No smoking! The fuel syatem is rotten.
Posted on 06/01/2011 5:56:47 PM PDT by dynachrome
The German Tiger I was the most feared battle tank of the Second World War. Its invincibility lay in its main gun and heavy defensive armour. Using the successful Haynes Manual format, the Tiger Tank Manual gives an insight into acquiring, owning and operating one of these awesome fighting vehicles. The Tank Museum's Tiger '131' forms the centrepiece of this manual, which includes full photographic coverage of the strip-down of '131' and its engine. Vivid personal recollections describe what it was like to command a Tiger in war.
(Excerpt) Read more at haynes.co.uk ...
Darn, if he was using a panzerfaust, he was right up there in their face. Must have been an urban environment. Though how those tank riders with their PPsHs missed him, I don’t know...
He didn't say. I was 9 or 10 years old and I was in awe of him just having the grit to face a tank much more seven of them. He never spoke of his battles again but I've seen the wounds on his body to know he was in the fight.
You should search the Bundesarchives for his records since it sounds like he should have been eligible for a tank destruction badge in gold
As the old saying goes, imitation is the best form of flattery. The Soviets sure copied the Jagdpanzer concept.
No smoking! The fuel syatem is rotten.
In 1970, I was part of a tech support group charged with fitting Cummins VT-8-460Bi diesel engines into the Spanish Army's 11 surviving Tigers, seven of which were Tiger Is and four of which were Tiger II Konigstigers.
In the end the Spanish reworked ten of the Tigers and left the last one original. That kicked open the door to supply the Spanish with a Diesel reengine package for their US-supplied M47 tanks.
Guy Sajer's 'The Forgotten Soldier'?
No the book was “ashes of honor” by Christian de la Maziere.
At first I did a Google search and came up with a large amount of unrelated hits. I then put the title in parentheses and then added waffen ss.
This time I got the info. The book was extremely good. I suspect it never was popular since the author was considered a traitor by the French and the SS is universally despised.
No matter, the guy came across as a decent person who was seduced by “National Socialism”, and joined the Charlemagne division.
BTW, the French Waffen SS troops were among the very best which sounds odd. The author’s Father was director of the French equivalent of West Point, I think it was called Saumoor or something similar.
I actually think the book should be required reading for any student of WWII. It gives information and a point of view not normally seen, but he makes no attempt to glorify the Nazis.
The tank is a piece of junk...the fuel lines leak everywhere.
WOOF WOOF....
Now, let’s see if they have a manual for an M10...
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