David Willey, The Tank Museum Curator, presents this Tank Chat on the subject one of the most famous German armoured weapons: 70 ton Panzerjäger Tiger (P). Originally known as the Ferdinand, then later renamed Elefant, 90 of this heavily armed and armoured vehicle were built, seeing service in...read more

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This Jagdpanther, coming from The Weald Foundation was presented as a substitute for the usual Tiger 131 at the Tankfest 2017, which stayed inside the museum because of the Tiger Exibition. Unfortunately suffered from a steering problem and did not participate to the show. Nevertheless, I manage...read more

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 Lieutenant) May 07, 2017

David Willey, The Tank Museum Curator, presents the thirty-sixth Tank Chat about the Tiger 131, the most famous tank in The Tank Museum's collection and arguably the most famous tank in the world. 

Tiger 131 is a German Tiger I Heavy tank captured by the British 48th Royal Tank Regiment...read more

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 Lieutenant) February 23, 2017

We are sure you can't wait more time to go to "The Tiger Collection" exhibition, which will open in early April, in time for Easter Holidays 2017, at The Tank Museum, Bovington (Dorset, UK).

One of the most important atractions of this new exhibition, supported by World of Tanks, is the...read more

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The 70 ton Panzerjäger Tiger (P), commonly known as Elefant or Ferdinand return to Europe, seventy-two years after it fell into Allied hands during the battle of Anzio (Italy). In 1944, the Elefants served on the Italian front, but were rather ineffective as their weight of nearly 70 tonnes did...read more

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This Jagdpanther doesn't reflect any individual machine but it represents M.N.H assembled Jagdpanthers between December 1944 and the end of WWII. All of them produced at this time were painted this way. 

This particular vehicle is a survivor of the 12 Jagdpanthers issued to the 116th Pz....read more

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 Lieutenant) October 13, 2016

The Maybach 230 engine was sounding great at Tiger day 2014, and the bad weather really added to the tough look of the authentic Tiger I. Read the following passionate commentary written by a user, it's exciting:

"I like American tanks...but man....the Tiger I....this tank out of ALL...read more

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 Lieutenant) October 13, 2016

The hand crank starter, is the recommended way of starting a Tiger in cold weather conditions, it also has an electric starter. The inertia starter " Schwungmasse " works by rotating a heavy mass at speed, once it reaches 60rpm a lever is pulled below the hand cranking arm, this pushes the drive...read more

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 Lieutenant) May 11, 2016

The latest in the series, Richard "The Challenger" Cutland takes a closer look at the Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger I Ausf.E (SdKfz 181). The first episode offers a short introduction to Tiger 131's history. Discover this beautiful tank by visiting the Tank Museum in Bovington, UK.read more

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 Lieutenant) May 01, 2016

M4A1(75) Cruiser Grizzly Tank I "Robin Hood" Groesbeek, The Netherlands. This tank was one of the Canadian Grizzly tanks delivered to Portugal and were in service until the 80´s. 

This Grizzly was probably a small arms fire target and was a gift to the Bovington Tank Museum in the 80´s,...read more

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