By Wolfgang Schneider

During this follow-up to Tigers in strive against I (0811731715), Wolfgang Schneider turns his cognizance to the Tiger tanks of the Waffen-SS and the Wehrmacht's named devices, akin to the Gro_deutschland department, corporation Hummel, and Tiger staff Meyer.
Based on real strive against diaries, the textual content offers the background of every unit, outlining energy, gear, commanders, and engagements.
But the center of the ebook is the masses of images, a lot of them infrequent, that express those tanks and their crews in motion and at rest.
Supplementing those are problematic colour drawings that carry the Tigers to lifestyles and focus on markings, camouflage, and insignia.
The booklet bargains a beautiful and distinct examine the Tiger.

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36 TIGERS IN COMBAT II The division commander, Generalmajor Hoernlein, salutes successful Tiger crews. He is accompanied by the regimental commander, Oberst Graf Strachwitz. In early August 1943, the division was moved to Achtyrka. 62-centimeter hit that penetrated the barrel was quite unusual, but it could have meant big trouble for the crew if it had attempted to then fire the main gun. /Panzer-Regiment "GroBdeutschland" at the Senne Training Area. First commander is Major Gomille. 29 June 1943: Three Tiger I tanks are delivered for the battalion headquarters.

27 January 1945: Crews without tanks formed into companies and employed as infantry; empty trucks are used for transport. 29 January 1945: Liebstadt is lost. 30 January 1945: Last attack of the regiment along the Haff road in the direction of Waldburg-Maulen and Wundlacken (under command of Hauptmann Bock); sixty-eight tanks are knocked out. Hauptmann Bock is awarded the Knight'S Cross. 1 February 1945: Operational tanks: 4. The battalion lost six tanks in January. A Kampfgruppe is formed out of the remaining tanks of the division (schwere PanzerAbteilung "GroBdeutschland" is dissolved).

4June 1944:Attack on Hill 181, against Moimestti (four Tigers) and into the depression one kilometer southwest of Paprikanii Coarba. Covering positions occupied and defensive operations conducted west of Zahorna. 5 June 1944: Attack against the woods one kilometer southwest of Paprikanii Coarba. 10 June 1944--26 July 1944: Battlefield reconstitution in the area of Bacau. June 1944: Six Tigers are manned with crews from Panzer-Ersatz- und AusbildungsAbteilung 500 in Paderborn. The battalion is transported by rail to East Prussia.

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