Kurt Knispel (20 September 1921 – 28 April 1945[1]) was a German tank commander during World War II.

Knispel was severely wounded on 28 April 1945 by shrapnel to his head when his Tiger II was hit in battle by Soviet tanks.

[2] On 10 April 2013, Czech authorities said that Knispel's remains were found with 15 other German soldiers behind a church wall in Vrbovec, identified by his dog tags.

[4] He was buried with 41 other German soldiers who died in Moravia and Silesia.

[5] Knispel was profiled extensively in the second installment of the popular historical fiction series Panzer Aces, written by Franz Kurowski.