World War II - German Tiger Tank

Today, my wife and I visited her brother's house. He had a fascinating collection of various World War II tanks from all the various allied armies. But most of all, his fixation was with the German Tiger tank in many different theatres of battle and the various upgrades and designs. These models were in cabinets and other display cases and were very well presented.

I was compelled and mesmerised by the detail of his tanks and some were on a large scale. These finished models must be worth a fortune, but also - I think they would make dynamic museum pieces at a modelling exhibition. I took pictures on my mobile phone of some of his tank constructions. I'm sure most would agree that a lot of time and great effort has been put into making these grand model tanks of various scales. The large Tiger tank (in the first picture next to smaller-scale Tiger tank) is made of plastic. 

However, the pictures at the bottom are another larger scale Tiger tank made of metal. It took over 250 track links for one side. A total of over 500 track links for this beast of a model. It is all constructed of metal and it took nine months to complete. There is some momentous dedication there. It weighs 14 pounds.

Ian's (brother-in-law) knowledge on the subject of Tiger Tanks is very extensive and he seems to know a great deal about the various commanders and individual soldiers that manned these moving iron fortresses. 

Another large scale tank made of plastic

The beast made of metal.

over 400 pins hold all of the tracks together

It took 9 months to build

with internal detail.

Black Baron - German Tank Commander WWII

Michael Wittman was a famous German tank commander of WWII, known as the Black Baron. He earned himself an awesome reputation with his famous ambush of the British 7th Armoured Division in 1944 when the allies began to push east after the D-day invasion.

The SS commander had already won ferocious awe and respect, but his breath taking dare with a single Tiger Tank would echo in eternity. The Black Baron launched an ambush upon an advancing British column on the 13th June 1944 at Villers-Bocage in France.

Inside a single Tiger IV tank, the Black Baron commanded his tank crew to attack and destroy fourteen British tanks and fifteen personnel carriers, also two anti-tank guns.

A YouTube documentary about Commander Michael Wittman.