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Tiger Tank Art
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Tiger Tanks of 511 heavy tank battalion with tank ace Albert Kerscher, Michael Wittman, 504 heavy tank division and 1st SS Panzer division shown in signed limited edition prints by David Pentland. To purchase any of these art prints please use our secure order facility. The Tiger I (PZKPFW VI AUSF E ) was built by Henschel. and a total of 1354 tanks were built in its two year production period. August 1942 until August 1944. This very large and heavy tank (57 tonnes) took 300,000 man hours to build which was twice the man hours it took to build a Panther. First used n the Russian front with 502nd Schwere Panzerabteilung and was moved to Mga which was close to Leningrad on the 29th August 1942 The Tiger first saw service in North Africa with the 501st Schwere panzer Abteilung at the end of 1942 , in time to take part in the Battle for Tunisia. Weight 57 Tonnes, Crew %, Max speed 38 KM / hour, Range 140 KM, Dimensions Length 8.45 metres, Height 2.93 metres, Width 3.7 metres. Armament: One 8.8cm KwK 36 L/56 Gun with 92 rounds, Secondary armament: Two 7.92 mm Machine Guns. Armour thickness Man 100mm and minimum 25mm. |
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Max and Moritz, Retreat from the Donets, Russia, July to September 1943 by David Pentland. After the battle of Kursk, Heavy Tank Battalion 503 Tiger Is were divided into small groups to protect and support infantry units as they retreated from the Donets river line. A typical example was the team of Rubbel (Max) and Rippl (Moritz) who for several weeks acting independently fended off pursuing Soviet armoured units. Their success was in no small part due to the skill of Rippls gunner, Kurt Knispel. |
The Firing Line, North of Malinava Latvia, 22nd July 1944 by David Pentland. Six Tiger I tanks including Albert Kersher and Lt. Otto Carius, of 2nd Company Heavy tank Battalion 502, prepare to take up ambush positions for the soon to arrive Soviet tank brigade. In the ensuing encounter, the Tigers destroyed the entire column of 28 Josef Stalin IIs. |
Tigers - 505th at Kursk by David Pentland. Kursk, Russia, 5th July 1943. Tiger I's of the 505th Heavy Tank Battalion attacking towards Podoljan, and on to Butyrki. By the end of the day the assault had destroyed the Soviet 15th Infantry Division, and thrown the whole 70th Army into crisis! |
Holding the Line, Dunaburg, Latvia, 21st July 1944 by David Pentland. Tiger I tanks of Albert Kersher , Otto Carius, and 2nd Company. Heavy tank Battalion 502, supported in the air by Fw190s of JG54 Grunherz find themselves the only forces available to hold the line against the advancing Soviet forces. |
Captain Hans Bölter - Struggle in the Snow by David Pentland. Lake Ladoga, Leningrad 17th February 1943. Oberfeldwebel Hans Bölter and his platoon leader Lt.Meyer, supporting Kampfgruppe Sudau during the Second Battle of Lake Ladoga. In a day long engagement the two Tiger Is of 1st Company, Heavy Tank battalion 502 destroyed a succession of anti-tank guns, tanks and infantry attacks. Lt Meyer knocked out 10 KV1s in as many minutes and by the wars end Hans Bolter had accounted for at least 144 enemy tanks, making him one of the great Panzer aces. |
Counter Attack at Villers Bocage by David Pentland. A handful of Tigers from 2nd Kompanie SS Schwere Panzer Abteilung 101 halted the advance of the British 7th Armoured Division, The Desert Rats, outside the little Norman village of Villers Bocage. Prowling through the streets of the village, the solitary tank of Hauptsturmfuhrer Michael Wittmann knocked out most of the 4th County of London Yeomanry's regimental HQ Stuart and Cromwell tanks, before falling victim to a 6pdr anti-tank gun. Wittmann survived the battle but was killed a month later on August 8th 1944. |
Retaking Tirtsu by David Pentland. Albert Kerscher and Otto Carius. Narva Bridgehead, 18th March 1944 - 2nd Company, 502 Heavy Tank Battalion and Nordland Infantry. |
Rubbel and Rippl, Kursk, Central Russia, July 1943 by David Pentland. Ist Company Heavy Tank Battalion 503 Tiger Is of Alfred Rubbel and Hannes Rippl (whose crew included gunner Kurt Knispel) battering through the dense Red Army defences at Kursk. |
Springing the Trap, North of Malinava Latvia, 22nd July 1944 by David Pentland. Six Tiger I tanks including Albert Kersher and Lt. Otto Carius, of 2nd Company. Heavy tank Battalion 502, prepare to take up ambush positions for the soon to arrive soviet tank brigade. In the ensuing encounter, the Tigers destroyed the entire column of 28 Josef Stalin IIs. |
The Panzer Count by David Pentland. Generalleutnant Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz von Gross-Zeuche und Camminetz, (nicknamed The Panzer Count), in the vanguard of Panzer Regiment Gross Deutchlands thrust towards Belogrod. One of the most spectacular armour commanders of all time he led his mixed force of PzIVs and Tiger 1s on a series of successful battles to form a northern pincer around Kharkov, vital to the retaking of the city. For his exploits he was awarded the swords to his Knights Cross. |
Into Position, North of Malinava Latvia, 22nd July 1944 by David Pentland. Six Tiger I tanks including Albert Kersher and Lt. Otto Carius, of 2nd Company. Heavy tank Battalion 502, prepare to take up ambush positions for the soon to arrive soviet tank brigade. In the ensuing encounter, the Tigers destroyed the entire column of 28 Josef Stalin IIs. |
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