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Hello, I have a question please, regarding the barrel movement on a Jagdtiger? How much does it recoil when firing (1/16 scale)? Is this to adjust the barrel length for the recoil mechanism? Because it's been cut twice, twice too short Thank you in advance and Merry Christmas.

Jofaur86 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 22, 2025 4:09 pm Hello, I have a question please, regarding the barrel movement on a Jagdtiger? How much does it recoil when firing (1/16 scale)? Is this to adjust the barrel length for the recoil mechanism? Because it's been cut twice, twice too short Thank you in advance and Merry Christmas.

Talk to Casey "Shameless,,,", he has 3 Jagdtigers IIRC. I'm sure he could share some information. And he's a good guy I know from the Facebook RC tank groups-

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Mine recoils approximately 10mm. But that's just me using a ruler and my eyes so not totally accurate to the mm

MrChef wrote: ↑Mon Dec 22, 2025 4:28 pm

Jofaur86 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 22, 2025 4:09 pm Hello, I have a question please, regarding the barrel movement on a Jagdtiger? How much does it recoil when firing (1/16 scale)? Is this to adjust the barrel length for the recoil mechanism? Because it's been cut twice, twice too short Thank you in advance and Merry Christmas.

Talk to Casey "Shameless,,,", he has 3 Jagdtigers IIRC. I'm sure he could share some information. And he's a good guy I know from the Facebook RC tank groups-

viewtopic.php?t=38253

Thank you for the reply, I sent a PM, waiting for a response.

Thanks also, 10 mm seems low to me, but possible, should have been checked before disassembly Asiatam?

According to sources on the gun, 32.5mm of recoil is the 16th scale recoil travel required.
The hydro-pneumatic system was able to be varied on the towed weapon to allow for different ammo, but the gun fitted to the JT was apparently set to recoil 520mm .
When I saw 331 in Aberdeen Proving Ground the barrel was(and is) in full battery. The entire thing was rammed back into the cradle when the recouperators were drained & the gun fired. Some plastic Models have been miss represented due to this , the Mattoro version also suffered the error.

Hello and thank you Herman, late last night I searched and found... a recoil of 900 mm at 1:1 scale. So a quick calculation: 900 divided by 1/16 gives the length you mentioned, even though it seemed enormous to me. Wishing you a Merry Christmas.