I'll have to research a little on the turrets to jog my aging memory but I do remember that, like with the prototype Tiger 1's, the good Hr. Porsche assumed he would get the contract for the Tiger 2. It sticks in my mind that it was Porsche who designed the turret that went on the first 50 KT's and Henschel designed the the 'production' turret which was actually designed quickly when problems cropped up with the Porsche design. There is a lot of misinformation floating around about the Tiger series but there are enough erudite books out there to get the true picture out. Here's an excellent source for Tiger series info in addition to books.

http://www.tiif.de

That's Sophia under the table. She does shave under her arms but it's hard to notice. Photo is the day she got her championship 5 years ago and promptly retired. She hated the shows and she is a 'reader', if the judge had a black heart she would ignore him and not run through her paces. A kind judge and Sofik was their best friend instantly and performed flawlessly. We stopped doing the show gig with our herd after she won her final show. The endemic corruption had gotten in to dog shows and I don't buy or pay judges. Period. Sophia is the finest blue merle collie from Novosibersk all the way west to Gnome, Alaska. Only problem is she's 5 cm too tall at the shoulder to 'qualify' under EU standards but we never saw a measuring device at any shows.