I swear (yes i do) they do this all on purpose just to annoy us! Instead of sending T-Shirts, they are sending Winter Underwear to Afghanistan in the best beginning Summertime (~40°C) … must be funny for them? God save the ‘Packed by ,accident’ the wrong supplies’-cause (declared as: ‘It is what you’ve ordered, isn’t it?’) :-?
I know, I was making a military joke, It would be not unexpected for the supply people to send fording equipment to the desert…
I swear (yes i do) they do this all on purpose just to annoy us! Instead of sending T-Shirts, they are sending Winter Underwear to Afghanistan in the best beginning Summertime (~40°C) … must be funny for them? God save the ‘Packed by ,accident’ the wrong supplies’-cause (declared as: ‘It is what you’ve ordered, isn’t it?’)
I know at list two cases, one in wich the sand yellow Pz III were delivered to…the russian winter and other in wich Rommel received Porsche Typ 166 amphibius vehicles originally devoted to the Leningrad Front, of course the german bureocracy was to second to none, at list in those times. :rolleyes:
Ha, they can still easily beat that performance today, they’re professionals and still getting better :rolleyes:.
Since today for example, you’re no longer allowed to use a mercedes sprinter without a backdoor window in cologne and other cities (germany introduced an environment badge to reduce fine dust emissions by diesel engines in downtown city areas), since it is classified as a truck. If you own the same type with a backdoor window (classified as car) you may however still drive into the cities 
That’s the way bureaucrazy (yeah, it’s wordplay, not wrong spelling :P) over here works.
Very good pictures Nick, I love that with teh camel. 
Ha, they can still easily beat that performance today, they’re professionals and still getting better
Welll…at list they still let you go 250 km/h in the autobanh
Welll…at list they still let you go 250 km/h in the autobanh
wrong. 
if your car provides the power, you can even drive 350 km/h or more. but only few routes on the autobahn are without a speed-limit and the traffic here is nearly collapsing, so the fast-driving is often only a dream.
Jagdtiger has way bigger caliber!
128mm pak 44!
unlike those 88mm on the regular tigers…
A snow plough was added to some tiger 1s if this would be classed as extra armour!
Another panzer ace (HANS BOLTER) good friend of his. Do you know him?
It was the Tiger 1 that fordged the Tiger ledgend;)
Panzerknacker, did the Tiger P see action in this form at the end (45) Berlin
Panzerknacker do you spot the diff in gun barrels?
Tiger I Ausf. E in Italy 1943
Normally StuGs had a Zimmeritpattern called Waffelmuster (Wafflepattern) - i heard of a Panther which had that one too, but have you EVER seen a Tiger with that pattern?
Tiger I Ausf. E somewhere in a roads ditch - you see something strange? No? Look closely to at the right mudguard … still see nothing? Ok, there is a Königstiger in the background - also note the winter tempera camouflage
German ‘Doku-Soap’ Spiegel TV at XXP
Königstiger infront of the Potsdamer Bahnhof in Berlin May 1945
Same, just from another angle
That Königstiger broke into a Tube shaft (U-Bahn Tunnel) in Danzig
In the one and a half years of its existence,the battalion knocked-out more than 500+ tanks.
TOP SCORERS
SS Hauptstrumfuhrer Wittmann=121 kills
SS-Oberstrumfuhrer Wendorff=95kills
SS-Oberstrumfuhrer Brandt=57kills
SS-Unterscharfuhrer Warmbrunn=57kills
SS-Strumbannfuhrer Kling=51kills
hope this helps
A kompanie commander made the following observations that were derived from their experience in fighting Russian heavy tanks:1 when a tiger appears most JS2S,KVS AND T34/85 turn away and attempt to avoid a firefight; 2 in many cases,the heavy tanks of the russians let themselves engage in a firefight only at long range (over 2000meters for the js tanks) and only when they themselves are in a favorable positions;3 the crews lean towards evacuating their tanks immediately after the first shot is fired at them;4 it has proven to be useful after the first hit is registered to blind a JS2 with a sprenggranaten shell (HIGH EXPIOSIVE SHELL).
It is especially important for tigers to pay direct attention to the general combat principles for tank-vs tank combat
IRISH TIGER,
I remember reading in “Panzers in the mud” That Otto Carius’ Jadtiger hit a Sherman with its 128 and as Carius puts it " The Sherman was blown apart". !
Windrider, what does that yellow tape on the pictures say?
Sorry, my bad !
I could not refrain myself, since it’s the first time I see this roll of film.
I’ll post the link instead next time. At least I didn’t “hot-linked” them so nobody will complain about bandwidth issues…
P.s. I find copyrights on war pictures, especially of captured german WW2 origin, to be taken lightly, unless it’s from a museum collection, and/or official organisation.
Any person can ad a watermarks on any pictures with any sort of claims. It’s History after all and everybody will benefit from as large diffusion as possible.
This problem has been going on for at least 10 years, when big business like Microsoft and Time Warner started buying web content, as if they didn’t make enough money…
But this is web 2.0 now.
Sorry if it has caused you any inconvenience.
I will have to pick the Tiger 1 over the Tiger II. The effectiveness and survival of a tank depend on the triangle of protection, firepower and mobility. While the Tiger II was more heavily armoured in the front, it was a slow moving behemouth and presented a huge vulnerable target on its flanks and rear. This is how most were destroyed by the Americans/Brits on the road to berlin. The pak 43 88mm was definately more powerful than the Tiger1 L/56 gun however the Tiger i could still kill ANY alied Tank even in 1945 and from long distances. bottom line, TIGER I had no major weakness compared to the TIGER II’s lack of mobility.
IRISH TIGER,
I remember reading in “Panzers in the mud” That Otto Carius’ Jadtiger hit a Sherman with its 128 and as Carius puts it " The Sherman was blown apart". !
As every vehicle hit with that monster gun.:rolleyes:
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Panzerknacker, did the Tiger P see action in this form at the end (45) Berlin
No, at list I have no information about the participation of that vehicle in the final battles of Berlin.
I would have to go with the Tiger 1 simply because it looks better, and you are practically invulnerable (except form aircraft bombs). But that is just my two cents in the mater.
panzerknackeryou do seem to be the one with a lot of knowledge, now this may seem a strange question, in fact i might have even asked b4 but what is the tank that playes in a:saving private ryan b: kellys heros. iv been told that they are the russian t55, when i go looking for this tank it does not seem to be the same. in the films they have the right turret but the tracks are flat all the way across, the pic’s iv seen of the t55 slope but on another site Achtung Panzer it too says and shows that a t55has flat tracks…
i do hope this all makes sence to you and im sorry for making the question long…
thanks
shoogs