How to easily identify Early, Mid & Late Model Tigers (1 Viewer)

[fmethorst]

Early:

• Cylindrical Commanders Cupola with flat hatch that opens vertically.
• Rubber rimmed road wheels. Consists of 4 rows. Outer wheels of the first 2 rows removed for transport by rail.

In transport configuration

Mid (Jul '43):

• Cast Commanders Cupola with domed hatch that opens horizontally. Includes ring for mounting AA machinegun. Similar cupola as used on Panther and Tiger II. Introduced starting with turret no. 392 Jul '43
• Rubber rimmed road wheels. Consists of 4 rows. Outer wheels of the first 2 rows removed for transport by rail.

Late (Feb '44):

• Cast Commanders Cupola with domed hatch that opens horizontally. Includes ring for mounting AA machinegun. Similar cupola as used on Panther and Tiger II. Introduced starting with turret no. 392 Jul '43
• Steel (rubber saving) road wheels. Consists of 3 rows. No wheels removed for transport. Introduced Feb '44.

In transport configuration

 

[Rob]

Once again i thank you Frank for posting this.Your posts on this forum are very informative and helpful,excellant pics thanks.

Rob

 

[fmethorst]

Thanks Rob,

This forum is great and I've learned so much since I started reading it. It's fun to be able to share knowledge and opinions.

Frank

 

[fmethorst]

It looks like the links to the pictures I posted are unreliable so I'll post links to the webpages instead:

Early:

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

Mid:

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

Late:

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

Frank

 

[Alexdakar]

Also the late models came with an iPod interface.

 

[Gustavflyer]

A Tiger buff would already know how to identify the various models Nice post though