Haynes' new title in its Icon series gives a rare insight into acquiring, owning, and operating this well-known AFV using the UK Tank Museum’s Tiger 131.

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Had a lead on one listed as a stock, one owner, low mileage project vehicle. I decided to pass on it.

And it was driven by a Grandmother once a week to church and back, right?

This book came out a few years ago. Glad to see they are doing a re-print.
Jesse

I think I know who decided to give it a crack
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Picked up a copy of this book when it was first offered a few years back -a great quick reference book with really useful pictures. Wonder how this release differs from the first printing.

Content-wise I would guess the same. As per Haynes' its Icons books are compact editions of the originals, so I guess this just comes in a smaller format compared to the previous.

For the information of British readers, the original edition is still available from "The Works" for £6 (cover price £19.99). I don't know if this company trades elsewhere in the world, it's a cheap book shop which buys up end of run stuff and sells it at much reduced prices. It is also a good source of Amber published military books. However they seem to pick and choose which titles they stock, had to get the Haynes Panther book from Amamzon, nor do they seem to be stocking the Stug title (but this one is new out).

Just a thought: can anyone confirm for me exactly where those demolished Tigers, etc were located? I think I know but I'd like to know more about them.

Looks like Tunisia at a guess but I may be wrong. This is where the Bovingdon Tiger came from. This level of destruction may well have resulted from them being put on a firing range and subjected to continual test firing or from an internal explosion. The Tiger was still on the secret list at the time and had a self destruct explosive device installed. Crews abandoning their tanks were supposed to ensure that they were demolished, but this almost never happened because crews leaving their vehicles usually had more important priorities!

Thought that it might be the "Tiger Graveyard" in Tunisia where several Tigers were deliberately blown up to prevent capture. That was a depressingly frequent occurrence and we should be thankful that Tiger 131 did not suffer that fate. If it had we probably wouldn't have a functional Tiger in original condition to admire.