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In his latest book in the TankCraft series, Dennis Oliver uses archive photographs and painstakingly researched, exquisitely presented color illustrations to examine the part these powerful tanks played in the Normandy battles and also the units that operated them.
In spite of the relatively small numbers involved, the Tiger I and Tiger II tanks of the German Army and Waffen-SS heavy Panzer formations played a central role in resisting the Allied invasion of France in the summer of 1944. British and American tank crews found to their dismay that the Tigers could survive numerous hits while a single round from one of their 88mm guns was enough to penetrate the strongest armor. In his latest book in the TankCraft series, Dennis Oliver uses archive photographs and painstakingly researched, exquisitely presented color illustrations to examine the part these powerful tanks played in the Normandy battles and also the units that operated them.
As with previous titles, a large part of this book showcases available model kits and after-market products and accessories, complemented by a gallery of skillfully constructed and painted models. Descriptions of technical details as well as modifications introduced during production and in the field are also provided giving the modeler all the information and knowledge required to recreate authentic miniature representations of the Panthers that fought in the fields and hedgerows of Normandy during the summer of 1944.

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TankCraft 25 TIGER II TANKS Contents First published in Great Britain in 2020 - photo 1
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TankCraft 25
TIGER II TANKS
Contents
First published in Great Britain in 2020 by Pen & Sword Military
An imprint of Pen & Sword Books Ltd
47 Church Street, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 2AS
Copyright Pen & Sword Ltd, 2020
Artwork copyright Dennis Oliver
ISBN 978 1 52677 163 6
ePUB ISBN 9781526771643
Mobi ISBN 9781526771650
The right of Dennis Oliver and Oliver Publishing
to be identified as the Authors of
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and Patents Act 1988.
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NORMANDY CAMPAIGN 1944
NORMANDY CAMPAIGN 1944
TIGER I
TIGER I
TIGER II TANKS
GERMAN ARMY AND WAFFEN-SS
and
and
Dennis Oliver
Commanded by Untersturmfhrer Max Grgens, this mid-production Tiger I is one of the tanks allocated to 3.Kompanie, schwere SS-Panzer-
Abteilung 101 in late 1943. Note the gun travel lock on the hull rear, a feature that was dropped from production in February 1944. Another
view of this tank is shown in the small photograph on of the Camouflage & Markings section.
Front cover. At top: Lester Plaskitts highly detailed and exquisitely painted
Tiger I replica in 1/35 scale. Additional images of this model are shown from
of the Model Showcase section. The photographs in the centre
depict, from left to right, a mid production Tiger I of 3.Kompanie, schwere SS-
Panzer-Abteilung 101. Tiger 114 of schwere Panzer-Abteilung 101. This tank
was disabled in the fighting for the Falaise Pocket. One of the first Tiger II
tanks assembled, this vehicle was allocated to Panzer-Kompanie (Funklenk)
316. The illustration at the foot of the page depicts a Tiger I of schwere SS-
Panzer-Abteilung 101 which is discussed on of the Camouflage &
Markings section.
Introduction
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The Normandy Battlefield
..................................
The Tiger Units
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Camouflage & Markings
.............................
Model Showcase
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Modelling Products
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Technical Details and Modifications
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Product Contact Details
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In the battles fought for the Normandy bridgehead which could be said to have - photo 4
In the battles
fought
for the Normandy
bridgehead,
which could be said to have
taken
place
between
6 June
and
August
1944, the Germans
employed
a
strategy
of
stubborn
defence
based
around
well-armed
infantry
units
taking
advantage
of the prevailing
terrain
and
prepared positions. When it was necessary
to abandon
those positions,
an immediate
counterattack
was
launched
to retake
them by whatever
armoured
units
were
available.
The practice
of scraping
together
ad-hoc
formations,
or
Kampfgruppen,
from
disparate
elements
was a form of warfare
at which the Germans
excelled and a key
component
of this strategy on the Eastern
Front had been the heavy tank battalion or
schwere
Panzer-Abteilung.
Well trained,
highly motivated and equipped with Tiger I
and Tiger II tanks,
both armed with the
outstanding
8.8cm gun, these units were
without
equal
on
the
open
plains
of
Byelorussia
and the Ukraine,
destroying
enemy
tanks
at ranges
of up to 1,500
metres.
An
enduring
image
of the
Normandy
campaign,
largely
fostered
by German
wartime propaganda,
is that of companies
of Tiger
tanks
ploughing
through
the
French
countryside,
impenetrable
monsters
which time and again held up
the Allied advance.
Despite the fact that
the Tiger units
took part in many pivotal
operations,
and their psychological impact
cannot
be
overestimated,
these
tanks
made up a very small part of the German
armoured
force. At the end of June
1944,
at the height of the fighting for Caen, the
German army in Normandy could field just
fifty-six operational
Tiger tanks.
By 25
July,
when
the
Americans
launched
Operation
Cobra, that number
had been
reduced
to
forty-one
combat-ready
vehicles, less than the complement
of a full
strength
battalion.
This
latter
number
should
be compared
to the almost
Panther and Pzkpfw IV tanks and as many
self-propelled
anti-tank
and assault
guns
that
could
be
called
upon
by
Oberbefehlshaber
West at about the same
time.
In the first book in this series,
Tiger I and II
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