Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausf. B „Tiger II“

One of the Best Places To Visits in La Gleize Frequently mentioned in reviews: Top-rated.online cuts through the clutter, highlighting only the reviews that are most helpful, earn the most likes, or come from the most active contributors. Very cool! As a girl I must say I never saw a real before. But this one is just placed in front of the historic museum. My boyfriend was thrilled and we spent like 30 minutes just looking at the 😃 Don't forget to visit the museum! This Tiger with Fahrgestell number 280273, was made in the Wegmann & Co, Kassel, Nordhessen, Germany in 1944. 213 was used as a command by SS-Obersturmfuhrer Wilhelm Dollinger, during the final battles around La Gleize, on December 16. 213 and another Tiger 221 and a PzKw IV were defending the Werimont Farm high ground on the outskirts of La Gleize. This Tiger 2 ran out of ammo and fuel and was abandoned, the museum claims that Dollinger in his 213 and SS-Untersturm-fuhrer Georg Hantusch in his 221 opened up on around 15 US tanks coming from Roanne but scored no hit. The American tanks fired back and blew off the front third of Dollingers tank's gun, but other sources say the gun was sabotaged, by the crew. And if you look closely at the gun, you can see it's still stuck in a recoil position so it was definitely sabotaged. The gun was probably damaged by either artillery or by American testing of anti weapons. After the war the Americans were helping to remove all the abandoned military equipment. Madame Jenny Geenen-Dewez bought the in July 1945 from the American troops that where clearing the village. "Price: a bottle of Cognac" The imposing Tiger was moved into the main square of La Gleize and later restored by using part of an iron tube or original Panther barrel welded to the remaining part of the Tiger barrel, and a Panther muzzle brake from one of Skorzeny's disguised tanks left near Malmedy Museum located in historic war area, tiger 2 right outside museum 44, very impressive! Museum is closed Monday, Tuesday A must see. Today was a bit rainy, but magnificent to see and free of charge. One of only 10 tiger 2's left on this planet and the only one to my knowledge that is free to visit. The ardennes region contains many monuments, everybody who is interested at all in this part of history should visit the huge monster that is tiger 2, and be impressed by its sheer size. The little museum next to the is modest but definetly worth visiting and contains a lot of information on the almost incredible story about a tiger 2 that was sold by its crew to a belgian lady for a bottle of cognac. This German WW2 heavy took part in the Battle of the Bulge. When tanks of the US 3rd Armored Division counterattacked the German troops at La Gleize, one of their shells blew off the King Tiger‘s gun barrel. Like many other vehicles the disabled was left behind when the Germans were forced to withdraw on foot on Christmas Eve 1944. In July 1945, when the remnants of the war were about to be cleaned up, a local lady bought the from the Americans for the fair price of one (!) bottle of Cognac. The vehicle was moved to the town square, later restored and today it resides next to the excellent December 44 Museum. The is the only one of its kind which can be seen out in the open. Some genius bought this for a bottle of Cognac, and also some genius of a commander decided to shoot at an angled part of the Tiger II Hull. But free to visit while I went to Belgium. Impressive to see a King Tiger! Website change monitoring Monitor any webpage for changes – get instant email alerts when prices drop, new jobs are posted, products come back in stock, or competitors update their sites. See how the number of reviews and average review scores have changed over time.