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Old January 13th, 2008, 07:47 PM
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Default Re: Pix - Tiger I at Vimoutiers.

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Originally Posted by Martin Bull View Post
I've read somewhere that the cracked turret was possibly caused by detonation of the demolition charge when the tank was abandoned.....
Another theory that i have heard, is that the scrap metal merchants moved in and began to cut the tank up and later gave up on the idea.

I'm not sure that all of the cuts/fractures have been caused by the scrap men as some of the damaged areas do look like explosion damage. Of course as we know, it was standard crew procedure to destroy a vehicle should it be abandoned
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