- Massimo_FotiThanks for the pictures Wim. Hope you enjoyed the Museum.
Massimo
- Massimo_FotiGot some up to date info from Full, via Tobias Haudenschild
- The tank's history has not yet been cleared. Its s/n is
280215, it has been brought to the troops in September 1944 (probably Schwere
Panzerabteilung 506).
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Massimo
- Massimo_FotiWhere it has been at the end of the war is unknown. There appeared new pictures showing it in Thun in 1956 (during the annual triaining
of Swiss Pz Bat 12 under command of major Hüssy, when the soldiers where trained on
the Centurion for the first time. The King Tiger served as a dummy for the Centurion recovery vehicles.
- The tank's torsion bars have been disassembled. Of the 18 bars, 5 were broken and the others are so rusty that they cannot be used anymore. Currently a German enterprise is producing the prototypes of newly built torsion bars.
- All 7 fuel tanks have been reconstructed and are ready to be integrated into the tank.
Saw them a few days ago. Check this thread for a picture:
www.com-central.net/in...mp;t=12966
- The skirts and the fenders have been rebuilt as well and are also ready.
See them here:
www.preservedtanks.com...p;Select=4
- Through eBay they got a new hatch for the close-quarter defence on the turret top.
- The cylinder heads have been completely restored.
- Some parts of the cooling compressor have been rebuilt.
Massimo
- WimD.Hi,
Took some pictures last friday.
Regards,
Wim.
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