TURRET STOWAGE BIN DAMAGE

One other spot of battle damage that everyone seems to notice is in the centre of the turret stowage bin.

It looks like shrapnel damage and there is no telling when it was done but, whatever caused it, the pattern of holes is quite distinctive.

And of course it is still there, albeit not so obvious from this angle.

In terms of what actually happened to Tiger 131 it is hardly significant.

Whatever may have been stowed inside the bin (the official stowage list says 10 spare track links and 10 spare track pins) may have been damaged but not destroyed.