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Click to find out how to purchase this photo. Tank Museum photo No. 2399/C/6 Probably a propaganda photograph, taken on the Eastern Front, it reveals all the ruthless horror of that confrontation with the tank, a stark silhouette, against a blazing dwelling. |
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This is another photograph that could hardly have been taken by accident.
It shows a Tiger at the moment of firing its 88mm gun. This tank displays an intricate camouflage pattern and one can see the close-in defence weapon, just alongside the hull machine-gunner's hatch. |
Click to find out how to purchase this photo. Tank Museum photo No. 2395/F/5 |
Click to find out how to purchase this photo. Tank Museum photo No. 0293/B/2 |
Snow,
ice and mud were Russia's allies They had a serious effect on the Tiger,
clogging the suspension and tracks. Things got so bad that tanks often operated without the leading, outer road wheel which caused endless problems because of the way it overlapped the drive sprocket. |
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