Another one for the tank enthusiasts.

Discussion in 'General' started by Peter Clare, Jun 14, 2009.

  1. Peter Clare

    Peter Clare Very Senior Member

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    A completed Tiger is loaded onto a special railcar. Note that the fender skirts are not installed at the factory as they would cause the tank to be too wide for rail transport.
     
  2. James S

    James S Very Senior Member

    Panther in the background, when everything hanngs down in the suspension it tightens up on the tracks.
     
  3. Bodston

    Bodston Little Willy

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    A completed Tiger is loaded onto a special railcar. Note that the fender skirts are not installed at the factory as they would cause the tank to be too wide for rail transport.

    Quite so, it is also missing it's outer set of roadwheels and is fitted with special narrow transport tracks. No wonder they lost :D
     
  4. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Next shot in the series:
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    According to Spielberger (Tiger & King Tiger Tanks, p.83) they were taken in the railway station at the Henschel factory.
     
  5. kfz

    kfz Very Senior Member

    Panther or King Tiger??

    Tiger an Ausf A with the (very British looking) smoke dischargers?

    But wernt the panthers made by MAN?

    Kev
     
  6. Smudger Jnr

    Smudger Jnr Our Man in Berlin

    Kev,

    It looks distinctly like a Panther.

    Regards
    Tom
     
  7. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    You been drinking at twenty to nine in the morning Kev? You know that's a Panther really... :D.

    MAN, Daimler-Benz, MNH, & Henschel all supplied Panthers at some point, MIAG chipping in alongside MNH with Jagdpanthers & Demag adding a few Bergepanthers to MAN & Henschel's total.
     
  8. kfz

    kfz Very Senior Member

    You been drinking at twenty to nine in the morning Kev? You know that's a Panther really... :D.

    MAN, Daimler-Benz, MNH, & Henschel all supplied Panthers at some point, MIAG chipping in alongside MNH with Jagdpanthers & Demag adding a few Bergepanthers to MAN & Henschel's total.


    thought it might have a Panther turret...

    Its easy to forget how simaler the Tiger2 hull is to the Panther, its only the big skirts and extra roadwheels that make it look so lardy. Take them off (shipping) and they look pretty simaler.

    Thats my excuse anyway.

    Kev
     
  9. Za Rodinu

    Za Rodinu Hot air manufacturer

    You been drinking at twenty to nine in the morning Kev? You know that's a Panther really... :D.

    He was looking at the double exposure part in the pic...
     

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