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Forming up for inspection

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https://byrden.com/panzers/EN/Crew-lineup.html


Guide to the gyroscope

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https://byrden.com/panzers/EN/Gyroscope-instructions.html


Transformer for the gyroscope

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https://byrden.com/panzers/EN/Transformer-Gyro.html


Gyroscope

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https://byrden.com/panzers/EN/Gyrocompass.html


Floor panels

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https://tiger1.info/EN/Hull-floor-panels.html


Items around the engine room

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https://tiger1.info/EN/Engine-room-equipment.html


The rear hull floor

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https://tiger1.info/EN/Rear-hull-floor.html


The hull floor supports

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https://tiger1.info/EN/Floor-U-beams.html


The drain lever

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https://tiger1.info/EN/Rear-drain.html


The first turret lock

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https://tiger1.info/EN/Turret-lock-early.html


The gunner's pedals

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https://tiger1.info/EN/Gunners-pedals.html


The inflatable sealing tube

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https://tiger1.info/EN/Turret-sealing-tube.html


Three versions of the toothed ring

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https://tiger1.info/EN/Toothed-ring.html


Seating ring for the turret

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https://tiger1.info/EN/Turret-seating-ring.html


Sealing clamps in the turret

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https://tiger1.info/EN/Turret-seal-early.html


Toothed ring in the turret

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https://tiger1.info/EN/Toothed-ring.html


Mid/Late turret bearing race

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https://tiger1.info/EN/Turret-bearing-mid-late.html


Early turret bearing race

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https://tiger1.info/EN/Turret-bearing-early.html


The main battery switch

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https://Byrden.com/panzers/EN/Battery-switch.html


The first Tigers of the 503

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https://tiger1.info/unit-page/503-Rostov


Semi-automatic bracket

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https://tiger1.info/EN/Semi-automatic-bracket.html


Case for radios

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https://byrden.com/panzers/EN/Radio-case-Fu5.html


Trigger circuit

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https://tiger1.info/EN/Firing circuit in old turrets.html


Torsion bars

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https://tiger1.info/EN/Torsion-bars.html


Stand for the driver's seat

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https://tiger1.info/EN/Drivers-seat-stand.html


Driver's seat

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https://byrden.com/panzers/EN/Drivers-seat.html


Struts on the hull floor

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https://tiger1.info/EN/Floor-struts.html


The hull's dimensions

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https://tiger1.info/EN/Hull-dimensions.html


The suspension axes

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https://tiger1.info/EN/Suspension-main-axes.html


The reduction gear box

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https://tiger1.info/EN/Final-reduction-gearbox.html


The 1st periscope holder

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https://byrden.com/panzers/EN/Vertical-periscope-storage.html


The "New turret" of 1943

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https://tiger1.info/EN/New-turret-external.html


The Command Tigers of s.Pz.Abt.505

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https://tiger1.info/unit-page/505-cmd


The Tiger's transformers were under the floor.

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https://tiger1.info/EN/Radio-transformers.html


Base plates for radio transformers were found in all Panzers.

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https://byrden.com/panzers/EN/Transformer-base-plates.html


Brackets for S-mine launchers were at the rear hull corners.

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https://tiger1.info/EN/S-mine-brackets.html


Holders for the Mast Antenna were on the side of the Command Tiger.

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https://tiger1.info/EN/Mast-antenna-holders.html


An explanation of the turret's ball bearings, for the Tiger 1 and other Panzers.

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https://byrden.com/panzers/EN/Turret-bearings.html


This switch is a standard component, found in the Tiger1 and most other Panzers.

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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).

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https://tiger1.info/EN/653-command-tank.html


Every Tiger1 had one or two of these 4cm-wide electrical junctions.

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https://byrden.com/panzers/EN/Multiway-connectors.html


Why is Tiger "101" associated with Kurt Knispel? Apparently we're all mistaken about it...

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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.

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https://tiger1.info/EN/Radio-wiring.html


About the smoke launcher system that was used for a time on the Tiger1.

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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.

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https://tiger1.info/EN/Ammo-bins.html


A simple explanation of the breech blocks in most Panzers, including the Tiger 1.

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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.

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https://tiger1.info/EN/Mess-tins.html


Circuitry in the intercom boxes of a Command Tiger 1, or indeed any Befehlspanzer from 1942 onwards.

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https://tiger1.info/EN/Command-comms-boxes.html


The intercom circuit diagram for the Command Tiger 1.

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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)

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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.

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https://byrden.com/panzers/EN/Intercom-B-usage.html


The forgotten electrical layout of Tiger "712"'s turret is rediscovered.

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https://tiger1.info/EN/Turret-wiring-Initial.html


The wiring layout in the first "Mid" Tiger turrets.

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https://tiger1.info/EN/Turret-wiring-Mid.html


Here is the wiring layout in a "Late" Tiger turret.

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https://tiger1.info/EN/Turret-wiring-Late.html


About the wiring in the Early Tiger turret.

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https://tiger1.info/EN/Turret-wiring-Early.html


Up to 7 versions of the Tiger turret circuit board existed.

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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.

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https://tiger1.info/EN/Turret-trigger-circuit.html


 
 

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