So would this type, this "Pig Snout" refers to the early casting? Would the Battle of the Bulge be before the change over to the simple cast or after?billpe wrote:That is an earlier mantlet on a tank built in mid 1944. The later one is a simpler casting. The name in German roughly translates in to pig snout. You can get a Tamiya sprue with both types.
I wish I'd known that some years ago as mine is an earlier production with a later mantlet.
KING TIGER, OCTOPUSS CAMO 1945
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Re: KING TIGER, OCTOPUSS CAMO 1945
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Re: KING TIGER, OCTOPUSS CAMO 1945
The general design was called that, most of the assault guns had them as well. I don't know the exact introduction date but the Tiger 2's at the Battle of the Bulge that 506 abt used were a mixture of older and newer vehicles. Tiger 2 wasn't as linear as tiger 1 due to supply problems so you see some with configurations which don't match the ordered standards. Hermans 510abt Tiger 2 is a good example of that. It's built with the wrong number of track link hooks for instance (the subject tank).
