Peterski
08-06-2017, 02:44 AM
Edmund Roman Orlik:
Edmund Roman Orlik (January 26, 1918 - April 8, 1982)[1] was a Polish tank commander who destroyed 10 [some sources say 13] German tanks during the September Campaign. In World War II literature he is mentioned as Roman Orlik.[2]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTtwOZLeL6E#t=10m23s
http://www.bohaterowie1939.pl/files_user/02.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Roman_Orlik
On 18 September 1939, during the skirmish of Pociecha in the Kampinos Forest, Orlik's half-platoon, composed of three tankettes TKS (only Orlik's one had a 20mm cannon; the others were equipped with machine-guns) destroyed three German tanks, probably the Panzer 35(t) from the 1. Leichte Division. As a result of the battle the commander of the German platoon, the 23 years old lieutenant Victor IV, Duke of Ratibor, was killed.[4]
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/POL_Wiktor_IV_Albrecht_von_Ratibor.jpg
Victor's tank was actually a Panzer IV, not a Panzer 35(t) - this one:
http://ww2images.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-remain-of-prinz-von-ratibors-panzer.html
http://odkrywca.pl/forum_pics/picsforum23/pociecha_polen_panzer_iv.jpg
^^^
In fact it was destroyed by Orlik's TKS 20 mm tankette, not anti-tank guns:
http://www.dom1n.com/newsy/orlik/
http://i.imgur.com/6PYDGyL.gif
Edmund Roman Orlik (January 26, 1918 - April 8, 1982)[1] was a Polish tank commander who destroyed 10 [some sources say 13] German tanks during the September Campaign. In World War II literature he is mentioned as Roman Orlik.[2]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTtwOZLeL6E#t=10m23s
http://www.bohaterowie1939.pl/files_user/02.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Roman_Orlik
On 18 September 1939, during the skirmish of Pociecha in the Kampinos Forest, Orlik's half-platoon, composed of three tankettes TKS (only Orlik's one had a 20mm cannon; the others were equipped with machine-guns) destroyed three German tanks, probably the Panzer 35(t) from the 1. Leichte Division. As a result of the battle the commander of the German platoon, the 23 years old lieutenant Victor IV, Duke of Ratibor, was killed.[4]
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/POL_Wiktor_IV_Albrecht_von_Ratibor.jpg
Victor's tank was actually a Panzer IV, not a Panzer 35(t) - this one:
http://ww2images.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-remain-of-prinz-von-ratibors-panzer.html
http://odkrywca.pl/forum_pics/picsforum23/pociecha_polen_panzer_iv.jpg
^^^
In fact it was destroyed by Orlik's TKS 20 mm tankette, not anti-tank guns:
http://www.dom1n.com/newsy/orlik/
http://i.imgur.com/6PYDGyL.gif