I'm sorry but the is-3 was a poorly designed/poorly engineered piece of garbage. It was all the soviets could do to keep them going for the Berlin parade.  <div>
</div><div>You seem to have missed Knisple, Carius and Bolter who all had higher scores (and where all incidentally heer). Knisples career makes an intresting reading incidentally.  </div><div>
</div><div>I'm not sure what being in the wafften SS has to do with being a good tank commander or not. The circumstances of wittmans death are pretty hotly contested. Going out with a whimper?! Really? Also I would be interested to know Pools tank kills. All stats I've seen for most of the panzer aces only include afvs and atgs and omit any other vehicle.</div><div>
</div><div>Whilst this post raises some intresting points it does seem to be quite biased. Ive never heard anyone call the tiger ii the most influential tank of WWII. Most would argue the panther was the most influential GERMAN tank of the war and I would say that more in terms of design philosophy than detailed design elements.</div>