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CROSSED HATCHES?



Once you start taking a tank to pieces
you begin to notice things
that would not be otherwise obvious.


Look at the enlarged view below
and
see if you can spot something odd.


This shows 131
after its return to England
but
look at the driver's hatch.



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Tank Museum photo No. 5903-F-4		 The periscope cover is at the back,
which is unworkable, so why is that?


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Tank Museum photo No. 5903-F-6
The photo above shows
the radio operator's hatch,
which is as it ought to be
and presumably,
therefore, the original article.		 This is another radio operator's hatch, from another Tiger,
fitted to the driver's side of 131. Any idea why?

Well the most likely explanation is that, when the tank was hit, the round which glanced off the underside of the gun did more damage than we might have thought. So, before it was shipped back to the UK 131 had this, and other details, attended to.


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