Tiger I-One Tough Cat

[LAH 1 SS]

Originally Posted by cyberia

Tiger I undergoing some extensive repairs

nice photo of the final drive assembly and the underside detail of the front gaurds of the tiger 1 really good for modelling purposes that one congrats mate

[cyberia]

Originally Posted by LAH 1 SS

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 1 SS]

no mate the hatch is there it is the black shape on the edge of the cupola it is a little dark so im assuming its becuase of the photo there is no obvious identifiaction that might show an internal fire or explosion that would take the hatch off the hatch for the drum cuploa was heavily bolted down and wuld take tremendous force internally to blow it off. it is strange to see the other 3 hatches closed howver during combat the commanders hatch was left open so that the comander could stick hi head up for a quick look if required hm will have to a bit more looking good find cyberia

[cyberia]

I did see the dark patch but it did not look large enough to be the hatch. But the photo is not the sharpest so I'm sure that's it.

[cyberia]

A Tiger I moving up to the front in Normandy

[LAH 1 SS]

cyberia a nice photo of tiger 211 from the sSSpzabt 102 and you are correct mate definately normandy. a very good photo showing the use of extra foliage and the broad 3 tone camoflage often seen on this units tigers. this looks like a late version tiger by looking at the loaders hatch and also interesting to note the fuel drums on the rear deck and just to top it off here is a rear view of the same tiger just at diferent part of the road

[cyberia]

Originally Posted by LAH 1 SS

cyberia a nice photo of tiger 211 from the sSSpzabt 102 and you are correct mate definately normandy. a very good photo showing the use of extra foliage and the broad 3 tone camoflage often seen on this units tigers. this looks like a late version tiger by looking at the loaders hatch and also interesting to note the fuel drums on the rear deck and just to top it off here is a rear view of the same tiger just at diferent part of the road

Very cool LAH, and hauling extra fuel in a drum. We've been seeing more and more like that here lately.

I love it when we can match up different photos on the same vehicle. And all the great extra info you provide is just the icing on the cake!

[LAH 1 SS]

yeh it is great isnt there is some good detail and infromation here in these two photos for the modellers out there who want to model specific vehicles a model of this vehicle put on top of two photos as a base (thats how i display mine if and when possible) just brings the realism into the model

[MAGNA]

The fuel drum and buckets make it more interesting all round. Looks like they borrowed a Dingo from somewhere as well. Which type of wheel is on this one ? All steel or not ?

[LAH 1 SS]

all steel with a smaller rear idler wheel. the smaller idler was 600m in diameter and came into use in february 44 before that the idler was 700mm in diameter and was seen on all previous model tigers the reason for the change was to stop the mud build up between the rear wheels.