Well it's certainly an upgrade

[Geof]

This Panzer VI Tiger II ‘Königstiger’ (Turret Nº 2-11) from the 2.Kompanie, schwere Panzer Abteilung 506 was captured by American troops and restored to a running condition by Company ‘B’ of the 129th Ordnance Battalion, 7th Armored Division in Gereonsweiler, Germany on the 15th of December 1944.

The ‘Tiger’ took a hit to the base of the turret that jammed it at the 3 o’clock position. A heavy wrecking truck was used to ‘twist’ the turret to the forward position and the US soldiers, seen here, are probably engaged in a battlefield clearance operation.

[Bob Carter]

Those US identification Star flags would have been on a blue or red base - great colorization though.


504identflag.jpg

[tony james]

I've seen this foto years ago and it was discribed as engineers building a road and using the tiger to compact the rock/rubble for the road base.

[MikeP]

I believe this vehicle conked out shortly after this picture was taken.
It sat for a bit and then was burned and scrapped.

[me6_130]

I was wondering what would have been the fate of this kitten...now I know. Why would they destroy this tank in working condition? It does seems they are working on the road.

Carles