Such methods (which some would argue are outright reckless) had resulted in her inflicting regular injury to herself to the point where she caries considerable scars on her body, with the scar along the bridge of her nose being the most noticeable and prominent. Hanna Rudel is a highly driven, focused and confident witch, fearless and undaunted with her missions and mostly unconcerned for her well-being in battle making relentless assaults and attacks against the enemy and accomplishing very awe inspiring, yet highly risky, feats. Her Fw190 unit had a temporary painting, and it is highly likely that the surplus new model was used temporarily.

In the final assault of Slussen, they used a 37mm anti-tank gun. Therefore, they turned for a larger firepower. Rudel and her Stuka Squadron carried a 125 kg bomb in the first bombing mission on Slussen for dive bombing. There, she discovered that using high-caliber guns instead of traditional bombs is far more effective for anti-ground missions, which became a standard tactic of anti-ground witches later in the war. She and her Stuka Squadron were dispatched to Mikkeli Base in Suomus to aid the Suomus Independent Volunteer Squadron reclaim the fallen town of Slussen from the Neuroi in 1939. Within the setting of the Strike Witches world, she is one of the best-seven witches in terms of shot down count (the other six being Wilcke, Barkhorn, Schnaufer, Rall, Marseille and Hartmann).

Beurling.Īfter 1940, she was promoted to colonel and commander of the Second Dive Bombing Wing. She is considered the best ground attack witch in the world.ĭuring the outbreak of the Second Neuroi War, Rudel was part of the Ostmark International Neuroi Watch Wing and fought alongside Elizabeth F. Rudel is a Karlslander anti-ground witch.

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