of birth:

May 10th, 1919 (Karlsruhe, Germany)

Date of death:

September 1st, 2006 (Gaienhofen-Horn/Konstanz, Germany)

Nationality:

German

Promotions:
1937: Soldat
1938: Gefreiter
1940: Unteroffizier
1940: ROA
1940: Wachtmeister-ROA
1940: Leutnant d.R.
1942: Oberleutnant d.R.
1944: Hauptmann d.R.
1944: Hauptmann

Career:
1937: entered 6./ Artillerie Regiment 41
1940: Offiziersanwärter-lehrgang - 1./ schwere Artillerie Abteilung (mot.) 100
1940: Leutnant der Reserve - 1./ then 3./ schwere Artillerie Abteilung (mot.) 100
1941: Leutnant d.R. - Zugführer - 2./ Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 200
15.08.1942: WIA
05.1943: Zugführer - Sturmgeschütz-Ersatz-und Ausbildungs-Abteilung 200
Summer 1943: Führer - II. Zug - Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 237
09.1943: Führer - 2./ Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 237
19.09.1943: WIA for the 5th time
10.1943: Sturmgeschütz-Ersatz- und Ausbildungs-Abteilung 500 - Posen
1944: Batterie-Führer - Sturmgeschütz-Ersatz- und Ausbildungs-Abteilung 500 - Posen
04.1945: Sturmgeschützschule - Burg
05.1945: French POW

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

August 18th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

August 25th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Leutnant der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves)

Unit:

Zugführer, 2./ Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 201

Awarded on:

October 9th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant der Reserve (1st Lieutenant of Reserves)

Unit:

Zugführer, 2./ Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 237, 2. Armee

Awarded on:

November 16th, 1943

Friedrich Arnold received the Knight’s Cross while serving as a Sturmgeschütz commander in the Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 237 for the following actions:

1.) Bringing his total of destroyed tanks to 51, of which 22 were destroyed in the time period 08.08.-22.09.1943.

2.) Playing a vital role while assigned to the 35. Infanterie-Division. During this time he launched a counterattack with only two Sturmgeschützen and a handful of friendly infantry, and in the fighting which followed he managed to retake the old defensive line and then hold this position for a whole night until reinforcements arrived.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

August 15th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

May 16th, 1943

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

September 19th, 1943

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

June 28th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

August 1st, 1941

in silver

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

March 25th, 1945

• Photo 1: Russ Nummer
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  - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück, Germany, 1985.
  - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
  - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
  - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
  - Die Sturmgeschütz Abteilungen 1940 - 45