Fred Carpaneto, during
World War II, was a
German SS Untersturmführer, of the
502nd SS Heavy Tank Battalion[?], and the commander of a
Pzkw Königstiger tank. On
January 25,
1945, while attempting to rejoin his
battalion, Carpaneto encountered and destroyed a
Russian company consisting of 16
T-34/85s and
JS-IIs.