Tiger 133 on a train

This is Tiger "133", one of the first batch of Tigers issued to s.Pz.Abt.503, and this scene gives the impression that it is being transported from Germany to the Ostfront in almost new condition. According to the memoirs of the battalion, Tiger 133 was unloaded in Proletarskaja in the evening of 1 January 1943 from the battalion's third transport train, and developed immediate problems with its motor, making it the battalion's first Tiger to be unavailable for service.