Tiger 1 : my latest writings
The Command Tigers of s.Pz.Abt.505
https://tiger1.info/unit-page/505-cmd
The Tiger's transformers were under the floor.
https://tiger1.info/EN/Radio-transformers.html
Base plates for radio transformers were found in all Panzers.
https://byrden.com/panzers/EN/Transformer-base-plates.html
Brackets for S-mine launchers were at the rear hull corners.
https://tiger1.info/EN/S-mine-brackets.html
Holders for the Mast Antenna were on the side of the Command Tiger.
https://tiger1.info/EN/Mast-antenna-holders.html
An explanation of the turret's ball bearings, for the Tiger 1 and other Panzers.
https://byrden.com/panzers/EN/Turret-bearings.html
This switch is a standard component, found in the Tiger1 and most other Panzers.
https://byrden.com/panzers/EN/Round-switch.html
Here's a timely discussion of the one and only Tiger(P2) to see service (an ancestor of the Tiger1).
https://tiger1.info/EN/653-command-tank.html
Every Tiger1 had one or two of these 4cm-wide electrical junctions.
https://byrden.com/panzers/EN/Multiway-connectors.html
Why is Tiger "101" associated with Kurt Knispel? Apparently we're all mistaken about it...
https://tiger1.info/EN/Knispel-Tiger-101.html
Here are the cable connections for the radios in a standard Tiger1. This will be useful to model builders.
https://tiger1.info/EN/Radio-wiring.html
About the smoke launcher system that was used for a time on the Tiger1.
https://byrden.com/panzers/smoke.html
Every model kit and every drawing of the Tiger 1 has a mistake in the ammunition racks, as far as I can see.
https://tiger1.info/EN/Ammo-bins.html
A simple explanation of the breech blocks in most Panzers, including the Tiger 1.
https://byrden.com/panzers/EN/Breech-blocks.html
New facts keep coming to light! The first Tiger 1 had five mess tins prominently stored in the fighting room.
https://tiger1.info/EN/Mess-tins.html
Circuitry in the intercom boxes of a Command Tiger 1, or indeed any Befehlspanzer from 1942 onwards.
https://tiger1.info/EN/Command-comms-boxes.html
The intercom circuit diagram for the Command Tiger 1.
https://byrden.com/panzers/EN/Intercom-B-circuit.html
For a long time I've been hoping for a Befehlstiger wiring diagram to appear. But this table at the end of D-9023 has the information I wanted. (PDF)
https://www.cdvandtext2.org/D-9023-1-KPzw-Tiger-Befw.pdf
Thanks to those who generously provided photos of the "Kasten 6" in the Command version of the Tiger 1.
https://byrden.com/panzers/EN/Intercom-B-usage.html
The forgotten electrical layout of Tiger "712"'s turret is rediscovered.
https://tiger1.info/EN/Turret-wiring-Initial.html
The wiring layout in the first "Mid" Tiger turrets.
https://tiger1.info/EN/Turret-wiring-Mid.html
Here is the wiring layout in a "Late" Tiger turret.
https://tiger1.info/EN/Turret-wiring-Late.html
About the wiring in the Early Tiger turret.
https://tiger1.info/EN/Turret-wiring-Early.html
Up to 7 versions of the Tiger turret circuit board existed.
https://tiger1.info/EN/Turret-circuit-board.html
The trigger circuits of the Tiger 1 are explained. At last we understand the big circuit board.
https://tiger1.info/EN/Turret-trigger-circuit.html