On 25 April 1944, the battalion acquired two new Command Tigers of the "Mid" type. They were assigned the numbers "I" and "II". The old Tiger "I" was renumbered as "III". The old Tiger "II" no longer appears in the photographic record. s.Pz.Abt.505 was formed in February-March 1943 with the original structure of Tiger battalions : it...

During the fall of 1944, sPzAbt 505 was equipped with new version Tiger Is, which had cast cupolas, zimmerit, and the new steel-rimmed wheels developed for the Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf.B.

The 505 th was the last independent battalion created with the old organization of 20 Tigers and 25 Pz.Kpfw.III. Formed in February 1943, the 505 th received several Tigers and the rest in March with 25 Pzkpfw IIIs.

2010年2月7日 · Listed here are brief operational histories for the main Tiger units. Arrival of 10./ and 11./ near Kharkov, 36 Tigers on hand, including those of 9./ Arrival at the Western Front and subordination to LXXXI. Armeekorps. Ordered to southeastern …

Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 505 Tiger tank of the 7th Tank Division were prepared at Bjelgorod for Operation Citadel, the Battle of Kursk (July 1943). Formed in January 1943, the battalion saw the first serious fighting in the Battle of Kursk the following July, when it was part of the 9th Army on the northern flank of the front bulge.

2006年7月29日 · By the end of July 1944, three heavy tank battalions, namely 501, 505 and 506, had been decimated in action against the Red Army. These battalions either had no tanks left or had so few that they handed them over to other heavy tank battalions.

2015年10月11日 · This 1944 Bundesarchiv photo is of Tiger No. 312 of the famous Schwere Panzer Abteilung 505, with its distinctive charging knight. Here’s the recreation. Here’s the scene in color. For those interested, here’s the source of each piece: Tank: Easy Model 36220, Tiger I Late Type (s.Pz.Abt.505-Russia, 1944);

Published at 1000 × 761 px. Link to full-size photo: Tiger I number 114, 505 Schwere Panzer Abteilung Eastern Front 1943 Site statistics: Photos of World War II: over 26800 aircraft: 63 models tanks: 59 models vehicles: 59 models guns: 3 models units: 2 ships: 47 WW2 battlefields - 12 weapon models: - equipment: -

Published at 774 × 557 px. Tiger I of the schwere Panzer Abteilung 505. Tank is fitted with S-mine launchers.

2002年10月4日 · At the end of July 1944 it was transported to Ohrdruf for refitting and to train on the Königstiger. At the beginning of September the Abteilung was shipped to Nasielsk, Poland, where it fought until November 1944. It was then sent to Wirballen. It fought in East Prussia until the end of the war, retreating to Pilau in late April 1945.