Book Tiger in the Mud by Otto Carius

Book Tiger in the Mud by Otto Carius

Tiger in the Mud is a book about Otto Carius, a German tank officer during World War II. Carius (5/27/1922–1/24/2015) was an Oberleutnant and is among the most successful German tank commanders, with over 150 Allied tanks destroyed.

He volunteered for the Wehrmacht in 1940 and began his armored service as a loader in the Czechoslovakian light tank Praga LT vz. 38. From 1943, he served in the 502nd Heavy Tank Battalion with Tiger I tanks on the Eastern Front. For his wartime actions, he received high-level decorations, including the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of 1939 and, subsequently, the Oak Leaves.

In the final year of the war, he commanded the 2nd Company of the 512th Heavy Anti-Tank Battalion, equipped with Jagdtigers. After the war, he pursued a career in pharmacy and was the owner of the Tiger Pharmacy in Herschweiler-Pettersheim.

Ideal for

• readers of military history
• collectors of military books
• those interested in tanks and World War II
• researchers or students of military history