Carius was severely wounded on July 24,1944, subsequently becoming the commander of a Jagdtiger company of the 512th Heavy Antitank Battalion (schwere Panzerjägerabteilung) in the West at the beginning of 1945.
Carius was severely wounded on July 24,1944 while reconnoitering a village on a motorcycle ahead of his tanks. He subsequently became the commander of a Jagdtiger company of the 512th Heavy Antitank Battalion (schwere Panzerjägerabteilung) in the West at the beginning of 1945.