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The gunner's pedals
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The inflatable sealing tube
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Three versions of the toothed ring
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Seating ring for the turret
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Sealing clamps in the turret
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Toothed ring in the turret
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Mid/Late turret bearing race
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Early turret bearing race
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The main battery switch
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The first Tigers of the 503
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<p><a href="https://tiger1.info/unit-page/503-Rostov">https://tiger1.info/unit-page/503-Rostov</a></p>
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Semi-automatic bracket
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Case for radios
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<p><a href="https://byrden.com/panzers/EN/Radio-case-Fu5.html">https://byrden.com/panzers/EN/Radio-case-Fu5.html</a></p>
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Trigger circuit
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<p><img src="https://tiger1.info/images/news-trigger.jpg" alt="News item thumbnail image" width="200"></p>
<p><a href="https://tiger1.info/EN/Firing circuit in old turrets.html">https://tiger1.info/EN/Firing circuit in old turrets.html</a></p>
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Torsion bars
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Stand for the driver's seat
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Driver's seat
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Struts on the hull floor
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The hull's dimensions
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The suspension axes
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The reduction gear box
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<p><img src="https://tiger1.info/images/news-reduction-gear.jpg" alt="News item thumbnail image" width="200"></p>
<p><a href="https://tiger1.info/EN/Final-reduction-gearbox.html">https://tiger1.info/EN/Final-reduction-gearbox.html</a></p>
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The 1st periscope holder
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<p><a href="https://byrden.com/panzers/EN/Vertical-periscope-storage.html">https://byrden.com/panzers/EN/Vertical-periscope-storage.html</a></p>
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The "New turret" of 1943
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<p><img src="https://tiger1.info/images/news-new-turret.jpg" alt="News item thumbnail image" width="200"></p>
<p><a href="https://tiger1.info/EN/New-turret-external.html">https://tiger1.info/EN/New-turret-external.html</a></p>
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The Command Tigers of s.Pz.Abt.505
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<p><img src="https://tiger1.info/images/news-505-command.jpg" alt="News item thumbnail image" width="200"></p>
<p><a href="https://tiger1.info/unit-page/505-cmd">https://tiger1.info/unit-page/505-cmd</a></p>
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<p>
The Tiger's transformers were under the floor.
</p>
<p><img src="https://tiger1.info/images/news-radio-floor.jpg" alt="News item thumbnail image" width="200"></p>
<p><a href="https://tiger1.info/EN/Radio-transformers.html">https://tiger1.info/EN/Radio-transformers.html</a></p>
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<p>
Base plates for radio transformers were found in all Panzers.
</p>
<p><img src="https://tiger1.info/images/news-base-plates.jpg" alt="News item thumbnail image" width="200"></p>
<p><a href="https://byrden.com/panzers/EN/Transformer-base-plates.html">https://byrden.com/panzers/EN/Transformer-base-plates.html</a></p>
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Brackets for S-mine launchers were at the rear hull corners.
</p>
<p><img src="https://tiger1.info/images/news-S-mine-brackets.jpg" alt="News item thumbnail image" width="200"></p>
<p><a href="https://tiger1.info/EN/S-mine-brackets.html">https://tiger1.info/EN/S-mine-brackets.html</a></p>
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Holders for the Mast Antenna were on the side of the Command Tiger.
</p>
<p><img src="https://tiger1.info/images/news-mast-holders.jpg" alt="News item thumbnail image" width="200"></p>
<p><a href="https://tiger1.info/EN/Mast-antenna-holders.html">https://tiger1.info/EN/Mast-antenna-holders.html</a></p>
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<p>
An explanation of the turret's ball bearings, for the Tiger 1 and other Panzers.
</p>
<p><img src="https://tiger1.info/images/news-balls.jpg" alt="News item thumbnail image" width="200"></p>
<p><a href="https://byrden.com/panzers/EN/Turret-bearings.html">https://byrden.com/panzers/EN/Turret-bearings.html</a></p>
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<p>
This switch is a standard component, found in the Tiger1 and most other Panzers.
</p>
<p><img src="https://tiger1.info/images/news-switch.jpg" alt="News item thumbnail image" width="200"></p>
<p><a href="https://byrden.com/panzers/EN/Round-switch.html">https://byrden.com/panzers/EN/Round-switch.html</a></p>
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<p>
Here's a timely discussion of the one and only Tiger(P2) to see service (an ancestor
of the Tiger1).
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<p><img src="https://tiger1.info/images/news-003.jpg" alt="News item thumbnail image" width="200"></p>
<p><a href="https://tiger1.info/EN/653-command-tank.html">https://tiger1.info/EN/653-command-tank.html</a></p>
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<p>
Every Tiger1 had one or two of these 4cm-wide electrical junctions.
</p>
<p><img src="https://tiger1.info/images/news-junction.jpg" alt="News item thumbnail image" width="200"></p>
<p><a href="https://byrden.com/panzers/EN/Multiway-connectors.html">https://byrden.com/panzers/EN/Multiway-connectors.html</a></p>
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<p>
Why is Tiger "101" associated with Kurt Knispel? Apparently we're all mistaken
about it...
</p>
<p><img src="https://tiger1.info/images/news-kurt.jpg" alt="News item thumbnail image" width="200"></p>
<p><a href="https://tiger1.info/EN/Knispel-Tiger-101.html">https://tiger1.info/EN/Knispel-Tiger-101.html</a></p>
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<p>
Here are the cable connections for the radios in a standard Tiger1. This will be
useful to model builders.
</p>
<p><img src="https://tiger1.info/images/news-radio-wiring.jpg" alt="News item thumbnail image" width="200"></p>
<p><a href="https://tiger1.info/EN/Radio-wiring.html">https://tiger1.info/EN/Radio-wiring.html</a></p>
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<p>
About the smoke launcher system that was used for a time on the Tiger1.
</p>
<p><img src="https://tiger1.info/images/news-s-mines.jpg" alt="News item thumbnail image" width="200"></p>
<p><a href="https://byrden.com/panzers/smoke.html">https://byrden.com/panzers/smoke.html</a></p>
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<p>
Every model kit and every drawing of the Tiger 1 has a mistake in the ammunition
racks, as far as I can see.
</p>
<p><img src="https://tiger1.info/images/news-ammo.jpg" alt="News item thumbnail image" width="200"></p>
<p><a href="https://tiger1.info/EN/Ammo-bins.html">https://tiger1.info/EN/Ammo-bins.html</a></p>
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<p>
A simple explanation of the breech blocks in most Panzers, including the Tiger
1.
</p>
<p><img src="https://tiger1.info/images/news-breech.jpg" alt="News item thumbnail image" width="200"></p>
<p><a href="https://byrden.com/panzers/EN/Breech-blocks.html">https://byrden.com/panzers/EN/Breech-blocks.html</a></p>
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<p>
New facts keep coming to light! The first Tiger 1 had five mess tins prominently
stored in the fighting room.
</p>
<p><img src="https://tiger1.info/images/news-mess-tin.jpg" alt="News item thumbnail image" width="200"></p>
<p><a href="https://tiger1.info/EN/Mess-tins.html">https://tiger1.info/EN/Mess-tins.html</a></p>
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<p>
Circuitry in the intercom boxes of a Command Tiger 1, or indeed any Befehlspanzer
from 1942 onwards.
</p>
<p><img src="https://tiger1.info/images/news-command-circuit.jpg" alt="News item thumbnail image" width="200"></p>
<p><a href="https://tiger1.info/EN/Command-comms-boxes.html">https://tiger1.info/EN/Command-comms-boxes.html</a></p>
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<p>
The intercom circuit diagram for the Command Tiger 1.
</p>
<p><img src="https://tiger1.info/images/news-command-wires.jpg" alt="News item thumbnail image" width="200"></p>
<p><a href="https://byrden.com/panzers/EN/Intercom-B-circuit.html">https://byrden.com/panzers/EN/Intercom-B-circuit.html</a></p>
<hr>
<p>
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)
</p>
<p><img src="https://tiger1.info/images/news-command-table.jpg" alt="News item thumbnail image" width="200"></p>
<p><a href="https://www.cdvandtext2.org/D-9023-1-KPzw-Tiger-Befw.pdf">https://www.cdvandtext2.org/D-9023-1-KPzw-Tiger-Befw.pdf</a></p>
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<p>
Thanks to those who generously provided photos of the "Kasten 6" in the Command
version of the Tiger 1.
</p>
<p><img src="https://tiger1.info/images/news-kasten-6.jpg" alt="News item thumbnail image" width="200"></p>
<p><a href="https://byrden.com/panzers/EN/Intercom-B-usage.html">https://byrden.com/panzers/EN/Intercom-B-usage.html</a></p>
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<p>
The forgotten electrical layout of Tiger "712"'s turret is rediscovered.
</p>
<p><img src="https://tiger1.info/images/news-712-circuit.jpg" alt="News item thumbnail image" width="200"></p>
<p><a href="https://tiger1.info/EN/Turret-wiring-Initial.html">https://tiger1.info/EN/Turret-wiring-Initial.html</a></p>
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<p>
The wiring layout in the first "Mid" Tiger turrets.
</p>
<p><img src="https://tiger1.info/images/news-mid-wiring.jpg" alt="News item thumbnail image" width="200"></p>
<p><a href="https://tiger1.info/EN/Turret-wiring-Mid.html">https://tiger1.info/EN/Turret-wiring-Mid.html</a></p>
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<p>
Here is the wiring layout in a "Late" Tiger turret.
</p>
<p><img src="https://tiger1.info/images/news-late-turret-wiring.png" alt="News item thumbnail image" width="200"></p>
<p><a href="https://tiger1.info/EN/Turret-wiring-Late.html">https://tiger1.info/EN/Turret-wiring-Late.html</a></p>
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<p>
About the wiring in the Early Tiger turret.
</p>
<p><img src="https://tiger1.info/images/news-early-turret-wiring.png" alt="News item thumbnail image" width="200"></p>
<p><a href="https://tiger1.info/EN/Turret-wiring-Early.html">https://tiger1.info/EN/Turret-wiring-Early.html</a></p>
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<p>
Up to 7 versions of the Tiger turret circuit board existed.
</p>
<p><img src="https://tiger1.info/images/news-turret-board.png" alt="News item thumbnail image" width="200"></p>
<p><a href="https://tiger1.info/EN/Turret-circuit-board.html">https://tiger1.info/EN/Turret-circuit-board.html</a></p>
<hr>
<p>
The trigger circuits of the Tiger 1 are explained. At last we understand the big
circuit board.
</p>
<p><img src="https://tiger1.info/images/news-trigger-select.jpg" alt="News item thumbnail image" width="200"></p>
<p><a href="https://tiger1.info/EN/Turret-trigger-circuit.html">https://tiger1.info/EN/Turret-trigger-circuit.html</a></p>
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