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Exhaust grill screen questions
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Posted: Sunday, August 14, 2011 - 04:47 PM UTC
Would the exhaust screens on an in service King Tiger look all dented like this or is this just because it is a display piece and had people crawling all over it at one time?
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Posted: Sunday, August 14, 2011 - 05:00 PM UTC
Best guess is that they would get distorted in use but they never really survived long enough to get that level of abuse.
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Posted: Sunday, August 14, 2011 - 05:05 PM UTC
Looks battle damagrd to me.

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Posted: Sunday, August 14, 2011 - 06:01 PM UTC

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Would the exhaust screens on an in service King Tiger look all dented like this or is this just because it is a display piece and had people crawling all over it at one time?


German tanks didn;t have screens covering their exhausts. That there is an air intake grille.
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