German King Tiger Tank.
The Army Bomb Disposal Department headed by Commander Berthelin had already been given the authorisation to clear the site by the office of the Prefet and it will be their experts that will deal with anything dangerous. Bad photo of the Fontenay-Saint-PeÌre King Tiger Tank 124 turret. Reply. The 2nd letter of authorisation from Prefet Morvan has now been sent to Yvelines Council Chief Pierre Bedier. It was painted during the war by the crew and as such it offered historians a unique look at how the Germans tried to hide their vehicles. The location of the Tiger II (lost in combat in August 1944) had been known about for the last 17 years as it is located was under a road near Paris – but there were objections to it being recovered. It is thought the tank ran out of fuel on RN 179 just after leaving Vimoutiers. In October 1975, the tank was recovered by Alain Roudeix. Vimoutiers was near the junction of Anglo-Canadian and Polish forces in the north and US and French forces in the south. The turret was then replaced and the tank was placed on a concrete plinth close to where it was originally abandoned in 1944.
The third The Vimoutiers Tiger tank is one of only seven known intact Tiger I tanks left remaining in the world. John B. Dec 8, 2015 at 10:48am Anything interesting with a motor is good with me.
www.maisybattery.com will post more details in the future. shown that this Tiger II was part of the same company as the restored King soil to enable the road to be repaired. He said that this and other King Tiger Tank parts were found in 2001 near Mantes-la-Jolie, France, This Tiger 2 tank, from the 101 SS.s.Abteilung, was lost in a crater near Fontenay-Saint-PeÌre on 26 August 1944. A local group had been campaigning against the tank being dug up and at first they wanted it to stay in the ground – and then later they wanted it to become a monument at the roadside. The turret He recalled that the King Tiger tank was left over turned on its
Sterne stated: “The turret is from Tiger No 124 of the 101st Heavy Panzer Battalion and the rare Zimmerit (anti-magnetic paste) and camouflage colouring was unique to this tank. A number of Paris newspaper articles appeared earlier this year wrongly suggesting the tank was going to be sold – but Mr Sterne confirmed that “Those articles were 100% incorrect.
A decision was made that the tank and the bomb crater would be covered in [6], The tank is owned by the commune of Vimoutiers who have delegated the restoration of the tank to the Association for the Restoration of the Vimoutiers Tiger Tank in Normandy (L'association pour la Restauration du Char Tigre de Vimoutiers en Normandie, in French this has the acronym CATIVEN).
Among them The tank is technically the property of the city of Fontenay-Saint-PeÌre under the D913. A number of collectors have already made offers. Whilst in combat near the small French town of Fontenay St. Pere Tiger 124 commanded by Fritz Zahnner was retreating into a wooded area along a road when it came under attack by US fighter-bombers. It was fired upon and fell into a shell crater and the crew bailed out leaving the tank to be later destroyed by advancing Allied soldiers. turret in an archeological dig, had with a local resident who lived through of repeated attacks by the Tiger II tanks. A spokesman for the Tank Museum, Bovington, England was shocked and dismayed when he saw the photograph. story is from a conversation Bruno Renoult, the historian who found the If you have any comments about any of these tanks then please send an e-mail to craig.moore@blueyonder.co.uk, (Porsche turret) â Bovington Tank Museum, Schweizerisches Militärmuseum, Full, Switzerland, National Armor and Cavalry Museum, Fort Benning, GA, USA, Wreck - The Wheatcroft Collection, England. A senior lawyer for Yvelines Council Mr Kauffmann stated “all decisions of the County Council pass the control of legality of the prefecture”… and Mr Bedier and DRAC (French Department of Cultural Affiairs) publicly agreed to be bound by the Prefet’s final decision. In particular we made sure that the council also informed everyone – including the French department of DRAC back in 2017. He knew that there was only one … A tank was found in a bog near the town of Spola (Ukraine) in ... (date unknown).
That means the local Mayors Office of Fontenay-Saint-PeÌre cannot sell the tank or any parts of the tanks. The recovery project already has the written agreement of the German Ambassador to France, the German Army and the French MoD and it is being financed from a number of sources including a US D-day Veteran and a US Veterans Association. The damage done to the turret by this new paint is immeasurable and it has literally changed the history of the vehicle. The long awaited deliberation arrived after consultation with all Government bodies, including the Ministry of Defence, Army, Ordnance Department, Mayor, Gendarmerie, Police etc. The tank was abandoned by its crew in August 1944 during the latter stages of the Battle of Normandy. Three-quarters backside view.
As you can see from the pictures, it suffered extremely heavy Faut-il restaurer le char allemand ?
For the next 30 years, however, the tank remained rusting in its roadside ditch, retrieving it being difficult due to the tank's considerable size and weight. My dream for dealing with heavy traffic in CA. In France at this time there are three projects which are "urgent" 1) Restoring the Tiger 1 tank in Vimoutiers, 2) Saving the Tiger 2 tank under the D913 road near Fontenay-Saint-PeÌre, Mantes la jolie 3) Saving the last surviving example of a Hotchkiss H35 tank which is under water on a beach in Pas de Calais. in time to participate in the battle of the Falaise Pocket. The tank's crew abandoned the tank and set off two explosive charges on the vehicle, which left the tank's turret immobilized and damaged the engine decking, leaving distinct cracking on the thick armoured plates. The wife of highly decorated WW2 French bomber pilot Jean Calmel wrote to the Prefet stating “we should not put the machines of our enemies on display as monuments to them – this tank should be in a museum where it can be studied and not glorified”… and her concerns have been repeated by others. After Morat’s death, ownership of the tank was passed to his sister, who then sold it over to another scrap dealer in Caen. It confirms that the Council must comply with earlier agreement and the same letter has been received by Mr Kauffmann in Yvelines legal department. The turret has been rescued and restoration is starting but the chassis is buried under a French road to the North West of Paris. In March 2018, a low fence was erected around the tank to prevent it from being climbed on by visitors. It is a great shame this was done.”. The crew cannot This is a photo of a King Tiger Tank turret in France. The whole project was therefore re-investigated by the Regional Governor’s office which has spent almost 6 months re-looking into the affair from a legal perspective. side by the edge of the road before it was dragged into the bomb crater. The concrete block between the tracks prevents access inside the tank as it has no floor any more. It is listed as an historical monument. It is now restored, and dry stored, waiting its body to be dug up. As it turned out, the Tiger was seized near the village Sinyavino at the Leningrad front and sent straight to the tank range. Negotiations had taken place with the German Government and the French Ministry of Defence for over 4 years and in 2017 the Regional Governor – Prefet Serg Morvan gave his permission for the tank to be recovered. painted on the turret not 124. Thanks for posting this, I’m not a tank fan but it was interesting for sure. 124 has finally been decided by the French Government and it is coming to Normandy…. The current camouflage scheme does not reproduce that originally found on the tank, but was done by a local volunteer who restored the tank[8]. The Groupes Lourds Association (WW2 French Heavy Bomber Group) had also campaigned in support that the tank should be raised from the ground by Mr Sterne and put on display, and they were delighted by the news. Reply. There is a project to recover all the bits still remaining under the road, to reconstruct the tank and to build a monument where the tank will be displayed, but the project has encountered technical, Financial and administrative difficulties.
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