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A 2012 article in the Daily Mail newspaper, followed by a book by Noel Botham and Bruce Montague entitled Catch that Tiger, claimed that Major Douglas Lidderdale, the REME engineering officer who oversaw the return of Tiger 131 to England, was responsible for the capture of Tiger 131 as the leader of a secret mission appointed by Winston Churchill to obtain a Tiger for Allied intelligence. [9]
In December 2003, Tiger 131 returned to the museum, restored and in running condition. This Tiger was used in the film Fury, the first time an original, fully mechanically operable Tiger I has appeared in a movie since World War II. [115] The fire suppression system was removed as it interfered with engine maintenance and was too obtrusive. [116]
In 2016, the museum workshop undertook construction of a Tiger 1 replica. This utilised a highly accurate, partially constructed Tiger 1 that was originally constructed for the movie Fury, which in itself was an accurate replica of Tiger 131. The reconstruction utilised that upper portion of the Tiger, and also referenced original Tiger parts ...
1 × 40 mm Bofors autocannon, 2 × 20 mm MG 151 autocannons, 2 × 7.92 mm MG 17 MGs, 2 × 13 mm MG 131 MGs (rear armament), 6 × 150 mm rockets: Weiss Manfréd WM-23: Fighter: 1 prototype 2 × 12.7 mm Gebauer MGs, 2 × 8 mm Gebauer MGs MÁVAG Héja II Zuhanóbombázó: Dive bomber: 3 converted from Héja II fighters [9] [10]
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They abandoned the Tiger, which was subsequently captured by the British. Known as Tiger 131, this was the first Tiger captured by the Western Allies and was particularly useful for intelligence. Tiger 131 has since been restored to full working condition and is now on display at The Tank Museum in Dorset, UK. As of early 2021, it is the only ...
VK 4501 (P) prototype for Tiger I. Heavy tank with the 8.8 cm Kwk 36 L/56 gun and petrol-electric transmission. The produced chassis were rebuilt as Elefant tank destroyers. 102: 1942: Type 101 Tiger tank with Voith electric transmission 103: 1942: Type 101 Tiger tank with Voith hydraulic transmission 104: 1939: One cylinder test engine for ...