The restored KV-1 leaves the hangar to take part in a re-enactment. He can talk about the history and its chain of events for hours and is 100% legit fun at parties. Look at all the pictures did not try to clean it all up. Military Vehicles. The family has a small flat with a kitchen and a big common room with beds while they are based in the workshops. The final version of the tank weighed 54. HMS Abdiel went down in history as the first mining operation in very deep waters, which surprised the Axis powers in the Mediterranean. This is a BULLSHIT Story.they have NOT found 01.STRONK RUSSIAN Information It has never exploded, says Vladimir, as he superstitiously knocks on wood three times. The local mayor had supported the idea of a recovery project because there are munitions known to be onboard and the towns administration do not want to leave the munitions in place. the British). Heavily armored, bearing a powerful 88mm cannon, and powered by a powerful Maybach HL 210 P45 650 HP (HL 230 P45 700 HP from the 251st produced) engine . Heres the full video, for those that want to see more. One example, a KV-1, was lifted up in November 2015 near Senno, in the Vitebsk region of Belarus. Tank With German Markings. The tank is technically the property of the city of Fontenay-Saint-Pere under the D913. The submarine sailed from Taranto on May 18th and on the evening of the 20th the Italians saw a silhouette of an unknown ship in the area. Whilst in combat near the small French town of Fontenay St. Pere Tiger 124 commanded by Fritz Zahnner was retreating into a wooded area along a road when it came under attack by US fighter-bombers. It appears that the British had a very well organised intelligence service in Patras that monitored all the moves of the Axis shipping. It could fly across bridges.. 25 is probably a reference to the factory it was produced in, or failing that the day and month it was produced (wither February the 5th or May 2nd), and the next four numbers (0001) are the actual production order. 9. by Achtung Baby Sat Nov 21, 2020 6:43 am, Post SHARE. Absolutely not. Some Russian archaeologists were digging around Leningrad looking for bodies of soldiers that went missing during the war, to re-bury with proper military honours. A decision was made that the tank and the bomb crater would be covered in On 21 August 1944, along with other German tanks (Panthers, Panzer IIIs and IVs and other Tigers) and a variety of military vehicles, the Tiger was heading out of the Falaise pocket to a fuel dump at the Chateau de l'Horloge in Ticheville during the final days of the Battle of Normandy. The Tiger and the locomotive are roughly the same size and density. The Tiger actually was brought in whole, but shattered into pieces upon seeing the KV. A HUGE 26-foot-long Buffalo military tank has been discovered buried under 30ft of earth after 74 years. A senior lawyer for Yvelines Council Mr Kauffmann stated all decisions of the County Council pass the control of legality of the prefecture and Mr Bedier and DRAC (French Department of Cultural Affiairs) publicly agreed to be bound by the Prefets final decision. In Ouistreham (Calvados), the Atlantic Wall team aims to create an archaeological museum of the Second World War. The tanks Turret was saved and is Some kept the grey in the schemes. Locals have spent five days excavating the vehicle from the Cambridgeshire Fens. soil to enable the road to be repaired. The minefield was set just the day before by the British mine layer HMS Abdiel, between Kefalonia and Ithaki islands. The main object of these tank hunts is the armoured vehicles that became mired in marshes, many of which fell off bridges into the soft ground. Sterne stated: The turret is from Tiger No 124 of the 101st Heavy Panzer Battalion and the rare Zimmerit (anti-magnetic paste) and camouflage colouring was unique to this tank. It is thought the tank ran out of fuel on RN 179 just after leaving Vimoutiers. by DEERE317 Sun Jan 17, 2021 8:30 pm. Early tanks were clumsy machines. Mythologies of all cultures are fascinating to him, Greek, Nordic, Slavic you name it, and hes in! His books have formed the background to several TV and radio documentaries. By - June 5, 2022. In the case of the first Tigers (at Leningrad) it is already known that they used gelbbraun (RAL 8020) and panzer grey (RAL 7021). They have found shattered metal pieces? You know theres a good story when it opens with that. No thanks..not with relic hunters who despoil war graves and endanger themselves and others with random digging close to dangerous ordnance. The Tiger wasn't Germany's first monster tank. Read about our approach to external linking. We raised two brewed-up Panzers 38(t)s, and a German StuG III self-propelled gun [a tank-like vehicle with an artillery gun], all of them piece-by-piece, say the renovators. But we had worked in Poisk for nine years and only received a salary for one year. This is well know but not to the relic hunters who despoil war graves and endanger themselves and others with random digging A 19th century railway locomotive buried four meters under a city street was located using this device. by Patton_M47 Sun Jan 17, 2021 6:46 pm, Post He was absolutely right the BT-7 was discovered 10 metres (33ft) away from the current spring. A 78-year-old German man was hiding a full-size tank in his basement Paul Szoldra Published April 02, 2018 09:37:02 Plenty of people collect World War II memorabilia and small trinkets, but a 78-year-old man in Germany was found with something much bigger: A 44-ton tank. Tiger #250001, the first serial production Tiger. You take the idle sprocket front jockey wheel from a T-34 launched in 1942 to put it on the model launched in 1941. anks were stripped internally and dug down in 1953 (probably), for use as close defense at the AFB. The battle involved about 2,000 tanks from both sides, including this KV-1. The turret of Tiger 124 was blown off and the barrel was removed leaving the body in the road and the turret in the ditch nearby. More information about Mark can be found at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_FeltonVisit my audio book channel 'War Stories with Mark Felton': https://youtu.be/xszsAzbHcPEHelp support my channel:https://www.paypal.me/markfeltonproductionhttps://www.patreon.com/markfeltonproductionsDisclaimer: All opinions and comments expressed in the 'Comments' section do not reflect the opinions of Mark Felton Productions. Tiger Tank. To find and make a German is such joy," he says. The mystery of the Tiger should soon be lifted. After World War II, much of the Normandy region was littered with discarded military hardware. They use metal detectors and feel into the mire with special 8m-long (26ft) probes. Panther Tank. The Germans managed to recover three, but the last one remained in No Mans Land for months, without any interest from the Soviets. They work and live on the museums territory for nine days and then take a 270km (168 miles) trip home to their native village and stay there for five days. That part also carried a rather special serial number. One son joined him in 2010, and the other in 2012. 1,347 were built between August 1942 and August 1944. By Seth Marshall. The truth may be more amazing than the legend!Sunken Tigers in Seine: https://www.forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=118695Tiger Tank in the Seine: http://museegrandbunker.com/en/willy-feys-tiger-tank-in-the-seineDr. Not all tanks are built the same. The re-enactments also include rescued German vehicles, like this Kubelwagen, a German military jeep (Credit: Anton Skyba), At first we always drive the last restored tank, break it in, they say. In the war in North Africa in an early encounter with the Allies in Tunisia, eight rounds fired from a 75mm artillery gun simply bounced off of the side of the tank - from a distance of just 50 metres. Mark Felton is a well-known British historian, the author of 22 non-fiction books, including bestsellers 'Zero Night' and 'Castle of the Eagles', both currently being developed into movies in Hollywood. Over time, souvenir hunters also removed other small items off the tank. See their original story here (in Belarussian). The Yakushevs use a rotation scheme. Not every fighting machine can be sold. It did not arrive by Patton_M47 Sun Jan 17, 2021 5:32 pm, Post of repeated attacks by the Tiger II tanks. 0. by DEERE317 Sun Jan 17, 2021 1:11 am, Post Many thanks to Tut.by for allowing use of their photos of the tank recovery. Tank History Posted by 9 months ago. Among them From the very beginning we worked without a salary. Just ask, SS will gladly ban each every one of you donkey lovers. I think he had either an operational 88mm flak cannon (not demilitarized) or live ammunition for it, along with being connected to some other unsavory Nazi art business, so the Panther got seized along with the rest of his collection. by DEERE317 Sun Jan 17, 2021 6:40 pm, Post Stronk Soviet vehicle would have started. After the re-enactment, the renovated tank is washed. modle de pv d'assemble gnrale constitutive d'une sarl. The Tiger entered production in August 1942 and represented a radical departure from previous German tank designs. Amazing French barn-find haul for sale Alastair Clements. The turret was first lifted off to reduce the overall weight and the chassis was then pulled and pushed out of the roadside ditch by bulldozers. As it happens in this sort of expeditions, they came across a bunch ofodd bits and bobs that set off the metal detector. In August 1941 the crew of the Soviet tank commander Kolobanov in a KV-1 knocked out 22 German tanks within 30 minutes after setting an ambush near the city of Leningrad. The first Tigers were grey and then it was down to units to repaint them if they chose. The Germans were especially good at it. Even the lighthouse that still exists today was there! This German WW2 King Tiger tank is currently in two parts. Mr. Sotiropoulos is credited with several WW2 Wrecks he located in the Ionian Islands, Greece. It is surprising that the wreck passed through the various dredging carried out by the Port of Rouen in this area, but on the Port side, we do not reject the hypothesis, explaining that it is quite possible that a tank of this size and weight was quickly silted, passing through the mesh of river dredges. under a French road to the North West of Paris. One of the most feared weapons of World War II, the King Tiger tank donned an almost impenetrable front armor. Any updates on this project and the seatch? In 2015 at the small town of Heikendorf, near Kiel, Germany, a perfectly preserved Panther tank was found in someone's basement. As the Soviets reeled under the surprise attack, the most powerful German formations swept through what is now Belarus. This is where the stories differ. We thought, we would lift up tanks, renovate them and get money for this. Whilst in combat near the small French town of Fontenay St. Pere Tiger 124 commanded by Fritz Zahnner was retreating into a wooded area along a road when it came under attack by US fighter-bombers. driver saw it too late and the tank falls down inside it. Throughout this period, the hunters lifted up only five tanks that were intact. So they rush to Rouen where they hope to cross the Seine. It looks like they took the mgs with them when they abandoned it. At least 15 times a year the complex, having built up a collection of working machines from the Second World War, shows battles re-enactments. Bruce Grubb, 24, called in armed officers, who held an hour-long standoff with the cat, trying to figure out the best way to approach it. You mean state sponsored archeologists that are trained in ordnance disposal and are sent there in the first place to discover unmarked graves so the soldiers can be properly re-buried? A powerful blast threw the turret several metres away and it drowned in marshes but survived to this day. You must be new here. The second team, an amateurs club called Poisk, which is where Vladimir and Mikalutski started to learn their trade almost 20 years ago. ! then i realize its the scrap metal on the floor infront of the KV, oh lol. These guys are just robbing graves and destroying the historical recordthey should NOT be called Archeologists. The Ministry of Emergency Response officers drain the area the tank is stuck in. The crew collect data for months before they raise a tank. Huge battles were fought, leaving the land strewn with dead bodies and ruined machines. Aberdeen Tiger. The tank also has its missing hatches replaced with metal plates (sealing off access inside the vehicle) and two Panzer IV engine deck-covers in place of the original Tiger's radiator deck-covers. The Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger tank was a German heavy tank that served on the Eastern Front, Western Front, and in North Africa during World War II. B, often shortened to Tiger B. The panzer was subsequently shipped by the U.S. Army to Aberdeen Proving Grounds for testing and analysis. Sponsored . According to Brigitte Corbin, there is every chance that the craft is still at the bottom of the river . Tanks rolled out onto the battlefields of World War I nearly a hundred years ago. On May 21st, 1941, at 9:00 in the morning, Kybfels and Marburg were being loaded with vehicles and artillery of the 2nd Armoured Division, with the port of Taranto as their destination. tiger, (Panthera tigris), largest member of the cat family (Felidae), rivaled only by the lion (Panthera leo) in strength and ferocity. The recovery work is scheduled to begin later this year. The turret was replaced and the tank was placed on a concrete plinth close to where it was originally abandoned in 1944. ", "Pictures of the Tiger tank in early 1970s and being moved", Holiday snap of the Tiger tank from around 1967, German armoured fighting vehicles of World War II, German armored fighting vehicle production during World War II, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vimoutiers_Tiger_tank&oldid=1115859386, Articles with French-language sources (fr), Infobox mapframe without OSM relation ID on Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, 6.316m (20ft 8.7in) The tank was abandoned by its crew in August 1944 during the latter stages of the Battle of Normandy. Panzer VI Tiger tank & KV-1S tank (destroyed) Zak Crawford. It is now restored, and dry stored, waiting its body to be dug up. German King Tiger Tank 124 turret In France at this time there are three projects which are "urgent" 1) Restoring the Tiger 1 tank in Vimoutiers, 2) Saving the Tiger 2 tank under the D913 road near Fontenay-Saint-Pre, Mantes la jolie 3) Saving the last surviving example of a Hotchkiss H35 tank which is under water on a beach in Pas de Calais. Damian is a history geek thats working for War History Online for almost a decade. Vtg Original Schwinn 60s Chrome front rat trap Corvette Panther Tiger Typhoon . It seems that the Germans were sure that they would conquer the USSR and were already making plans for after the conflict. Youll find everything from the story about the worlds greatest space mission to the truth about whether our cats really love us, the epic hunt to bring illegal fishermen to justice and the small team which brings long-buried World War Two tanks back to life. document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id", "a3a416a6543eb89d7ec87062c4901bf8" );document.getElementById("i89abcf4ce").setAttribute( "id", "comment" ); LE GRAND BUNKERMuse du Mur de l'AtlantiqueAvenue du 6 Juin14150 Ouistreham, museegrandbunker@sfr.frTl : (+33) 02 31 97 28 69. . Would you have any updates of the project? Tiger in the French Tank Museum in Saumur. Willy Feys Tiger would then have done a wrong maneuver: instead of gently approaching the barge, slightly elevated, in order to climb on it, the tank would have hit it.The barge would have, then retreated, leaving the Tiger, on his momentum, dive into the Seine , says Brigitte Corbin, of the Atlantic Wall Museum, according to the testimony of the tank commander, who escaped unscathed. Facebook. The hobby has turned into their job, but the work itself feels like a holiday. Three-quarters backside view. The Yakushevs are not the only tank hunters in Belarus. Kybfels was a cargo ship of 7,764 tons owned by HANSA Bremen. In the book by Kostas Triantafillou, Historical Dictionary of Patras it is documented that two Greeks, Martakos and Skamnakis, were arrested on suspicion of reporting the movements of ships to the enemy (i.e. No Donkey around, I guess I will have to do. As of 2013, the mayor of Vimoutiers began seeking funds for a restoration project. Of course the army broke the suspension while hauling it and I think it has sat in storage since then (hate to say it but stealing a valuable tank and storing it doesn't make 100% sense). Agreement must be reached with the French Army Services to take on the job of deactivating the ammunition during the excavation. I wonder how much effeort they may require to put it back together, Oh lol, when i looked at the video thumbnail i thought Thats the rear end of a KV Did these guys really mix it up? That means the local Mayors Office of Fontenay-Saint-Pere cannot sell the tank or any parts of the tanks. The ship appeared to have drifted south from where it struck the mine. Anyway, I love it that they found the first production Tiger. George Karelas, from Patras, Greece, is a researcher and scuba diver, with a keen interest in WW2 Wrecks.Mr. A local group had been campaigning against the tank being dug up and at first they wanted it to stay in the ground and then later they wanted it to become a monument at the roadside. Technically they were around St.Petersburg (it was called Leningrad back in Soviet times, unless theyre referring to the Leningrad Oblast and not the city itself). There had been a year of uncertainty, but now the fate of WW2 German Army King Tiger No. After long searches of the seabed with sonar equipment, the ship was found at last! They are concerned in case they explode and cause injury to local people or a passing motorist and the risk is one they were not willing to let continue any longer. This first Tiger was made in May of 1942, drove around for thousands of kilometers (not without numerous . Now the KV-1 differs from an original vehicle in only a handful of parts. 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