Tiger Tracks - The Classic Panzer Memoir (Wolfgang Faust's Panzer Books)

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Darren McGarry, Head of Living Collections at RZSS Edinburgh Zoo, said: “The Sumatran tiger is one of the rarest big cat species in the world and is Critically Endangered in the wild. As part of coordinated breeding programmes such as the European Endangered Species Programme (EEP), we hope the new enclosure will provide the right environment for Jambi and Baginda to breed and produce cubs, helping ensure the species does not become extinct.” Soviet ground trial testing conducted in May 1943 determined that the 8.8cm KwK 36 gun could pierce the T-34/76 frontal beam nose from 1500 m, and the front hull from 1500 m. A hit to the driver's hatch would force it to collapse inwards and break apart. [62] [63] [h] According to the Wa Prüf 1 report, the Soviet T-34-85's upper glacis and turret front armour would be defeated between 100 and 1,400m (0.062 and 0.870mi) at a side angle of 30 deg, while the T-34's 85mm gun was estimated to penetrate the front of a Tiger between 200 and 500m (0.12 and 0.31mi) at a side angle of 30 degrees to the incoming round. [60] Soviet testing showed that the 85mm gun could penetrate the front of a Tiger from 1,000m (0.62mi) with no side angle [64]

On 26 May 1941, Henschel and Ferdinand Porsche were asked to submit designs for a 45-tonne heavy tank, to be ready by June 1942. [18] Porsche worked on an updated version of their VK 30.01 (P) Leopard tank prototype while Henschel worked on an improved VK 36.01 (H) tank. Henschel built two prototypes: a VK 45.01 (H) H1 with an 8.8cm L/56 cannon, and a VK 45.01 (H) H2 with a 7.5cm L/70 cannon. Wikipedia Commons| https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sambek_Heights#/media/File:%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%8B,_Pz.Kpfw_VI.jpg The 56-calibre long 8.8cm KwK 36 was chosen for the Tiger. A combination of a flat trajectory from the high muzzle velocity and precision from the Leitz Turmzielfernrohr TZF 9b sight (later replaced by the monocular TZF 9c) made it very accurate. In British wartime firing trials, five successive hits were scored on a 410 by 460mm (16 by 18in) target at a range of 1,100 metres (3,600ft). [20] Compared with the other contemporary German tank guns, the 8.8cm KwK 36 had superior penetration to the 7.5cm KwK 40 on the Sturmgeschütz III and Panzer IV but inferior to the 7.5cm KwK 42 on the Panther tank [23] under ranges of 2,500 metres. At greater ranges, the 8.8cm KwK 36 was superior in penetration and accuracy. The gun took around 10.9 seconds to reload. [24] Glantz, David (2005). Colossus Reborn: the Red Army at War: 1941–1943. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press. ISBN 0-7006-1353-6.Unlike lions, a tiger hunts alone, roaming up to 20 miles a night in search of the 30 or 40 pounds of meat it must eat during the course of a week. It may take as many as 20 hunts to bring in a kill that provides enough food. Like many hunters, the tiger is territorial. Where the prey is plentiful, say in Nepal, a female may need about 8 square miles, but on the far eastern coast of Russia she can require up to 200 square miles. Male territories are even larger but overlap with those of females. Tank Museum David Willey – podcast 194". We have ways of making you talk. 8 October 2020 . Retrieved 27 January 2022. Mr Hoebig, a private collector – Long Island, New York, United States. The "Hobeig Tiger" (marked as 231) is a Tiger reconstructed by Hobeig from various components sourced from the Trun Scrapyard in Normandy, [112] with the wheels and gun coming from Kurland (in Latvia). Prior to December 2016, it was on display at the German Panzer Museum in Munster. [113]

Planned but ultimately not selected was the rotating driver’s vision device: the Fahrersehklappe – Walze. Source: Panzer Basics Hunnicutt, Richard Pearce (1971). Pershing: A History of the Medium Tank T20 Series. Navato, CA: Presidio Press. ISBN 0-98219-070-0.

This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sourcesin this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( April 2010) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Pirker, Peter (2012). Suberversion deutscher Herrschaft. Der britische Geheimdienst SOE und Österreich. Zeitgeschichte im Kontext. Vol.6. Göttingen: V & R Unipress. ISBN 978-3-8623-4990-6. The 13.(Tiger) Kompanie/Panzer-Regiment Großdeutschland reported on their experience in employing the Tiger from 7 to 19 March 1943: Early on in the book, I noticed that there was no reference to specific divisions, regiments or locations. That's pinged my internal "BS" meter. The author said the story took place in October 1944 and from his description, he faced IS-3 tanks. the IS-3 didn't make an appearance on the battlefield until the last weeks of the war in April 1945. That's pinged my internal "BS" meter some more.

Furthermore, Mr Faust never identifies the unit he was fighting with, and locations are only vaguely described. From what I gather, he IMAGINES his Tiger panzer unit was engaged in the battles for the bridgeheads of the Dnieper river which happened around fall to winter 43/44. There they lounged, on the top terrace, side by side — I read that male lions are very companionable — with their front paws hanging over the grassy edge while they stared in perfect unison at all these people who were being exhibited to them on the other side of the moat. The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) is delighted to announce the development of a brand new and improved enclosure at RZSS Edinburgh Zoo for their pair of critically endangered Sumatran tigers. It was noted that they are not mirror image (as on our early Tiger II) but identical, so that one is reversed in relation to the other. Spot the difference!Meanwhile, at the Zoo, the four tigers and three lions enjoy 30,000 square feet of space shaded by oaks and Himalayan pines (whose flanks are padded with extra bark for protection against claws), three grassy terraces with dens, and a moat of clear water. A path or walkway runs around the habitat, and it is there, or at the machan, that you can watch these lovely creatures living out their lives. I'd appreciate if Audible took action to correct this probable false advertising. I do not want to spend my money on books/audiobooks thinking that I'm getting an authentic memoir, when, in fact, I'm getting cheap, pulp fiction.