Watching Battle of the bulge

[Scotty55OEFVet]

Doesnt matter...Great Movie!

[Captain Virgil Hilts]

Yup. specially after it got the turret blown off and he was wanting to go ram the Nazi's. Har!! 

 

[GtoRA2]

Would seem that only one is in running order.

Aberdeen Tiger    
This Tiger, originally assigned to the German heavy panzer unit s.Pz.Abt. 501, was captured in North Africa in 1943. The panzer was subsequently shipped by the U.S. Army to Aberdeen Proving Grounds for testing and analysis. (See Yank article.) After the war, the Tiger was displayed at Aberdeen for many years. But as of September 2005, this tank is not at Aberdeen, but is in Europe for restoration.

Bovington Tiger    
This Tiger was also captured in North Africa. The Tiger was originally assigned to the German heavy panzer unit s.Pz.Abt. 504 with tactical number 131. After capture, the Tiger was shipped back to England for analysis. This Tiger is being restored to running order by The Tank Museum at Bovington. See http://www.tiger-tank.com/ for a journal of the restoration.

Saumur Tiger    
This late Tiger I was captured in France and is currently on display at Musée des blindés in Saumur, France.

Vimoutiers Tiger    
This Tiger was destroyed near the town of Vimoutiers, France during the German retreat from Normandy. After the war, the tank was largely forgotten and left to rust in a ditch. In the 1970s, the Tiger was moved to a display in the town, slightly patched, and repainted. This Tiger is in poor condition.

Kubinka Tiger    
The Russian tank museum at Kubinka houses a surviving rubber-wheeled Tiger in good condition.

Snegiri Tiger    
Originally used as a target at Russian proving grounds, this heavily damaged Tiger was displayed outdoors at the Lenino-Snegiri Museum of Military History. At one time, the Tiger was apparently moved to a museum in Saratov, Russia.

Good list, but you can find a PDF file on this site for the Tiger, Panther and M26, plus some others that lists all know survivors.

http://the.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_Panzers.html

[Bino]

The first movie rule is "suspension of reality"

You are correct, but at the same time, it's a movie.... And a GREAT movie at that!!!

By 1965, it was hard as heck to get any Tigers or Shermans for the movie.  Although I would have liked them to "mock" them up a little to look like King Tigers in the final scene.  

You talking about the Henry Fonda / Robert Shaw film?  I was not impressed.  <shrug>

[Cthulhu]

 

Yeah, really.....

Just let it go. 

Besides, I thought Donald Sutherland was great in Kojak.

[Scotty55OEFVet]

And may I just add one more thing........

Ob's stürmt oder schneit,
Ob die Sonne uns lacht
Der Tag glühend heiß
Oder eiskalt die Nacht
Bestaubt sind die Gesichter
Doch froh ist unser Sinn
Ist unser Sinn
Es braust unser Panzer
Im Sturmwind dahin

Friggin Awesome man!