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Old 23-02-2008, 10:37 PM   #1 (permalink)
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My Ardennes Trip, February 2008

Just got back today from a week at Trois Ponts , Belgium.
Have many photos to post but it's getting late and it's been a long day travelling back so I'll just post these of the La Gleize King Tiger for now.
Went to see it on the Sunday when the Museum was open.
Later in the week I accidentally deleted the front view I took so had to pop back and retake some more.
It was the only wet day we had that's why some photos are in sunshine others in drizzle.




















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Old 23-02-2008, 10:47 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Very nice shots mate, looks in good order at the moment.
Wonder if thos front gouges are from the Bazooka practice it was used for?
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Old 23-02-2008, 10:54 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Good photos Owen - La Gleize is one of my favourite places in the Ardennes.
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jealous jealous jealous. But I like the pics...get us more when you can.
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Very nice shots mate, looks in good order at the moment.
Wonder if thos front gouges are from the Bazooka practice it was used for?
Shots all all AP Von Poop - they are nice scoops and show deflection - hollow charge would not. IT was another KT that was used for target practice.
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Thanks for posting the pics, Owen. I've visited La Gleize many times over the years and it's good to see the King Tiger preserved on its original battlefield.

( Incidentally, the story goes that the Tiger 'cost' the village a bottle of cognac - which must be the militaria bargain of all time and a great investment in view of the numbers of battlefield tourists who visit every year )
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Old 24-02-2008, 12:27 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Trois Ponts views

Here are some from Trois Ponts, memorials to the Us Army that fought there, the Belguim civilians killed there , a few "Then & Nows" from 1940, from ATB Blitzkrieg In The West and a GMC that was outside the supermarket on Friday.
Read about the 51st Engineers here.
http://www.usace.army.mil/publicatio...1-38/basic.pdf





















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Old 24-02-2008, 12:31 PM   #8 (permalink)
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As for King Tiger read here.
Restoration of 213

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The frontal armor of 213 (in an earlier paint scheme). The solid shot lodged at the junction of the armor plates is approximately 75mm, but was probably fired from close range by a US tank crew after the battle to "see what they could do." None of the Shermans of TF McGeorge could have penetrated the Tiger's armor like this during the battle on 22 December.
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Excellent Then & Nows mate!
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fantastic pics mate. really well done. Great to see you back!
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