[烛光生存狂]-波兰坦克王牌简介

Roman Orlik was polish university student at architecture departament. In September 1939 he was commander of TKS tankette with 20 mm gun (FK wz. 38 model A) in Wielkopolska Brygada Kawalerii (Wielkopolska Cavalry Brigade). On 18 September 1939 he was sent with two other tankettes (armed with MG only) to make a recognition of a forest near Puszcza Kampinoska (huge forrests in Poland). Suddenly he had heard enemy tanks, so he had ordered two other tankettes with MG to hide. He had hidden his tankette and made an ambush for enemy tanks. Three german PzKfw 35 (t)'s and few other vehicles appeared. Orlik opened fire and all enemy tanks were destroyed. Germans were fleeing in blind panic and they were shooting in all directions. Orlik managed to escape. One of destroyed tanks was commanded by Lieutenant Victor Hohenlohe - Prinz Von Ratibor.

Next day Orlik and his tank did something even greater. He counterattacked (alone!!) against German tank attack and destroyed 7 PzKwf 35(t)'s!! Also he took 2 POW's! After that he had ran out of ammo and left battlefield.

He survived the war and was working as an architect. He died in 1982.

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The cannon-armed tankettes were actively used during the German invasion in September 1939, but there is no specific information on most of them. Only some actions of the first platoon of the 71st Armoured Unit, of Wielkopolska Cavalry Brigade, are relatively well known. On 14 September 1939, its tankettes were supporting an attack of the 7th Mounted Rifle Regiment on Brochów (on the Bzura river, east of Warsaw), and a cannon-armed tankette immobilized 2 or 3 German tanks of the 4th Panzerdivision on the other bank of the river, helping the Poles to capture the village. The most famous action was on 18 September near Pociecha in Puszcza Kampinoska forest (east of Warsaw), when three tankettes laid an ambush on a forest crossroads, and a single cannon-armed tankette, manned by cadet Roman Orlik, destroyed a patrol of three German PzKpfw-35(t) tanks of the 11th Panzer Regiment of the 1st Leichte Division, from a flank (probably among killed was prince Victor von Ratibor).

On the next day, the tankette platoon supported Polish units defending Sieraków village in Puszcza Kampinoska against tanks of the 11th Panzer Regiment and 65th Panzer Abteilung. Orlik carried out short forays from earth pits and back, to the left flank of advancing Germans, and claimed to immobilize 7 tanks (overally, according to the Polish reports, the Germans lost some 20 tanks in a combat of Sieraków, mostly due to anti-tank and field artillery; exact numbers are not confirmed). The surviving cannon-armed tankette of the 71st Unit got through to Warsaw about 20 September and took part in its defence, this time without much success, but the details are unknown. There is also a controversion, who commanded it during a combat at Brochów and Warsaw defence[1]. There are no details on a track of other cannon-armed tankettes of the 71st Unit, especially in the first two weeks of the war (it should be noted, that the 71st Unit undertook a short raid to the German territory on 2 September 1939, fighting Grenzwacht units and destroying military cars in some villages).

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波兰猛男！

人们总喜欢津津乐道于所谓的波兰枪骑兵攻击德国坦克的“故事”，但却不知道1939年9月的波兰为数不多的装甲部队表现出色，虽然并不足以扭转战局，但仍然称得上是装甲战史上的亮点，首个盟军坦克王牌的荣誉属于一名波兰猛男。

德军在波兰战役中损失了674辆坦克（被击毁或者无法修复），其中大部分是波兰反坦克炮的成果。1939年9月1日，波兰Wolynian骑兵旅（下马作战）在Mokra用37毫米反坦克炮和75毫米野炮使德国第4装甲师损失了30辆坦克（波兰战役后，德军停止使用白色的十字标志，因为这个成为波兰炮手很好的瞄准目标）。9月9日在华沙郊区，该师还损失了120辆坦克中的57辆。波兰战役中最大的一次坦克中发生在Tomaszow Lubelski，德国第2装甲师对波兰华沙机械化旅，从9月18日打到20日，波军被摧毁。

波兰的官校学员R.E.奥尔利克（Orlik）中士的坐骑是重仅2.8吨的TKS超轻型坦克，武器是一门20毫米FK-A wz.38 L/73.5炮和一挺7.92毫米霍奇基斯机枪，他却干掉了13辆德军的10.5吨装37毫米炮的35（t）坦克（是否还干掉过其他型号的坦克还不清楚）：9月14日，在Brochow的Bzura河渡口他敲掉了第4装甲师第38团的3辆35（t）；四天后，9月18日，在向华沙方向突破Kampinos森林时，第1轻型师第11团的3辆同型坦克又成了他的炮下鬼；次日，9月19日，在Sierakow支援Wielkopolska骑兵旅的第7和第9团时，他一连干掉7辆35（t）！而骑兵旅的37毫米反坦克炮和75毫米野炮也打掉另外13辆。奥尔利克属于Wielkopolska骑兵旅的第71装甲营，他的小坦克是他所在部队唯一一辆成功到达华沙的。他被授于波兰最高军事勋章：军功十字勋章第5级。波兰沦陷后，他参加了抵抗组织，后来他大学毕业成为一名建筑师，1982年死于车祸。（根据G.Forty: Tank Aces From Blitzkrieg to the Gulf War）

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