Swiss King Tiger currently being restored convoy light

[Jussek]

Morning

Several years ago i saw in missing linx some pics of a complete recovered original one, they put a bulb inside, and the color was green

I do not have the link at hand but a search there Will show the pics.

[STHV]

Hi Guys, just been looking for info on the colour of a king tiger convoy light. Some sources say blue but other sources say green. The only existing pics I can see appear to show it as green. Does anyone have a definite answer?
Thanks
Afrikakorps

It is indeed green however it also has red and orange

https://www.small-tracks.org/t2388-feu- ... -de-convoi
http://www.fahrzeuge-der-wehrmacht.de/A ... htung.html
https://www.lonesentry.com/articles/ttt ... pment.html
https://www.kettenkrad.de/notekhi_e.htm

Late war tubular Convoy lights like the one on the King tiger have it all in one. The middle light being red and the other 4 being green

[STHV]

Morning

Several years ago i saw in missing linx some pics of a complete recovered original one, they put a bulb inside, and the color was green

I do not have the link at hand but a search there Will show the pics.

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/modules.p ... 402&page=1

Is this it?

[Afrikakorps]

Thank you for your quick replies.
Some of the pics I have already seen, so I was thinking that green was correct. However I have seen blue lights on some RC tanks and was a bit unsure.
I can now continue to put a working convoy light on the back of my Taigen king tiger.
Cheers
AK

[jarndice]

The colour of German military rear Convoy lights is a question that was on the Forum when I first signed up and periodically the question is raised with the regularity of the cuckoo and just as there did not appear to be a definitive source in 2012 the truth to date is still illusory with someone offering the definitive answer only to face rebuttal from a yet more certain historical source and so the roundabout continues.
In truth I never did understand why the German Army decided on blue or green,Post WW 2 I was quite happy following British Military vehicles with white convoy lights,
German Military vehicles in common with other NATO vehicles post WW2 showed a shielded white light to the rear.
To confuse matters even more as my military career was drawing to a close most vehicles were being fitted with I/R lighting so the colour of the convoy lights became moot.

[Jofaur86]

Hello,
indeed it is a complex subject, I read somewhere, that the singification of the color seen? was depending on whether the next one was too close, too far, or Positioned? after remains the definition of Wikipedia
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phare_Notek

[Jussek]

Morning

Several years ago i saw in missing linx some pics of a complete recovered original one, they put a bulb inside, and the color was green

I do not have the link at hand but a search there Will show the pics.

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/modules.p ... 402&page=1

Is this it?

Yep, this one

[whitewolf]

That Tiger looks to be in pretty good condition. Any idea where it originated from?

[Jofaur86]

History of origin?
http://www.koenigstiger.ch/english/story.html