The German tank designers had learnt the hard lessons of fielding tanks with under-powered guns that were incapable of penetrating the enemy tank’s front armour. Why does the Tiger II look like a Panther? Notice how wide the tracks are on the King Tiger Tank.Ĭompare them with a Panzer IV tank's tracks. For a long time it was just forgotten about. Unlike some of the captured German Panther tanks, this Tiger II tank was never used by the French Army after WW2.It was not modified in any way and kept in the dry at AMX Satory. Who set up the French Tank Museum in the year 1970. It was salvaged by the French Army in September 1944, and then stored at the AMX Tank factory at Satory before being transferred to the museum in 1975.įrench Army Colonel Aubry decide to put 233 on the turret to remember the King Tiger which destroy his own Sherman at end of war. It is believed to have beenĪbandoned by its crew on 23 August 1944, due to engine problems, at Brueil-en-Vexin, near Mantes-la-Jolie. Turret number 233, is believed to be tank number 123, which belonged to the 1st Company, 101 SS Panzer Abt in August 1944. This tank's historyĪccording to an article from the Musée des Blindés French Tank museum's magazine n° 54, this King Tiger tank, which now carries the It had an operational range of 170 km (110 miles). It had a top road speed of 35km/h (24mph). It was powered by a V12 Maybach HL230 P30 690hp petrol engine. It had a crew of five: commander, driver, gunner, loader and radio operator/machine gunner. B Tiger, also commonly referred to as the Köningstiger, King Tiger, Royal Tiger or Tiger II tank was armed with a 88 mm (3.46 in) KwK43 L/71, 86 rounds and two or three 7.92 mm (3 in) MG 34 machine guns, 5800 round. The word Blindés means armoured.Ī train from Paris Montparnasse Railway station to Saumur only takes two The Museum is called Musée des Blindés ou Association des Amis du Musée des Blindés, 1043, route de Fontevraud, 49400 Saumur, France. B Heavy Tank can be found at the French Tank B Heavy Tank - Restored Preserved Panzers Surviving German WW2 Tanks
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