• T-34 tank

Date of birth:

November 10th, 1909 (Heppenheim/Hesse, Germany)

Date of death:

November 10th, 1986 (Heppenheim/Hesse, Germany)

Nationality:

German

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant)

Unit:

Zugführer 4. / Jagdpanzer-Abteilung II / Panzergrenadier-Division Kurmark

Awarded on:

February 8th, 1945

Adam Riedmüller was a Jagdpanzer commander in the Pz.Gr.Div. “Kurmark” when it was attacking in the direction of Kunersdorf in early 1945. During a battle with Soviet tanks Riedmüller personally knocked out four with his Hetzer. Since the terrain prevented his vehicle from engaging the remaining Soviet armour, he got out of his tank, picked up two Panzerfausts and destroyed two more Soviet tanks in close combat. He would be awarded the Knight’s Cross for this action.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

1945

For the destruction of a T-34 near Kunersdorf in Eastern Prussia on 2nd February 1945.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

• Photo: Mirek Herold
• - TEGETHOFF, RALPH, Die Ritterkreuzträger des Panzerkorps Großdeutschland und seiner Schwesterverbände, DS- Vlg. o.J., Riesa, 1998.
  - Mirek Herold
  - Bender R.J., Breyette T., Tank Killers, RJ Bender Publications, 2000, ISBN 0-912138-83-1
  - 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