I bought one, and then bought another one. Back in the olden days, there was a Walker Bulldog from Glencoe that was a very crude kit.Yuk! It was kinda sorta 1/20 scale really. Yep, it can be done that way if you aren't real picky about dimensions. the setup is identical to that of a bulldog. SS501 didn’t use a full complement of 45 Tigers it’s thought that around 20 started the offensive and only 13 made it into battle of these 13 losses 9 where abandoned some destroyed by crews though not all 4 were actual combat losses.įurther south 506 fought around Bastogne through to Houfalize, they started out with 40 Tiger II of these 11 were lost up to 17/1/45 at least 3 were destroyed by their own crews 2 were lost to rocket firing Typhoons 1 lost to AT gun of C battery 81st AT battalion 2 lost to 6th Armoured Division the other 3 are not noted as to what destroyed them so for the 24 Tiger II that were actually lost in the Ardennes offensive over 70 kills were claimed and as we all know they were a mechanical nightmare so one must assume that if 70 were knocked out at least another 50 would been abandoned by their crews through breakdown, battle damage or lack of fuel which plagued the offensive, truly remarkable numbers, or were they actually Panthers/PzIV/StugIII/JPzIV/Hetzerįrom the looks of the chaffe the lower half of the tank could be taken from a HL walker bulldog and made to run in reverse. Claimed 53 Panthers/TigersĪmerican unit reports, the battalion lost more tanks than it started with! The after action reports of the 823rd Tank Destroyer Battalion and Company A of the 825th Tank Destroyer Battalion alone claim 20-22 “Tigers†or “Mk VI†tanks destroyed around Stavelot from 18 to 21 December, this unit fought against SS501. 630th were in Wiltz before withdrawing to Bastogne.
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