Ok so its not a book, its a DVD, but as we havent a section for DVD's, and as everyones toddled off to Beltring I thought I may as well review it briefly!
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As the title suggests its the story of how Tiger 131 ended up at Bovington Museum, and its road to get running again. A well produced DVD, much better than some of those "doubtful" dvd's you can get hold of, of which there seems to be hundreds of, made by someone in their back bedroom with a commentator that sounds like he is on his last mogadon of the night.
Tiger 131 has surely got to be one of the most well known Tigers around today, especially as it is the only one in the world which runs. It has featured on the front of CMV magazine and made its maiden voyage (since rebuilding) at Tankfest. I was not among the lucky few to see it in action, but maybe next time!
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The story starts with how the Tiger was found in the deserts of North Africa, and was one of the first examples of its marque being captured more or less intact. In fact the only reason the crew seem to have abandoned it was because an anti-tank shell had got lodged between the hull and the turret ring!
The main feature is about 45 minutes long with extra bonus features, and at £14 odd pounds is a good buy. Its one thing to see the "beast" close up and touch and feel the history, but it was only when I watched the dvd after that I appreciated the work and above all the history behind the men and the machine.