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Armor and ground forces of the Axis forces during World War II.
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king tiger transport tracks?
hellbent11
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Posted: Thursday, December 08, 2005 - 12:42 PM UTC
Does anyone know if the king tiger used any form of transport tracks like a normal tiger?
Grypho
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Posted: Thursday, December 08, 2005 - 01:00 PM UTC
There is a great photo of a knocked out Tiger II in Panzerwrecks vol 1 that has "18 tooth drive sprockets driving the 660mm wide Verladkette (transport track)." (page 29)

So I guess that's a yes
Wolfhead
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Posted: Thursday, December 08, 2005 - 02:45 PM UTC
Hi Hellbent,

Friulmodel makes a set of Tiger II transport tracks (ATL-21).

They are mentioned in this article about the Tiger II as well (http://www.elccweb.com/MissingLinks/Tweaks/TigerII_TweakList.pdf). You might find other useful stuff there.

Cheers,
Soren
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Posted: Thursday, December 08, 2005 - 09:35 PM UTC
Dragon makes a set of king tiger transport tracks as well.
Kit number 3810 "king Tiger/Jagdtiger Transport Track". They seem to be out production and hard to find, but affordable than friuls.
blaster76
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Posted: Friday, December 09, 2005 - 03:40 AM UTC
I think someone is eyeing that Trumpeter BR52 locomotive !! It would require a special heavy duty flatcar to carry that beast (KT). I read somewhere that a kit was made or being considered, but for my life I can't remember by who.
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