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For the Tiger enthuasists out there. Full story and photos at link at bottom,
It was once one of the Nazis' deadliest weapons - but now its secrets have been exposed in the most mundane of places. The mechanics of the world's only working Nazi Tiger tank have been revealed in a new version of the everyday Haynes maintenance manual, the bible of second-hand car enthusiasts. Experts at The Tank Museum in Bovington, Dorset are the only ones in the world to have working knowledge of Hitler's favourite weapon.
The Tiger Tank Owner's Workshop Manual was written by staff and lays out the intricacies of the Tiger Tank 131 - of which there are only six left in the world. Hitler ordered the tank to be built during the Second World War and it was feared on the battlefield for its specially designed guns which unleashed round after round of ammunition. It was completed in time for the dictator's birthday on April 20, 1942 and used as the centrepiece of a Nazi parade. However less than a year later, the tank was captured by Allied Forces in the Tunisian desert.
It was such an important victory that the British prime minister Winston Churchill and King George VI were pictured with it.
The foreword of the manual has been written by Peter Gudgin who received the Military Cross and was wounded by the tank moments before it was captured. After recovering in hospital he was asked to write a detailed report on the weapon and his knowledge has been used in the manual.
The book displays a series of photographs of the inside and outside of the tank which help to explain its engine and weapon systems. It contains details on tank maintenance and how the museum experts manage to drive it. The book is also a stark reminder of the terrifying scale of Nazi weapons.
The manual was written by museum curator David Willey, historian David Fletcher and workshop manager Mike Hayton. Mr Willey said: 'Tiger 131 is probably our most famous exhibit and is the only working Tiger tank in the world. 'The foreword for the manual was written by Peter Gudgin and it's wonderful that he's still able to help us with the research.
'In total there were 1,300 tanks produced. This one was given to the museum in 1951 but it hadn't been put back together properly after it was dismantled and examined. 'In the 1990s we began a restoration project and are now in the second phase of the project, working from original German drawings. 'We have had longer to study it than the Germans, so we probably know more about it than they did. 'The Tiger tank is superbly engineered and was a fearsome fighting machine, but we mustn't forget what harm it did to so many of our men.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1393054/How-fix--Tiger-Tank-Haynes-Workshop-Manual-written-Hitlers-favourite-weapon.html#ixzz1O3CEWSXo
It was once one of the Nazis' deadliest weapons - but now its secrets have been exposed in the most mundane of places. The mechanics of the world's only working Nazi Tiger tank have been revealed in a new version of the everyday Haynes maintenance manual, the bible of second-hand car enthusiasts. Experts at The Tank Museum in Bovington, Dorset are the only ones in the world to have working knowledge of Hitler's favourite weapon.
The Tiger Tank Owner's Workshop Manual was written by staff and lays out the intricacies of the Tiger Tank 131 - of which there are only six left in the world. Hitler ordered the tank to be built during the Second World War and it was feared on the battlefield for its specially designed guns which unleashed round after round of ammunition. It was completed in time for the dictator's birthday on April 20, 1942 and used as the centrepiece of a Nazi parade. However less than a year later, the tank was captured by Allied Forces in the Tunisian desert.
It was such an important victory that the British prime minister Winston Churchill and King George VI were pictured with it.
The foreword of the manual has been written by Peter Gudgin who received the Military Cross and was wounded by the tank moments before it was captured. After recovering in hospital he was asked to write a detailed report on the weapon and his knowledge has been used in the manual.
The book displays a series of photographs of the inside and outside of the tank which help to explain its engine and weapon systems. It contains details on tank maintenance and how the museum experts manage to drive it. The book is also a stark reminder of the terrifying scale of Nazi weapons.
The manual was written by museum curator David Willey, historian David Fletcher and workshop manager Mike Hayton. Mr Willey said: 'Tiger 131 is probably our most famous exhibit and is the only working Tiger tank in the world. 'The foreword for the manual was written by Peter Gudgin and it's wonderful that he's still able to help us with the research.
'In total there were 1,300 tanks produced. This one was given to the museum in 1951 but it hadn't been put back together properly after it was dismantled and examined. 'In the 1990s we began a restoration project and are now in the second phase of the project, working from original German drawings. 'We have had longer to study it than the Germans, so we probably know more about it than they did. 'The Tiger tank is superbly engineered and was a fearsome fighting machine, but we mustn't forget what harm it did to so many of our men.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1393054/How-fix--Tiger-Tank-Haynes-Workshop-Manual-written-Hitlers-favourite-weapon.html#ixzz1O3CEWSXo
anzer:So where do I get my copy? For reference only.
