Tiger I-One Tough Cat

[cyberia]

Tiger I and crew of the Das Reich Div., date and location unknown

[LAH 1 SS]

hm that looks like before kursk. das reich had a different symbol on the rear and front plates plus the turrets had a gnome painted on them. it looks like a nice coat of winter white wash over the tank so that would put it the first winter just before the kursk battle plus also the vehicle still has the front road wheel attached. they were removed by the crews during the first winter when the road wheels would become frozen due to the mud freezing between the interleaved wheels and throwing the tracks. my guess is they are some where in th front because they are carrying fuel drums on the rear deck

[LAH 1 SS]

here is a photo of das reich with the kursk markings note the gnome and the unit symbol on the front glacis plate

[LAH 1 SS]

here is two clear photo's of the unit markings for kursk tigers hope they help the first is the gnome pictured on the turret



the second is the unit marking

[LAH 1 SS]

wel after alot of searching through my photos i found two photos for you cyberia i got these from a website recently hope you enjoy





the vehicle 832 of the 8th SS division between the years 42 and 43 in russia hope you like

[cyberia]

Originally Posted by Pirate-Drakk

Great info LAH 1 SS! Keep it coming!


By the way, why don't you have a cool avatar???

I second that on both counts!

LAH, look for a PM.

[cyberia]

Tiger Is moving into firing positions on the Eastern Front

[LAH 1 SS]

nice photo cyberia russia defiantely these two are tigers from grossdeutschland. the tigers carried the letters a, b, c etc to denote the company so there for a would be 1, etc b would be 2 hm interesting the nearest tiger looks like a late version tiger with early steel tracks it has the notch cut out for the tow shackles which wasnt seen until or after january 44 and after the other tiger a31 looks like a mid production tiger nice work i love my tigers

[cyberia]

I'll keep posting the pics and you keep adding all the great additional info. For the site its a win win.

[LAH 1 SS]

sounds good to me