Details of King tiger

[Matt Starr]

I was just wondering whether anyone had any pictures or colour drawings/details they could copy from reference books or any other sources to show me the Ambush scheme on Pz abt 501 King tiger 008, its the stavelot Tiger disabled by its crew with the G on the front
It will only take a few minutes to find a pic in the book of it A colour plate of the camo would be most appreciated
All the best
Matt

[Matt Starr]

Oh yes it looks as though Tiger is 008 not 003 (008 belonging to Eduard Kalinows and abandoned on 25.12.1944)
Matt

[Matt Starr]

This drawing is pretty inaccurate for the actual state of the tiger after abandoning, and the drawer has used reflection to hide the camo detail although I now have a very good idea of what the glacis armour ambush pattern is like on this tank

[Matt Starr]

No one has any info about this famous tiger??

[werner]

No one has any info about this famous tiger??

Hi,
This pic was taken during the battle of the bulge in La Gleize town.

Here a link where i put some pics from the last Kingtiger in Belgium.

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=115742

Regards
Werner

[Matt Starr]

Werner the pic was taken in Tondorf and is of the Pz abt 501 travelling thorough, I'm specifically after details and pics of 008, I only know of 3
All the best
Matt

[Greg]

Werner the pic was taken in Tondorf and is of the Pz abt 501 travelling thorough, I'm specifically after details and pics of 008, I only know of 3
All the best
Matt

Hi Matt,

Here are some more photos, all courtesy of the December 1944 Museum in La Gleize. All these were taken at the location beside the N23 highway between Stavelot and Trois Ponts where 008 was abandoned. It reportedly broke down there, and the crew finally left it early on Christmas morning, 1944, as the remnants of the 1st SS armored reconaissance battalion in the area were withdrawing. It was beside one of the outbuildings of the Antoine farm. Actually, by the time these photos were taken it had been pushed off the road; there are two earlier photos were it's sitting on the edge of the road.

The colors of the turret numbers in the Osprey book print are conjecture. Tank 332 of the same battalion did arrive at APG in the summer of 1945 after being recovered by the US First Army with blue turret numbers outlined in yellow, but it's unknown whether or not the headquarters tanks or those of any of the other companies used these colors.

Regards,
Greg

[Greg]

same location

[Greg]

similar view

[Greg]

another in the same location

[Greg]

Gerard Gregoire of the December 1944 Musuem in La Gleize drew this map of where 008 was (the other tank shown on the map was tank 105 after it had been removed from inside Stavelot).

Greg

[Greg]

The next two photos were originally published years ago in AFV-G2 magazine. They show 008 in the winter of 1944-45, sitting right on the side of the road.

Greg

[Greg]

Also, check out a nice model of 008 http://missing-lynx.com/gallery/germ...hvonholdt.html

Greg

[Matt Starr]

Greg your my saviour! I had only see one of those extra pics (the one from Battle of the bulge then and now) I think I will model her as she was when she was sitting on the road and not buldozed off, She's a real beauty 008!
Thanks so much Greg!!!!!
Matt

[dread]

hi all
for as long as i can remember i have had a thing about tanks
and german are the bee`s knees. so to my question
as far as i know no king tiger was ever killed in combat with another tank
is this right?

thanks for your time
dread