PzVI King Tiger..with a Panther's barrel - taken in the Ardennes 2010
Whether an apocryphal tale or no, we were informed that following the end of the Battle of the Bulge American engineers could not get this beast on the back of a low loader truck. It had run out of fuel during the final battle. The local Mayor offered to buy it from the Americans who sold it for a bottle of brandy! Great story. Last time I saw it it had a different paint job.
If this post proves remotely popular, I have lots more but let's close the curtain on my tank obsession for now.
More holiday nonsense shortly,
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