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To: wbill

Not trying to hijack the thread, however, what little I know about the subject I learned on a pbs documentary. Apparently more Tigers were destroyed by their own crew because they were broken down and did not want the intact tank to fall into the hands of the Allies than the allies destroyed themselves.


21 posted on 09/28/2016 9:07:58 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: V_TWIN
Oh, there's nothing wrong with a good thread hijack. :-)

I know little about them too. Other than what's been on the History Channel.

And, the way my grandfather found out the Germans had broken through at the Battle of the Bulge was that he rounded a corner in his jeep and came nose-to-nose with a Tiger Tank. Only thing that saved him was that his jeep's driver was just a little bit faster than the Tiger's gunner.

Pucker Inducing, I'd imagine.

22 posted on 09/28/2016 9:17:35 AM PDT by wbill
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