Tiger Tank Restoration

Curly1 · 11-15-2005, 08:41 PM

Tank museum in England documents restoration of Tiger captured in Tunisia and some great pics of tigers in the field in the gallery section.

http://www.tiger-tank.com/

Edward Tinker · 11-15-2005, 09:26 PM

cool, I saw a tiger at the Open Air Museum in Overloon, NL if I remember correctly.

ed

pipeman45 · 11-16-2005, 01:41 AM

If any of you old ground pounders ever gets the chance to take a look at one of these beasts,jump on it. I was around M-60A1's at Ft Knox and the size of a Tiger was still impressive. Man that thing packed some armor! No wonder our guys had a healthy respect for them.

Dan44 · 11-16-2005, 02:16 AM

Someone posted a half min video of this tank at a show moving, very cool.

Vlim · 11-16-2005, 08:00 AM

Very nice site indeed.

This isn't a tiger but it shows that some of these old warhorses are still out there. It was retreived from a Russian riverbed in the early 1990's.

It now stands in an oldtimer museum in Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
(http://www.oldtimer-info.de/Museen/O...ortechnica.htm)

Johnny C. Kitchens · 11-16-2005, 09:52 PM

Take the Tiger tanks armor double it, then put it at an angle to make it even more resistant, and you have the King Tiger tank. It would be a monster even today!!!

minigun · 11-16-2005, 10:53 PM

Something about the Tiger 1's straight, block armor that is SO appealing. It has to be one of the most recognizable tanks of WWII. Thank goodness "Saving Private Ryan" got them almost right. The T-34 road wheels are kind of a give away though-but I'll say it is a darn good close look-a-like! The best repo's I've seen so far are the Panzers on "Band of Brothers". Now that was an eye for detail. Probably the worst was in the movie "Patton".

Railsplitter · 11-16-2005, 11:42 PM

My father was in the infantry during WWII. When I was a kid he told me about a time during the "Bulge" his outfit was visited by a Tiger while they were holding a town. "When Tigers were coming the ground shook" he said. For some unknown reason the Tiger backed out of town after facing what little resistance his squad could muster. I asked him "Did you go after it and knock it out"?? His reply was "Are you kidding!! We were just glad to see it go...they could raise alot of hell with one of those things."

Not too long ago I began going through a shoe box full of letters he wrote while in the Army. In one of them he wrote of what I believe to be this very incident. I don't remember the exact quote, I think he wrote something along the lines of "THAT was a BIG tank".

Thor · 12-31-2005, 05:56 PM

Here is one of my favorite Tiger tank sketchs!

Roadkill · 12-31-2005, 09:25 PM

Curly1 · 01-01-2006, 01:45 AM

Nice pics kill

lundbaek · 02-19-2006, 11:46 PM

I recall seeing one of these or very similar in 1970 on the Golan Heights. Clearly a German tank, I believe the Tiger. It had a Russian engine and transmision. It had taken a bazooka in the rear, and the inside was hardly recognizeable as the inside of a tank.

Ron Smith · 02-20-2006, 01:52 PM

I knew that Syria had several Mark IVs in there arsenal. Have never heard of any Tigers, however. I suppose it's possible, but they weren't very dependable mechanically. Probably why it had a Russian engine and transmission.

Ron

Herb · 02-20-2006, 03:58 PM

Don't bring a rifle to a tank fight, takes about 20 seconds to load...................

http://www.combatreform.com/dontbrin...tankfight.mpeg

minigun · 02-20-2006, 10:41 PM

So far, the only ones close to the real thing in movies is "Kelly's Heros" and "Saving Private Ryan" (great, but still you can see the T-34 road wheels). The best Panzers have so far been in the series "Band of Brothers".

You'd think with all the Hollywood technology they could get these right!

11-15-2005, 08:41 PM	#1
Curly1 User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 1,242 Thanks: 117 Thanked 714 Times in 371 Posts	Tiger Tank Restoration Tank museum in England documents restoration of Tiger captured in Tunisia and some great pics of tigers in the field in the gallery section. http://www.tiger-tank.com/ __________________ Laugh hard and often. Gary

11-15-2005, 09:26 PM	#2
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,935 Thanks: 2,034 Thanked 4,533 Times in 2,093 Posts	cool, I saw a tiger at the Open Air Museum in Overloon, NL if I remember correctly. ed __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV

11-16-2005, 01:41 AM	#3
pipeman45 User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Kentucky Posts: 539 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	If any of you old ground pounders ever gets the chance to take a look at one of these beasts,jump on it. I was around M-60A1's at Ft Knox and the size of a Tiger was still impressive. Man that thing packed some armor! No wonder our guys had a healthy respect for them. __________________ Dave

11-16-2005, 09:52 PM	#6
Johnny C. Kitchens User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Arlington, Texas Posts: 518 Thanks: 0 Thanked 20 Times in 8 Posts	Take the Tiger tanks armor double it, then put it at an angle to make it even more resistant, and you have the King Tiger tank. It would be a monster even today!!! __________________ Johnny C. Kitchens

12-31-2005, 05:56 PM	#9
Thor User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Rio Rancho, New Mexico Posts: 4,583 Thanks: 958 Thanked 970 Times in 276 Posts	Here is one of my favorite Tiger tank sketchs! __________________ Thor's Luger Clinic http://members.rennlist.com/lugerman/ Ted Green (Thor Yaller Boots) 725 Western Hills Dr SE, Rio Rancho, NM 87124 915-526-8925 Email [email protected] ----------------------------------- John3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."

11-16-2005, 02:16 AM	#4
Dan44 User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 78 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Someone posted a half min video of this tank at a show moving, very cool.

11-16-2005, 08:00 AM	#5
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,989 Times in 1,205 Posts	Very nice site indeed. This isn't a tiger but it shows that some of these old warhorses are still out there. It was retreived from a Russian riverbed in the early 1990's. It now stands in an oldtimer museum in Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. (http://www.oldtimer-info.de/Museen/O...ortechnica.htm)

11-16-2005, 10:53 PM	#7
minigun User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 424 Thanks: 15 Thanked 19 Times in 14 Posts	Something about the Tiger 1's straight, block armor that is SO appealing. It has to be one of the most recognizable tanks of WWII. Thank goodness "Saving Private Ryan" got them almost right. The T-34 road wheels are kind of a give away though-but I'll say it is a darn good close look-a-like! The best repo's I've seen so far are the Panzers on "Band of Brothers". Now that was an eye for detail. Probably the worst was in the movie "Patton".

11-16-2005, 11:42 PM	#8
Railsplitter User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chandler, AZ Posts: 112 Thanks: 0 Thanked 13 Times in 11 Posts	My father was in the infantry during WWII. When I was a kid he told me about a time during the "Bulge" his outfit was visited by a Tiger while they were holding a town. "When Tigers were coming the ground shook" he said. For some unknown reason the Tiger backed out of town after facing what little resistance his squad could muster. I asked him "Did you go after it and knock it out"?? His reply was "Are you kidding!! We were just glad to see it go...they could raise alot of hell with one of those things." Not too long ago I began going through a shoe box full of letters he wrote while in the Army. In one of them he wrote of what I believe to be this very incident. I don't remember the exact quote, I think he wrote something along the lines of "THAT was a BIG tank".

12-31-2005, 09:25 PM	#10
Roadkill User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,632 Thanks: 1 Thanked 28 Times in 17 Posts	enjoy

01-01-2006, 01:45 AM	#11
Curly1 User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 1,242 Thanks: 117 Thanked 714 Times in 371 Posts	Nice pics kill __________________ Laugh hard and often. Gary

02-19-2006, 11:46 PM	#12
lundbaek User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Mesa, Arizona Posts: 20 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I recall seeing one of these or very similar in 1970 on the Golan Heights. Clearly a German tank, I believe the Tiger. It had a Russian engine and transmision. It had taken a bazooka in the rear, and the inside was hardly recognizeable as the inside of a tank.

02-20-2006, 01:52 PM	#13
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	I knew that Syria had several Mark IVs in there arsenal. Have never heard of any Tigers, however. I suppose it's possible, but they weren't very dependable mechanically. Probably why it had a Russian engine and transmission. Ron __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

02-20-2006, 03:58 PM	#14
Herb User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Utah, in the land of the Sleeping Rainbow Posts: 1,457 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Don't----- Don't bring a rifle to a tank fight, takes about 20 seconds to load................... http://www.combatreform.com/dontbrin...tankfight.mpeg __________________ Utah, where gun control means a steady trigger pull

02-20-2006, 10:41 PM	#15
minigun User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 424 Thanks: 15 Thanked 19 Times in 14 Posts	So far, the only ones close to the real thing in movies is "Kelly's Heros" and "Saving Private Ryan" (great, but still you can see the T-34 road wheels). The best Panzers have so far been in the series "Band of Brothers". You'd think with all the Hollywood technology they could get these right!