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michaelmaltby
Colonel
Greg Boeser
2nd Lieutenant
Hans had a little too much cabbage again!
Internal explosion lifted the turret and blew off the forward hatch deck, so Milosh's story wins.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Look at the side of the turret, below and a little behind the commander's cupola, she was hit by a fairly substantial round from the looks of the distortion.
The detonation would have certainly blown the turret up off it's ring and the front plating up from the hull.
michaelmaltby
Colonel
Peter Gunn
Master Sergeant
Not to be argumentative but earlier in the thread we discounted that because the turret is the early design, check also Milosh post #11679 - a mortar round hit a lorry full of ammo and blew the turret off, no physical contact, just explosive force.
Also check out post #11677 - Fastmongrel posted another pic of it showing the curvature of the turret and commanders hatch extension.
So maybe it was the cabbage after all...
Shortround6
Major General
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Peter Gunn
Master Sergeant
Man, the fourth guy back from the front looks like he just ruptured a disc in his back.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Sorry about that, guys.
On the ipad, it honestly appeared to be a Panther and after a long day that I had, my brain simply wasn't co-operating.
So for redemption, here's some info on that King Tiger:
On 7 August '44, the Tiger's crew was in the process of resupply during a lull in fighting in the town of Le Plessis-Grimoult. A platoon from A Company, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, commanded by Major Parker, discovered it and another King Tiger. The tanks were accompanied by an ammunition lorry and another light tracked vehicle.
The platoon's heaviest weapon was a 2" Mortar, so it's team, Lance Corporal Caswell and Private Taylor, brought it to bear on the grouped Panzers and managed to lob a round into the back of the ammunition schlepper, setting off a massive chain reaction, which in turn disloged the pictured Tiger's turret and plating (as well as killing and wounding many of the Germans). The other King Tiger managed to move off unscathed.
This was certainly a commendable action by the British team and aparently, was the first King Tiger encountered by the British in Europe, as they recovered the tank's cannon and shipped it back to Britain for evaluation. And a side note: that's an early model with the Porsche turret and was attached to Schwere Panzerabteilung 503.
On the ipad, it honestly appeared to be a Panther and after a long day that I had, my brain simply wasn't co-operating.
So for redemption, here's some info on that King Tiger:
On 7 August '44, the Tiger's crew was in the process of resupply during a lull in fighting in the town of Le Plessis-Grimoult. A platoon from A Company, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, commanded by Major Parker, discovered it and another King Tiger. The tanks were accompanied by an ammunition lorry and another light tracked vehicle.
The platoon's heaviest weapon was a 2" Mortar, so it's team, Lance Corporal Caswell and Private Taylor, brought it to bear on the grouped Panzers and managed to lob a round into the back of the ammunition schlepper, setting off a massive chain reaction, which in turn disloged the pictured Tiger's turret and plating (as well as killing and wounding many of the Germans). The other King Tiger managed to move off unscathed.
This was certainly a commendable action by the British team and aparently, was the first King Tiger encountered by the British in Europe, as they recovered the tank's cannon and shipped it back to Britain for evaluation. And a side note: that's an early model with the Porsche turret and was attached to Schwere Panzerabteilung 503.
See Post #11679
at6
1st Sergeant
Or he may have just crapped his pants.
