The Collectors Showcase King Tiger ? (1 Viewer)

[wayne556517]

Better.

 

[wayne556517]

Wonder if this Tiger was ever "in" Arnhem hes be in everything else..................

 

[jbonzo1]

Wonder if this Tiger was ever "in" Arnhem hes be in everything else..................

LOL. Saw it before it was pulled!

 

[jbonzo1]

Just a pic to help Brian out,with the cam to thanks mate..............

Looks like Bigfoot!

 

[Phantom Warrior]

Better.

The Porsches had zimmerit and as a rule, the Henschels did not. 2 examples of Porches with zimmerit and a Henschel without posted by Wayne.

Terry

 

[jbonzo1]

It's true. The first 50 King Tigers had a Porsche turret which had a curved mantlet (and curve on the left side for the commander's cupola). Not only were the curved surfaces difficult to make, the curve on the underside of the mantlet created a very large shot trap which could direct an AT round into the thinner deck plate armour. The Henshel turret eliminated the curves with a flat mantlet and this eliminated the shot trap.

Terry

Yeah, but that Porsche turret sure was purdy!!!

 

[Phantom Warrior]

Yeah, but that Porsche turret sure was purdy!!!

I don't know if any Porshe turrets were at Arnhem. Only 50 were produced and I think as the first KT produced, went to Schwere Panzer units in Russia.
Frank probably has those stats and will let us know when he has a minute.

Terry

 

[uksubs]

I don't know if any Porshe turrets were at Arnhem. Only 50 were produced and I think as the first KT produced, went to Schwere Panzer units in Russia.
Frank probably has those stats and will let us know when he has a minute.

Terry

The Porshe turret King tiger was at Arnhem & there a photo of a damaged one to prove it King Tiger Porsche Turret w/Zimmerit s.Pz.Abt.506, Arnhem September

http://www.dragonmodelsusa.com/dmlusa/prodd.asp?pid=DRR61018
Just checked & the first Porshe turret King tiger saw action in Normandy

 

[Phantom Warrior]

Found my notes on the Porsche Tiger II.

The 50 Porsche turrets were allocated to only 3 Abt. units.

1. Panzer Lehr, 316 FKL Abt.: received the first 5 Porsche turret production Tiger IIs to replace their StuGs in Feb. 1944. The Tiger IIs were mechanically unsound and remained in France at Chateaudun where they were destroyed to prevent capture.

2. 503 Schwere.Pz.Abt. 1st Kompanie received 12 Porsche turret King Tigers for use in Normandy at the end of July, 1944 and 3rd Kompanie received 12 Porsche turret King Tigers, a few of which ended up on the near Eastern front and Berlin for the last battles of the war.

3. 506 Schw.Pz.Abt. received the final 21 Porche turret Tiger II's produced for use at Oosterbeek & Arnhem. So almost half of their 45 Tiger II tanks had Porsche turrets. Some of these Porsche turret models were used in the Battle of the Bulge.

Terry

 

[fmethorst]

Here is a picture of Tiger IIs (Porsche turret) of s.H.Pz.Abt.506 entrained for shipment to the Netherlands.

 

[jbonzo1]

I believe there is a picture of a Porsche KT in Cornelius Ryan's book.

 

[Gustavflyer]

Wonder if this Tiger was ever "in" Arnhem hes be in everything else..................

This is now called a Cheatah!!

 

[O.T.K]

The wait will not be long for many vehicles, and so many other goodies.

Grab a front row seat, make yourself comfortable. Collect your favorite snacks, popcorn or whatever and prepare for the show. Announcements will abound plentiful in just a few days!

 

[daruss]

Where are the announcements???

 

[The Collectors Showcase]

Where are the announcements???

What...you finished all the popcorn already? The 15th is our target date area for some major rollout intel: hang in there!

 

[nasirkasmani]

wohoo! can't wait

 

[lancer]

Tiger, Tiger, Tiger, Tiger, Tiger.........

 

[uksubs]

What...you finished all the popcorn already? The 15th is our target date area for some major rollout intel: hang in there!

What a great idea to bring out a new range a day after my birthday when your know are have all my birthday money to spend

 

[daruss]

Tiger, Tiger, Tiger, Tiger, Tiger.........

Actually, there are quite a few Tigers around, maybe something a little different for a change..

 

[Gustavflyer]

The Tiger was not the only German tank and it was not the most important, yes it is the most famous but the more produced and real workhorse is being overlooked, the Mark IV. We all love the Tiger yes, but even too many sweets get old fast, need some newer models of overlooked vehicles