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Tiger Obsession
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 12:54 pm
by gavmeister13
Why do so many people seem obsessed with the good ol' Tiger? i know it looks good and was great at fighting but it seems anything to do with panzers focus on the Tiger. any thoughts?
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 1:07 pm
by Tom Houlihan
I think a lot of it is due to the feelings that came out of the war. After running into a few Tigers, it seems like all the Allied infantrymen thought that engine sounds on the other side meant "Tigers!!!!" Thus, the conventional wisdom after the war indicated that the Germans had hundreds of thousands of them.
Or something like that!
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 3:41 pm
by Das Reich
Yes, I read this book where the number of estimates made by the Allies as to the amount of Tiger tanks encountered was far overexaggerated. Sometimes the Jagdpanther or a Panther would be mistaken for a Tiger from a far range.
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 6:15 am
by Liam
And, of course, the Pzkw IV Ausf F could look quite like a Tiger at distance.
Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 2:42 pm
by derGespenst
Wasn't just the Americans either. Anybody read Tank Rider? Seems the Russians encountered more Tigers than were ever manufactured. Wonder what was in the west . . .