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Title: Tiger Tank - Panzermuseum Munster
Post by: Koppi on 17 September 2017, 01:34:48 PM

A report about the Tiger tank and the new model in the Panzermuseum Munster, Germany. Report in german and english.

https://thrifles.blogspot.de/2017/09/der-tigerpanzer-panzermuseum-munster.html

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HKdqpT0gpVw/Wb5kqVuuinI/AAAAAAAALoE/wmK2zbR_43QjSzr0jjw_7MqwHlYIzKJCQCLcBGAs/s1600/07.jpg)

(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-94q7d1E-esc/Wb5krQr7TwI/AAAAAAAALoM/XKgRLXfF6R8b496bd87zp5JOuN7sCN5LACLcBGAs/s1600/08.jpg)

(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lLNIiIZC338/Wb5ksCn_nnI/AAAAAAAALoU/L_hXasGr17QAtkYTBcHsb6GpL7u2HlvWACLcBGAs/s1600/10.jpg)

Title: Re: Tiger Tank - Panzermuseum Munster
Post by: Belisarius on 17 September 2017, 01:49:18 PM

Wow ! She's a beauty , lovely restoration work.  Please post more tank pics please .

Title: Re: Tiger Tank - Panzermuseum Munster
Post by: Michi on 17 September 2017, 01:56:24 PM

Very cool - an excellent fibre-glass mock-up! Why not? Not less impressive than the prototype... :D

Title: Re: Tiger Tank - Panzermuseum Munster
Post by: Mick_in_Switzerland on 17 September 2017, 04:32:50 PM

Thank-you for posting and thank you for the blog article - very informative.

Title: Re: Tiger Tank - Panzermuseum Munster
Post by: Ballardian on 17 September 2017, 04:41:54 PM

 An interesting exhibition, certainly worth a visit. Pretty impressive model making in its own right (though by the time you reach 1:1 scale has it stopped being modelling & become engineering?) - given the scarcity of the originals, a good reproduction is fine.
 Your comments about the usefulness of the heavy tank concept were just as interesting, thanks for sharing them :)

Title: Re: Tiger Tank - Panzermuseum Munster
Post by: Vanvlak on 17 September 2017, 07:42:56 PM

Ditto - thanks for posting, and for the extensive write up.
The comparison of numbers available (due to cost, complexity and reliability) is interesting. I'd personally have wagered on Stug IIIs, but then I am biased as I have a soft spot for low, turret-less tanks, and the Stug III family is my favourite.

Still, this mock up is an impressive bit of work.  8) 8) 8)

Title: Re: Tiger Tank - Panzermuseum Munster
Post by: Harry Faversham on 18 September 2017, 12:27:23 AM

??? Did late production Tigers have Feifel air cleaners?  ???

Title: Re: Tiger Tank - Panzermuseum Munster
Post by: Etranger on 18 September 2017, 02:47:29 AM

Quote from: Harry Faversham on 18 September 2017, 12:27:23 AM

??? Did late production Tigers have Feifel air cleaners?  ???

A rivet counter writes: No. Not fitted after October1943 http://tiger1.info/EN/Feifel-air-precleaners.html They wouldn't be seen on a late vehicle with zimmerit and the late pattern steel wheels. (Zimmerit alone maybe) Here's one time line of changes http://www.alanhamby.com/changes.shtml