SD2:Panther A Füh. Nicolussi-Leck

 is a Germany Tank unit in Steel Division II.

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Born in 1917, Nicolussi-Leck was born in South Tyrol and in his youth helped form a local Nazi organization to oppose attempts to Italianize the contested frontier region. After Nazi Germany invaded Poland, Leck abandoned his studies at the university and volunteered for service in the SS in 1940, participating in the Balkan campaign after completing his training. Reassigned to the Eastern Front in the run-up to Fall Barbarossa, he was assigned to an officer training course in late 1941 and completed it by 1943, joining the SS-Panzer formations. His ace status came in March 1944, when he managed to single-handedly break through an enemy encirclement during the battle of Kovel as part of the 5. SS-Panzerdivision “Wiking”. Disregarding a direct order to withdraw, Nicolussi-Leck kept up the attack, destroying several Soviet tanks, and ultimately reached the besieged troops. The trapped forces escaped with most of their heavy equipment intact, which later earned Nicolussi-Leck the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for his actions.

Nicolaussi-Leck later commanded a Kampfgruppe in the Ruhr, eventually surrendering to American forces. Ever the Nazi, Nicolussi-Leck helped organize a ratline to aid his SS brethren in fleeing to South America, before emigrating to Argentina himself. He returned to South Tyrol years later, living out his days as a salesman for Mannesmann, a German industrial conglomerate. He died in 2008.