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Originally Posted by Rob Romero
At this link you can find the links to many WWII video clips.
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=74788&postdays=0&postorder=asc&hig hlight=clips&start=0
However one clip is of particular interest. IIRC In his war autobiography Hans Rudel indicates that towards the end of the war [in 1945? following the bestowment of the Golden Oak Leaves or following his leg amputation] he had a private screening of a WochenschauorNews Reel [with Hitler and dignitaries?] in which there was footage of him making tank busting attacks. Well they sell Wochenschau reels at
http://ww2wochenschau.com/
Moreover, you can download some for free. Scroll down to:
-1945 -German Wartime Newsreel -Luftwaffe and Panthers
download (6,6 MB)
This clip included had ground footage of a lone Tank Busting Stuka making a couple of swooping firing runs in the winter of 44/45 –the second lower and closer than the first. Two knocked out -but not burned out- Stalin tanks were shown immediately thereafter. Several things suggest that the unspectacular but potentially historically significant attacks depicted were made by Rudel.
-Time Frame matches Rudel’s account.
-Few Tank Busting Stukas survived into 1945
-Even in Rudel’s Unit, most Stukas were bombers used for flack suppression for the few tank busters [9 in his unit if IIRC]
-Rarity of Tank Busting Footage [especially from the ground] would suggest that if Rudel Saw his own attacks on a Wochenschau, it would be of this footage.
CAN ANYONE CONFIRM 100% THAT THIS WAS RUDEL?
As always Thanx
Rob Romero
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Hello I am an administrator of ww2wochenschau.com -this newsreel you are talking about is from 03/22/1945 -my be its Rudel,my be not ,but we are sure guncam footage(knocking out T34ś) shown on our page is Rudel:
http://ww2wochenschau.com/buyandmoviedownload/
1945-january/03-Great sovie offenzive -its free d/l
We have in our database German Wartime Newsreel 1945/01/04 named Ardennen,Rudel,Hungary too -in this newsreel is cca 3 min reportage about Rudel(footage maded from 2nd Stuka filming Rudel as he shoots on russian tanks,etc.) -that were few informations about Rudel and Ger.WWII Newsreels
All the best J.Havlik administrator of ww2wochenschau.com