Tiger tank factory... (1 Viewer)

[binder001]

I'm not a big fan of the German Tiger tanks, but they were impressive beasts. I have seen that a lot of the K&C fans also like the Tigers, so I am posting a link to an interesting website on the Tigers. This particular link takes you to a visual tour of the Henschel factory in Kassel showing how the Tigers were born.

http://www.alanhamby.com/factory1.shtml

Enjoy!

Gary B

 

[Rob]

Excellent,very interesting and great to see these pictures,thanks for posting Gary.

Rob

 

[bromhead]

thanks for posting,,,Id like to see the "tank restoring" group on disc-mil. ch? do a tiger,,pull one out of aberdeen or the patton museum.

 

[Rob]

thanks for posting,,,Id like to see the "tank restoring" group on disc-mil. ch? do a tiger,,pull one out of aberdeen or the patton museum.

Nope don't pull one from the Aberdeen proving grounds,i'm aiming to go there in the next couple of years and want it there when i get there!

Rob

 

[bromhead]

Sir,,,,,,,,,

 

[Rob]

Sir,,,,,,,,,

Soon as i've been there they can take it away!

Rob

 

[Leadmen]

Thanks Gary for posting this interesting pictures of the Tiger production lines.

 

[binder001]

thanks for posting,,,Id like to see the "tank restoring" group on disc-mil. ch? do a tiger,,pull one out of aberdeen or the patton museum.

Actually, it's been/being done. I don't follow the Tigers like I do the US stuff but the approxiamte story so far; the Aberdeen Tiger 1 was loaned to Germany for about 10 years and was in the Sinsheim (spelling?) museum. It was then moved to the Wheatcroft Collection in England (Britain's equivalent of the the Littlefield collection) for restoration. One story said that the tank was ready to come back to APG but the USAF had the transport plane crash and the military demands have kept the Tiger from getting its ride to the USA.

So the only Tiger 1 in North America is not currently in North America!

I wonder if they will hold off until the Ordnance Museum moves from APG to Ft.Lee?

Gary

 

[amhuff1]

Nope don't pull one from the Aberdeen proving grounds,i'm aiming to go there in the next couple of years and want it there when i get there!

Rob

Sorry to report but was at Aberdeen a couple of years ago and most of the tanks are gone. I have pictures from when I went about 20 years ago and saw a Tiger, Tiger 2, Jagdtiger, Panther,etc. etc. .....not sure where they ended up but not at Aberdeen anymore.

 

[Jagdpanther]

Thats cool thanks for posting.

 

[Vezzolf]

Gary, interesting web-site......Thank you

 

[GJB22]

I was just at Aberdeen in the summer, and i was quite disappointed in the lack of care given to the tanks. I understand that it is privately funded, but it was sad. The King Tiger is now down at the Patton Museum, but they still have a Panzer IV, an Elefant, and two Panthers. Plus there are a ton of other tanks (german and other nations), missles, artillery pieces, and a whole indoor museum that houses small arms. There's a lot to look at, but it sucks to see some of your favorite pieces of history rusting away in a field. If they are going to get a Tiger I, I hope they build an indoor facility to house it.

 

[amhuff1]

I was just at Aberdeen in the summer, and i was quite disappointed in the lack of care given to the tanks. I understand that it is privately funded, but it was sad. The King Tiger is now down at the Patton Museum, but they still have a Panzer IV, an Elefant, and two Panthers. Plus there are a ton of other tanks (german and other nations), missles, artillery pieces, and a whole indoor museum that houses small arms. There's a lot to look at, but it sucks to see some of your favorite pieces of history rusting away in a field. If they are going to get a Tiger I, I hope they build an indoor facility to house it.

Want to talk about sad I believe they cut the Tiger 2 open to show the insides for the new display. Now that is SAD!!!

 

[Tiger Tank]

Great website thank you for sharing with all of us...

 

[binder001]

Want to talk about sad I believe they cut the Tiger 2 open to show the insides for the new display. Now that is SAD!!!

King Tiger #332 was captured during the Battle of the Bulge. It was taken to APG for testing and ended up in the Ordnance Museum collection. Somewhere along the line the tank's left front hull and left side of the turret were cut away to display the interior. The Tiger sat outside for many years. It was transported to the Patton Museum, received some refurbishing and now sits indoors. The cut away is interesting to see. In all my years of reading and studying tanks this is the only Tiger tank that I have ever actually touched.

On the bad news the King Tiger was cut away, on the good news it was saved. During scrap drives in the Korean War a bureaucrat was in charge of the museum and donated a number of tanks and guns to be melted down.

Gary

 

[amhuff1]

Thanks for the info Gary. I did not know the whole story behind the King Tiger.

 

[fmethorst]

Here is a link to some good info regarding 332.

http://www.ss501panzer.com/Saga_of_332.htm

Here is a color picture of it at APG. Note the colors. If it has been repainted already in this picture then it is a very faithful repaint to the original RAL colors. Compare that to the terrible paint job on it now in picture 2. All three colors look completely wrong not to mention the pattern. Pictures 3 & 4 are of a model that IMO is a good representation of the colors.

 

[bromhead]

sad also when the 1/1 scale falls short

 

[Capitolron]

I'm not a big fan of the German Tiger tanks, but they were impressive beasts. I have seen that a lot of the K&C fans also like the Tigers, so I am posting a link to an interesting website on the Tigers. This particular link takes you to a visual tour of the Henschel factory in Kassel showing how the Tigers were born.

http://www.alanhamby.com/factory1.shtml

Enjoy!

Gary B

The TURRETS for the Tiger were made by a German Company called: Wegmann in Kassel during WWII.

Wegmann is the "W" in my client's company initials : KMW

Krauss-Maffei Wegmann

Our KMW plant is still in the same site at Kassel, Germany - since WWII. The plant has a large bomb proof bunker surrounding it still today where the TIGER Terrets were produced when the Allies started to Bomb Kassel. Really amazing factory - lots of history in the town as well.

If you are interested in KMW - here is their website: http://www.kmweg.de/gb/index.php

Ron

 

[4th Hussar]

The TURRETS for the Tiger were made by a German Company called: Wegmann in Kassel during WWII.

Wegmann is the "W" in my client's company initials : KMW

Krauss-Maffei Wegmann

Our KMW plant is still in the same site at Kassel, Germany - since WWII. The plant has a large bomb proof bunker surrounding it still today where the TIGER Terrets were produced when the Allies started to Bomb Kassel. Really amazing factory - lots of history in the town as well.

If you are interested in KMW - here is their website: http://www.kmweg.de/gb/index.php

Ron

Why does a German Defense contractor need an American lobbyist ?