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UNIQUE ID 73: TIGER TANK

(Model: Early Production Model)

Wheatcroft Collection, Leicester, Britain

(Location: Wheatcroft Collection)


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Unique ID: 73
Added to Database: May 2008
Last Edited: 10 May 2010
Type (ID): Tiger (170)
Model (ID): Early Production Model (300)
Location Category (ID): Wheatcroft Collection (3510)
Location (ID): Wheatcroft Collection (3510)
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Location History:
(see map)

1: Wegmann & Co, Kassel, Nordhessen, Germany (Turret manufacturer)
2: Henschel und Sohn, Kassel, Nordhessen, Germany (Chassis manufacturer and vehicle assembly)
3: Bad Fallingbostel, Germany (November 1942)
4: Reggio di Calabria, Italy (Staging point)
5: Bizerte, Tunisia (Staging point)
6: U.S. Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Harford County, Maryland, USA (1943-1989)
7: Auto und Technik Museum, Sinsheim, Rhine Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (From 1989)
8: BWB Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung, Koblenz, Koblenz District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (Early 1990s)
9: Panzermuseum, Munster, Soltau-Fallingbostel, Lower Saxony, Germany (Until c.2001)
10: Wheatcroft Collection, Leicester, Leicestershire, East Midlands, Britain (Current location)



Images - Photographs and NavPix (click to expand or browse)

2000

Right view
1: Right view

Taken: 2000 (Estimated)
Contributor: J. Lewis
Photo ID: 3199
Added: 10 May 2010
Filename: 31708660...
Views: 956
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July 1983

Right view (at APG)
2: Right view (at APG)

Taken: 9 July 1983
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 851
Added: 10 December 2008
Filename: Scan_Tig...
Views: 549
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Left view (at APG)
3: Left view (at APG)

Taken: 9 July 1983
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 852
Added: 10 December 2008
Filename: Scan_Tig...
Views: 1167
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Front right view (at APG)
4: Front right view (at APG)

Taken: 9 July 1983
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 853
Added: 10 December 2008
Filename: Scan_Tig...
Views: 622
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Front left view (at APG)
5: Front left view (at APG)

Taken: 9 July 1983
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 854
Added: 10 December 2008
Filename: Scan_Tig...
Views: 1154
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Front view (at APG)
6: Front view (at APG)

Taken: 9 July 1983
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 855
Added: 10 December 2008
Filename: Scan_Tig...
Views: 5353
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September 1978

Rear left view
7: Rear left view

Taken: September 1978
Contributor: J. Lewis
Photo ID: 3198
Added: 10 May 2010
Filename: Scan_Tig...
Views: 868
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1943

“A Tiger tank captured in Tunis, 1943” - this photo shows “712” soon after capture and with an American crew - note the
8: “A Tiger tank captured in Tunis, 1943” - this photo show...

Taken: 1943
Contributor: Wikimedia
Photo ID: 3197
Added: 7 May 2010
Filename: Scan_Tig...
Views: 6208
Select/Has Priority: 22/0