recymech66 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Destroyed by a number of Shermans wasn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recymech66 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Tiger 131 at Bovington is a sight to behold. http://www.tiger-tank.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerJohn Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Can you imagine the result if Mike Gibb and the SDKFZ team were to get their hands on the Vimoutier Tiger?. Something needs to be done with it before it rots away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzkpfw-e Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 The Vimoutier's Tiger is in very poor condition. I visited it a couple of years back. The interior is virtually empty, you can peek through various holes (exhaust ports, for example) & see from front to back, so any dividing bulkheads are gone. The engine is still present, you can glimpse it, looks very corroded. Some excellent pictures here http://rc-panzer.xooit.com/t2980-Le-Tigre-de-Vimoutiers.htm Its gear box was removed post-war (I assume that there would be valuable metal in that, phosphour-bronze?). Here's a couple of interesting photos I've not seen before. http://www.memorial-montormel.org/?id=217 (Also noted that there is some maintainance planned) The vehicle's plates are buckled in places, where the demo charges were detonated and there's quite a bit of welding up of where the scrapman had started to cut it up (Turret roof, IIRC). The photos of it in-situ pre-recovery show that the engine deck by the turret's right side, is heavily deformed upwards, it has been flattened back quite a bit (Big hammer time?). The suspension has collapsed, it's supported by a bed of concrete. Having said that, there's more of it left than that of the Sdkfz's Jagdpanther. I can't see it being sold, hopefully a roof will be put over it sometime, even a Dutch Barn would offer some weather protection and a judicious application of Waxoil to its interior and a good external repaint wouldn't go amiss. It is in better nick than the FT17 that graces Renault's Boulonge-Billancourt factory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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