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| TIGER DAMAGE EXPLORED | ||
| One thing we particularly asked ABRO to do during the restoration was to highlight the battle damage on Tiger 131. After all it is very much part of the tank's story and it gives rise to some interesting questions, only partially resolved by the current restoration. | ||
| To begin with how serious
was the damage inflicted by 48th RTR and why did it cause the crew
to abandon their tank? Secondly, is there evidence to show that restoration of Tiger 131 actually began in 1943? |
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The damage appears to have been ignored when reports on the captured tank were compiled and, since no information has ever been traced of the crew we do not know their side of the story. Thus the best we can do is speculate, using original photographs and the information now available to us as a result of the strip down and reconstruction. This could provide some interesting material to study over the next two or three months. |
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