Tiger ausf. E : Missing episcope

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About this detail of the Tiger

This tank, like the first Tiger E, has two small holes above the driver's visor.

Vision holes on sample kit

These holes were for an episcope, an optical device that allowed the driver to peer through the holes without getting close to them. The scope was carried on the Tiger and on earlier German tanks such as Pz.3 and Pz.4.

Vision holes on sample kit

The German episcope was not a loose item; it was fixed to the inside hull roof. But this kit does not include an episcope. Its hull roof is bare and there is nothing attached to the inside of the holes.

 
 

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