Nothing new, Luger accidental death

Roadkill · 02-03-2004, 08:35 PM

Just sort of thought those folks would have been more careful:

KNIEP, Walter (RK; DKiG)
(1909 - 1944)
SS-SturmbannfÃ?Â¼hrer:
Born: 13.12.1909 in Lorenzen/OstpreuÃ??en.
Died: 22.04.1944 after being hit by an .08 Luger pistol round being unloaded by another soldier during firing practice near Thouars, France.
NSDAP-Nr.:/SS-Nr.:
Promotions:
SS-Stubaf.: ; SS-Hstuf.: ;
Assignments:
Kdr. SturmgeschÃ?Â¼tz-Abt./SS-Pz.Gren.Div. "Das Reich": 10.1942 - 22.04.1944.
IIa/IIb SS-Division "Reich" (mot.): (03.1942) -
Notes:
According to official reports detailing the peiord 5.07.43 to 17.01.1944, Kniep's Abteilung destroyed 129 Soviet tanks, while itself sustaining only two casualties. Decorations & Awards:
Ritterkreuz des E.K.: 14.08.1943 as SS-Stubaf. u.Kdr. SturmgeschÃ?Â¼tz-Abt./SS-Pz.Gren.Div. "Das Reich"/AOK "Kempf"/Heeresgruppe SÃ?Â¼d, Eastern Front;
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: 11.11.1941;
1939 EK I: 22.07.1940; 1939 EK II: 3.06.1940;

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rk

02-03-2004, 08:35 PM	#1
Roadkill User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,634 Thanks: 1 Thanked 28 Times in 17 Posts	Nothing new, Luger accidental death Just sort of thought those folks would have been more careful: KNIEP, Walter (RK; DKiG) (1909 - 1944) SS-SturmbannfÃ?Â¼hrer: Born: 13.12.1909 in Lorenzen/OstpreuÃ??en. Died: 22.04.1944 after being hit by an .08 Luger pistol round being unloaded by another soldier during firing practice near Thouars, France. NSDAP-Nr.:/SS-Nr.: Promotions: SS-Stubaf.: ; SS-Hstuf.: ; Assignments: Kdr. SturmgeschÃ?Â¼tz-Abt./SS-Pz.Gren.Div. "Das Reich": 10.1942 - 22.04.1944. IIa/IIb SS-Division "Reich" (mot.): (03.1942) - Notes: According to official reports detailing the peiord 5.07.43 to 17.01.1944, Kniep's Abteilung destroyed 129 Soviet tanks, while itself sustaining only two casualties. Decorations & Awards: Ritterkreuz des E.K.: 14.08.1943 as SS-Stubaf. u.Kdr. SturmgeschÃ?Â¼tz-Abt./SS-Pz.Gren.Div. "Das Reich"/AOK "Kempf"/Heeresgruppe SÃ?Â¼d, Eastern Front; Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: 11.11.1941; 1939 EK I: 22.07.1940; 1939 EK II: 3.06.1940; http://www.geocities.com/~orion47/SS...tubaf_J-L.html rk