Those dents are made from a Canadian built sexton manned by a Canadian crew, from 25 yards. Yes, sexton was armed with two types of antitank shells since 1943. That is a 25 pounder doing that damage. No Tiger 2 was ever penetrated frontally.
My understanding is that the Americans blew up the interior with TNT. Dunno if that means it's totally wrecked, but it must be. I would think someone would have repaired it if it were possible.
Got to agree with you. You just know that either Bovingdon or the OZ museum would do the right thing. This is in a more complete cosmetic state than the one at Bovingdon.
Pratiquement comme neuf , avec ce Tigre II il ne fallait pas louper son coup , car sa puissance de feu etait redoutable et assez precise . La chance de s'en sortir indem restait assez mince pour les blindés alliés face à un monstre pareil .Belle pièce et coup de bol que l'ancien propriétaire a réussi à négocier son départ à la ferraille, une fois le secteur libéré .👍 Comme quoi avec quelques bouteilles on arrive parfois à une belle négociation .Phil 🏍️ .
If I remember right, the man at the museum said they used this tank for bazooka practice and that damage is from that. Nearly impenetrable armor in the front.
Indeed you can still see one of the AP rounds embedded in the front, I was told that the tank was been transported back to the USA but the transporter broke down and the King Tiger was just left in La Gleise. Lots of towns in the area have their own tank memorials, Panthers, Shermans,
Where were the establishment "royals" and the wealthy when this was going on,? Oh yeah, somewhere safe living it up. Wouldn't you think the workers of the world would have clicked by now, don't join up, let the rich fight their own battles.
