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Originally Posted by cyberia
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Originally Posted by LAH 1 SS
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OK LAH, found this one in a large stash of armor shots and it had no info...
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hm ok going to be tough the unit and vehicle number im not going to guess will have to do some more looking. however the tiger is an early production tiger note the early tiger tank links with out the cleats and still has the front road wheel insitu. if we look at the tow shackle area we will see the cut out at the bottem of the shackle are so this dates the chassis after december 42. the front bow plate has what looks like fittings that would have held the shovel that have broken off it is also worthy noting the bosch headlight mountings on the hull top. the turret is of the early style with early pistol port and a loaders hatch. if you also not the turret doesnt have a loaders periscope fitted this mod was seen on tigers after may 43 so this turret was produced after december 42 and before may 43. interesting to note there is no turret bin |
LAH, am I failing to see something or is the commander's cupola hatch missing? |
LAH your knowledge on the Tiger is impressive, so jumping in here I may be out of my league. However, this shot looks similar to a series of photos when a Tiger or Tigers were being put though it's paces. I know in some of those shot crews where not visible. It may account for a missing cupola hatch as well; being to factory is likely not too far away.
Just a thought, Panzer Bob out