The B & W film that preceeds the interview has nothing to do with the incident however. That Tiger is now operational at the Tank Museum Bovington, Dorset, England.
The unit credited with this victory is the 4th troop B Squadron 48th RTR of the 21st Tank Brigade, equipped with Churchills armed with a 6 pdr gun.
The Brits actually field produced what a Churchill version known as the Churchill 75 NA. 75mm guns (from Shermans?) replaced the 57mm gun. A very useful expedient, and fairly sucessful.
I agree it was sucessful good at killing Infantry and Light Armoured Tanks, Not to mention it's cheap. Which tiger as we talking about here, remember there was many diffrent Tigersm but one outclassed them all.
Were there? I thought there were Earlies and Lates with very little difference between the two. I assume this is an early being from North Africa but it is hard to tell as the guys head is in the way of biggest giveaway, the turret view scope(s) FNG
Yeah I heard about those, but I didn't think any of the 75mms ever ran into a Tiger. On the other hand who the hell knows. Much better to be in a 6 pounder armed one though, at least you have a chance of frontal penetrations at 200m.
The story of sPzAbt.504's Tiger 131 is an interesting one. Despite being bagged by fire from a Churchill Mark III of 21st Tank Brigade's 48th Bn. Royal Tank Regiment, 25th Army Tank Brigade's REME was given the task of salvaging her - note difference in the titles of the two brigades. The decision to re-paint her green - at a shade close to the'Westeuropisches Grün' as possible - was in response to a "suggestion" by Winston Churchill, doubtless stemming from the reversal of the decision to cease production of "his" tank. The records of Schwere Panzer Abteilungen indicate the sPzAbt.501 (Heavy Tank Battalion) lost so many tanks at Hunt's Gap that it ceased to be an effective fighting force, in part due to fire from Churchill 6-pdrs. The intention was to put 131, minus a turret number, on display as being one of the Tigers that took part in the battle. After being thoroughly examined by technical people and on display in London, she was donated to the Bovington Museum which restored and repainted her approximately to the original colour given upon arrival in Tunisia by her crew. Where the green paint came from in Tunisia is anyone's guess - possibly from the same source where the Germans found the brown paint for the Tigers of sPzAbt 504. For photographs see: http://www.northirishhorse.org/nih/Arti ... r-131.html Cheers, Gerry
Different Tigers / It is reported earlier in this thread that the Tiger featured in the b&w footage preceding the colour clip of the damaged Tiger is not the same as the second one. That may be so, I do not know, but may I ask how the party making that claim knows ? Also, even if they are not the same tank, is it known what the situation was of the first Tiger, which certainly seems to take a hit immediately after firing it's main armament. BG
