Author Topic: The PzKpfw VIE 'Tiger I' (Read 417 times)

wulfie · « **on:** December 16, 2002, 06:16:47 PM »

Did you all know...

Heinz Guederian, a famous Pz. officer of the German army in WW2 was appointed inspector general of all German armored forces in 1943.

He noted that there were many 'younger' (as compared to those trained before and in the early days of WW2) Pz. crew trainees being assigned during the great 'rebuilding' of Germany's Pz. forces in 1942-1943.

So he instuted a program where training manuals would have witty cartoons, catch phrases, illustrations, etc. - all using 'soldier's humor' to aid in effective training.

Here's a link to the 'Tigerfibel' - a training manual issued to PzKpfw VIE 'crews-in-training':

http://www.geocities.com/tigerfibel/tigerfibel.htm

(AH 1.17ish needs actual historical gunsights for MBTs, etc. I've looked thru actual WW2 MBT gunsights still mounted in WW2-era MBTs - when you see how they worked, etc. you understand why Allied MBT gunners were hopelessly outmatched when it came to long range gunnery for almost the entirety of WW2)

Enjoy,

Mike/wulfie

Ripsnort · « **Reply #1 on:** December 16, 2002, 06:22:47 PM »

Thks Wulfie, you sense some of us are sitting here waiting for d/l due to "In the sticks" ISP's.

Good reading.

wulfie · « **Reply #2 on:** December 16, 2002, 06:26:18 PM »

One of my favorites from the 'Tigerfibel':

http://www.geocities.com/tigerfibel/hires/tfdiebraut.jpg

'loose translation':

"Whether blonde, black, white or grey, make a fuss of her as you would your bride. The result will be sensational; ..one touch of the finger, and she catches fire!"

If it were a U.S.M.C. training manual the moral would be:

"Look remember the USN had this crap locked up in a cellar for the past 25 years. They gave it to us because they thought it might get some Marines out of the way. Big gun rounds are like chicks - do everything right and every once in awhile they still blow up and kill you, or leave you hanging and make your life miserable. Reduce the odds of this happening as much as possible."

Mike/wulfie

p.s. The hair color comments relate to the color-coding of different ammunition types.

(edit: added p.s.)

wulfie · « **Reply #3 on:** December 16, 2002, 06:30:42 PM »

Anyone have any webspace? If so, and you are willing I'll email you a .pdf copy of a German infantry anti-armor training manual from WW2. Post the URL in this thread, pretty interesting reading (if you speak German), still interesting to look at the training diagrams if you don't. It's alot like the 'Tigerfibel'.

Mike/wulfie

Staga · « **Reply #4 on:** December 16, 2002, 07:49:23 PM »

I'm having few hundred megs free at http://www.stagas.net

staga@kolumbus.fi

Staga · « **Reply #5 on:** December 17, 2002, 02:04:17 AM »

It was so small I loaded it to my ISP's site, too lazy to start FTP proggie

Wulfie's PDF