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Re: Tiger I-One Tough Cat
cyberia mate i have added that one to my collection if you dont mind i dont have that one now as for the identification of the tank this would be a command vehicle of 9/ss panzerregiment 3 totenkopf. the vehicle is numbered 901 in white stenciling seen on tigers of this battalion. an interesting feature is the single monocular sight in the mantlet and the mid production style early loaders hatch just visible behind the commnder in the centre of the photo (you can make out the loader hatch surround on the turret roof) the mantlet was the final production mantlet for the tiger one and the loaders hatch was used in the mid production run so looking at these two featuers the turret would be an interim turret used between march 44 and may 44. if you look at the bottem left corner you can just make out the cut out in the hull extension seen on the late production tiger so at a guess this would be a steel wheeled tiger built after january 44 the actual hull manufacture date cant be confirmed becuase we cant see the rear plate to see if there is the heater torch port visible under the left rear exhaust nice photo again of the unifroms cyberia
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