List of Aces of Aces - Tank Aces

Tank Aces

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See also: List of World War II Panzer aces from Germany

Ace of aces is a title accorded to the top tank ace of a nation's tank corps during time of war. Not all nations recognised the term ‘tank ace’ during World War 2.

Persons accorded the title ace of aces

Person	Country of service	War	Time	Kill statistics
Michael Wittmann	Third Reich (Germany)	World War II	– 8 August 1944	138 Tanks, 132 Anti tank guns, unknown other.
Kurt Knispel	Third Reich (Germany)	World War II	– 28 April 1945	168 tanks	The top Panzer ace of the war: 168 tanks destroyed.
Johannes Bölter	Third Reich (Germany)	World War II	28 April 1945 – end of World War II	139 tanks
Otto Carius	Third Reich (Germany)	World War II	– end of World War II	+150 tanks
Lafayette G. Pool	United States	World War II	– 19 September 1944	12 Tanks, 246 AFVs/trucks
Sydney V. Radley-Walters	Canada	World War II	– end of World War II	18 tanks	Top aces of the western allies
Dmitriy Lavrinenko	Soviet Union	World War II	– 1941	Between 52 and 57 tanks.	The top Allied tank ace of the war
Zvika Greengold	Israel	Yom Kippur War	– end of Yom Kippur War	Between 40 and 60 tanks.	Only tank ace to score more than 40 kills in 30 hours.

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