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To: archy

Very nice. Sprightly little thing.

Samur has a running King Tiger. Kubinka just squashed a rumor that they were going to restore their Maus to operating condition anytime soon. They’ll do it they’ve said, but priority is always on the Soviet equipment from the Great Patriotic War.


147 posted on 12/29/2015 11:18:33 AM PST by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: Riley
Samur has a running King Tiger. Kubinka just squashed a rumor that they were going to restore their Maus to operating condition anytime soon. They’ll do it they’ve said, but priority is always on the Soviet equipment from the Great Patriotic War.

I may be wrong, but I think the one at Samur came from Spain. In the 1960s the Spanish were trying mightily to reengine some Tiger Is...and maybe two Tiger IIs.... with Diesel engines, 7 or 8 tanks in all, and both They had some second [more likely third or fourth hand] M47 Pattons and M48s but didn't receive full US FMAP military aid until they joined NATO around 1982 after Franco died.

149 posted on 12/29/2015 11:56:51 AM PST by archy (Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except bears, they'll kill you a little, and eat you.)
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