Gustáv Wendrinský

Gustáv Wendrinský (24 January 1923 in Bratislava, Slovakia – 11 to 13 February 1945 in Csobanka, Hungary) was a Slovak SS-Oberscharführer. He joined the Waffen SS as early as 1940.

He destroyed 41 soviet tanks, which was the maximum number of tank demolitions with one antitank gun during World War II. Two of them he destroyed in close combat with Panzerfaust.

Wendrinský was KIA 20 km away from Budapest, during the attempt of German and Hungarian soldiers to escape from Red Army encirclement.

Sources and references

Gustáv Wendrinský - biela stránka slovenskej vojenskej histórie (Slovak)
Gustáv Wendrinský
V. Volka: SS-Hauptscharführer Gustáv Wendrinský, nositel Rytířského kříže z Bratislavy

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer

Staff	Hans Diergarten Hermann Fegelein¹ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Franz Liebisch Joachim Rumohr(Oak Leaves)

Units	Albert Klett Siegfried Korth Oswald Krauss Gustav Lombard Erhard Mösslacher Alfred Nowak Harry Phönix Max Schachner Gustav Wendrinsky August Zehender¹ (Oak Leaves) ¹ Oak Leaves with 22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Maria Theresia.

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