If that is a Ferdinand Porsche chassis then that is a rare beast as well most of the early types of Ferdinand's were knocked out at Kursk once the Soviets figured that model had no M.G's for close in fighting with troops - Porsche was pretty p*ssed when their design did not get the nod from der F*rher but the electric drive system was too complex either way the tiger was rushed into service and suffered immensely from mechanical breakdowns when forced to do long marches and hilly terrain played havoc with it as well. But bear in mind only about 1300+ of all types were made and they destroyed more tanks per single unit than any other tank in WWII. The type 40 88mm shell could take out another AFV at 2000m not to shabby. It took 300,000 man hours to produce a Tiger in the USA utilizing the production line technique a M-4 Sherman rolled off the line every 30 minutes. If you want to read about the flaws and inept usage of the Tiger in WWII get a book called Sledgehammers you know there are quite a few if's in the German tactics throughout their campaigns thank god they had a meddler that was inept as a military leader and dabbled in everything he could to get his own way, I mean why have generals?
A "Full body off"...I saw the pics of them digging up those tanks. And others. I can show you where there's a number of T34s dug in on the island of Cyprus...
Pride of place to picture 8. The well tried and battle tested Centurion. So said, the most tried and battle tested tank in the world including the T34 (or the upgunned version). Is this a fact or just urban myth?
I know a guy who lives in Alberta that owns two Centurions, he loves them and really enjoys driving them around his place in the country.
Why use a 50 pound bomb when a 500 pound bomb will do?
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