Which unit and date? There will likely have been several with that tac number.

King tiger 1+09 from Schwere Panzer Abteilung 506 had Zimmerit and 3 tone soft-edge camouflage.

This one ?



Here's another one from the same unit (Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 506] but I can't vouch for the camo accuracy...



H.P.

Which unit and date? There will likely have been several with that tac number.

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Which unit and date? There will likely have been several with that tac number.

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The Army 506th battalion was the only King Tiger outfit to separate the company number on the left side of the cross, from the two-digit tank number on the right (they didn't bother with platoon numbers--the tanks in each company were speed numbered 01 through 14, on the assumption that expedient battle groups would be assembled daily as tanks from individual platoons were deadlined for maintenance).

By historical accident, King Tigers from the 506th were rarely photographed (while the Army 503rd was repeatedly filmed and photographed by propaganda units, creating the impression that there was more uniformity in cammo and markings than was really the case).

Given the quality of the pic in terms of colour placement you tend to have some licence for your camo pattern.

If your on Facebook join a group called Tiger tracks there's often a stack of info to be gained from posting a pick like this on that page, if you don't have FB it's almost worth it just for that aspect alone.

I did my one of this turret number a few months ago used the dragon box art plus some other soft edge schemes from that time frame and went to town and created my own interpretation of 1 09.

Gents, my apologies for what is perhaps an amateur question: is it safe to assume that this KT would have rolled out of the factory with full side skirts and would have lost them along the way to battle damage?

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Gents, my apologies for what is perhaps an amateur question: is it safe to assume that this KT would have rolled out of the factory with full side skirts and would have lost them along the way to battle damage?

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The tank would be issued with a full set of skirts (they were thin standoff armor, not just sheet metal mudguards, other than the curved front sections).

The skirts had to be removed and the narrow transportation tracks fitted whenever the tank was moved by rail. Sometimes the skirts were lost, or the tanks had to be rushed into action before the skirts were refitted. And yes, sometimes roadside obstructions would snag the skirts and the mounting bolts would break off.