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Perfect seguay to the reason for a designated Category for Tigers

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HERMAN BIX wrote:

Perfect seguay to the reason for a designated Category for Tigers

Bloody marketing division

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ALPHA

Hi All,
A very good book to look in is TIGER1 on the western front top book also they do TIGER1 on the eastern front. It gives you ALL the Tiger1's that were in service. Brian...

The tigers where part of the 501st abt which had it's own symbol. Might be why they never carried the palm tree.

There are no known photos of a Tiger 1 carrying the "palm tree" symbol.
All Tigers in Afrika belonged to independent heavy tank battalions, and as such they were attached temporarily to DAK divisions rather than belonging to the DAK, at first.

For Operation Ochsenkopf, s.Pz.Abt. 501 was renamed as III Battalion of Panzer Regiment 7. This is the only time when we see Tigers in the same unit as Pz.4. After this operation, all Tigers were owned by s.Pz.Abt. 504. Photo coverage from that time is spotty.

These "events" during Operation Ochsenkopf have thumbnailed photos of the Tigers and Pz.4 that fought alongside. You'll have to find the full-size photos for yourself;

http://tiger1.info/event/To-Sidi-Nsir

http://tiger1.info/event/Sidi-Nsir-battle

http://tiger1.info/event/4-Tigers-Panze ... -Hunts-Gap

http://tiger1.info/event/3-Tigers-wrecked-Hunts-Gap

http://tiger1.info/event/Retreat-Hunts-Gap


David

David, My hero, I feel better now, I think my amateur rifflings through a few reference books was justified, I only wish I had done the research before I did the build!! Eastern I think you can call off the bloodhounds and get back to another slice of Pecan pie, but thanks for the thought, and my thanks to everyone else who followed this expedition. shaun

Well, if you find a photo not on this page, please let us know;

http://www.tiif.de/thread.php?threadid= ... 57ae4cde0c

That page lists every known photo of the 504 in Tunisia.

David