Really not my "field" the 112 - but I tried to translate [link=http://forum.panzer-archiv.de/viewtopic.php?t=3802&postdays=0&postorder=asc&star t=0]the story[/link] into a short summary ... if you want to discuss your point - feel free to write in english in the linked forum - they will try to answer you !
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Tiger I "112", chassis number 250012, was the 3rd Tiger that had been unloaded in Africa - at the 23.11.42 in Bizerta at Tunis.
Tiger of the 2/ 501
At the 01.12.1942 had the Tiger 112, 124, 131 and 142 (together with 4 Panzer III N - 7,5 cm short) their first battle contact ( 3 hours) with tanks (Sherman, General Lee and M3 Scout Car) of the 1. US-PzDiv. 34 tanks were destroyed. No Tiger was lost.
At the 18.01.43 the 112 had his second deployment at Djebel Solbai - but there had been no real battle.
A big success for the 1./501 was the 19.01.43. The 1./501 made a push at Hamra and got 106 vehicles and 25 new cannons.
This day brought also the first problems for the Tiger - engine problems, that were solved by the mechanics till the next mornig.
In the morning of the 21.1.1943 the "fight group 501" reached the crossing Ousselteia-Kairouan, where soldiers of the infantry had notified a birtish tank crowd. 56 tanks of different types in a dip. 12 tanks attaked the 2. Zug 1./501 - after the shot of 3 of their tanks the british tanks went away.
In a battle in the night of the 22.01.1943 the 501 including Tiger 112 fought a british attack with tanks back. Tiger 112 got in this night a hit at the KWK that could be still seen. Own tanks losts happened not in that night.
After this time the 501 had been divided. The 1./501 came to Zaghouan and the 2./501 to Pout du Fahs.
The 1./501 came to the 10. Panzerdivision (PzRegt 7) as 7. schwere Kompanie (heavy tank companie).
At the 14.02.43 the campaign "Frühlingswind" was started - end at the 17.02.1943 . All Tiger of the 1./501 got new turret numbers - the „112“ became „712“ - the Tiger of the 2./501 became „8XX“, that were included to the 10. PzDiv as 8. schwere Kompanie.
The 1./501 had 1/3 of the success of 165 shot enimy-tanks.
At the end of February the 1./sPzAbt 504 with 11 Tiger had landed in Afrika. The last sign of "112" is in fights of the 504.
Tiger I „712“ - "112" had been found on the 21.04.1943 at Medjez-el-Bab - no crew. 112 went then from the British to the American.
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Beneath the above mentioned hit at the KWK of Tiger 112, that still can be seen ... Just an idea - maybe the confusion about the number is caused, because Tiger 112 had been "cleaned" in 1944 !?! Maybe he got then the wrong 8XX and short time later the "correct" 712 !?!
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