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Old May 26th, 2008, 07:00 PM
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Re: Tiger II, Power on the Prowl

from memory the travel lock set the angle of the gun down and usually had the breech mechanism pointing to the roof. this photo of the tiger would have the breech down towards the turret floor. for transporting there would be no way the barrel would get through the tunnels of europe do to the length of them at this elevation (not that they were transported much hence why the increase of the mechanical breakdown) so im thinking this is not locked. the tiger two had a similar lock mechanism like the late version tiger 1 the cradle on the roof to lock the breech into place and a wheel on the gunners side to lock the turret into a postion roughly between 10 and 11 o'clock on the hull hope it helps
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