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03-26-2017 | 09:46 AM

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jarndice

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From: Hemel Hempstead,Hertfordshire, UNITED KINGDOM

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Originally Posted by Crius

Bob, Sophie is a true beauty and you're a lucky man to have her in your life.

I think one could study Tiger tanks of all varieties for the rest of one's life and still have volumes to learn. The Shermans were also a tank of ten zillion variants, but they didn't get recovered and re-used like the Tigers. Another thing I learned at that page that I have to confirm is that yes, Dr. Porsche designed and built the first 50 turrets, which all ended up on "Henschel hulls" because Porsche didn't get the contract so never produced the hulls he designed to go under his turret. I'm trying to find out if Porsche even did a prototype of his hull, but I don't think they did. Heck, I can't even find drawings of a Porsche hull.

And the search goes on. The thirst for knowledge must be slaked.

Hi, You had me blowing dust off Encyclopedia's looking for Dr Porsche's Tiger 1 prototype Hull,
I found in "Encyclopedia of German Tanks of World War Two" on page 139- - - TIGER (P) PZ Kpfw VI, VK 4501 (P) Porsche Typ101 Chassis numbers 150001--150010,
The order for this hull was issued on 26 May 1941 and the Prototype was completed in April 1942,
Without further testing production was put in hand, expected delivery being July 1942, after problems with the engine and suspension production stopped after only five had been built,
In October the Factory (Nibelungenwerke) was ordered to stop production of the Tiger (P) because Porsche could not solve the technical problems,
By the way (P) stands for PORSCHE. (H) stands for HENCHEL,
Henchel of course got the contract and went on to build the remaining Tiger 1s.

"Haynes Owner's Workshop Manual TIGER TANK" Pages 18 and 19 shows a photograph of the VK45.01 (P) fitted with a KRUPP Turret and another picture of a VK 45.01 (P) fitted with a dummy Turret,
Also on page 18 is a Drawing of VK 45.01 (H) side and front view which allows you to see the differences between the (P) and the (H) VK 45.01 Hulls. I hope that helps.
Shaun.

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