I had a look and found nothing regarding a recovery Tiger, the Bergetiger is a one off and not really a recovery vehicle, although is disputed as its crane was not designed for towing another tank.
The Germans were excellent at tank recovery of their P-III and P-IV's and others except for their heavy armour battalions, hence many Tigers and Tiger II's ended up abandoned.
So, I decided to come up with a Tiger version, not a recovery vehicle as such but a combined, munitions carrier-like the P-III and Hummel and a spares carrier, spare tracks, wheels, tools etc. The idea is that this would follow the main heavies and provide oil, fuel, ammo and parts when a main maintenance area was not viable.
I made a armoured top hull, the main ammo would be stored inside the main hull like the P-III. The turret will be gone and a cover made. I scratched made some parts and had a go at weld seams-not the best but once painted and weatherd they will do. I added some stowage boxes inside and a sight with twin periscopes. This will sit on the top of the main hull just behind the driver and gunners hatches...well, that is the theory
I also made a compressor from old inhaler parts that will go inside.
This is what I have done so far and this took me four days.
The Germans were excellent at tank recovery of their P-III and P-IV's and others except for their heavy armour battalions, hence many Tigers and Tiger II's ended up abandoned.
So, I decided to come up with a Tiger version, not a recovery vehicle as such but a combined, munitions carrier-like the P-III and Hummel and a spares carrier, spare tracks, wheels, tools etc. The idea is that this would follow the main heavies and provide oil, fuel, ammo and parts when a main maintenance area was not viable.
I made a armoured top hull, the main ammo would be stored inside the main hull like the P-III. The turret will be gone and a cover made. I scratched made some parts and had a go at weld seams-not the best but once painted and weatherd they will do. I added some stowage boxes inside and a sight with twin periscopes. This will sit on the top of the main hull just behind the driver and gunners hatches...well, that is the theory
I also made a compressor from old inhaler parts that will go inside.
This is what I have done so far and this took me four days.
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