Pz.Kpfw. VI. Tiger I ausf. H1 "131"
Note: After the modded version of my Bergetiger using MOPCKOEDNISHE's Tracks 2 mod I got a request to make a modded version of my Tiger 131 as well, so here it is. No other changes are made on this release of the Tiger 131 (apart from lower part count of course) even the controls are the same.
I didn't make any new gifs or screenshots either so those represent the original version.
Have fun!
History
Tiger 131 was completed in January or February, 1943 and was immediately shipped to Tunisia. There it was assigned to the 504th Heavy Tank Battalion. On the night of 20/21 April, 1943 the Germans launched an attack to stop the Allied advance towards Tunis. During the Attack, Tiger 131 got 3 hits from British Churchill tanks, 2 of these shots completely disabled turrets movement, forcing the crew to bail out and leave the still drivable Tiger 131 behind. British forces captured the tank. They repaired it with parts from other destroyed Tigers and in 1943 it was sent back to England and was displayed as a trophy to raise wartime morale. Then they transferred it to the School of Tank Technology for tests. In 1951 it was transferred to The Tank Museum (Bovington) where it remained until 1990 when it was removed from display for a restoration. They took the Maybach HL230 engine of their Tiger II and put it into Tiger 131, making it the only working Tiger I in the world. Tiger 131 returned to display in 2003 and can be seen there 'till this day.
In 2014, Tiger 131 was used for the filming of the movie Fury
Now let's talk about my build:
Most of the features are the same except the lack of lights because the real one doesn't have them either. But, this time, following BogdanX's advices, the tank has an authentic speed (max. 45 km/h - 27.9 mph)
The features:
The tank features a main gun that can fire 20 rounds of boom25s, a coaxial machine gun, working suspension, a simplified gun sight of the original Tiger tank, and smoke launchers.
Here's a demonstration:
The Main Gun
The Coaxial Machine Gun
Working suspension
The gunsight compared to the original
The smoke launchers
Controls:
VTOL-up - Go Forward
VTOL-down - Go Reverse
Pitch-Roll - Turret control
Countermasures button - Launch Smokes
CAM1 - Gunsight view
CAM2 - Commander view
Have fun with this wunderschön panzer!
Other versions:
- 10k Tiger
- Tiger 131
- Tiger 237 "Stefan"
- Sturmtiger
- Bergetiger
- Bergetiger with Tracks 2 mod
- Knocked-out AI Tiger
- Tiger with interior
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Predecessor Pz.Kpfw. VI Tiger I ausf. H1 (10k special)
- Successors 1 airplane(s) +28 bonus
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 12.7ft (3.9m)
- Length 28.3ft (8.6m)
- Height 8.8ft (2.7m)
- Empty Weight 50,645lbs (22,972kg)
- Loaded Weight 51,600lbs (23,405kg)
Performance
- Wing Loading 153,403.1lbs/ft2 (748,979.8kg/m2)
- Wing Area 0.3ft2 (0.0m2)
- Drag Points 7908
Parts
- Number of Parts 407
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 1,329
Required Mods
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Tracks 2
by MOPCKOE_DNISHE
Version 0.81 (7/8/2019 6:26:57 PM)
View Mod Page
View Mod on Steam Workshop
@RAAF Thanks dude 🙂
@RAAF I really can't predict it. I try to work on it as fast as I can but I really don't know. I probably not gonna release anything for at least one or two months but I'm not sure about that either.
@RAAF I'm on a temporary hiatus due to my university studies. I'm not sure when I'm gonna return with a new build but I try to do it as soon as I can. I'm working on a new build actually, but as I said, due to my studies, building goes very slowly, because I don't have much time to work on it.
@BMilan can you make a Panther? To go with your tiger’s
@TheMitsuboshiBoi https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/ET47YQ/Pz-Kpfw-VI-Tiger-I-237-Stefan
can we make battlefield V
the last tiger and its skins?
@BMilan sure
@TheMitsuboshiBoi I never really planned to ever make a Porsche Tiger (that guy simply took my turret without asking and added a few stuff to make it look like a porsce tiger turret) but I don't really want to build a Porsche Tiger now, maybe in the future but not anytime soon
@BMilan hey. Could you make me a porsche tiger 1 turret with low detail basically like the vk porsche that you helped that guy make it.
Thanks it works very smooth on my phone
@aerodummy Thanks, and I can't wait to show them :D
Don’t worry man. Honestly every one of these builds blows me away and I can’t wait to see what you have planned. @BMilan
@aerodummy to be honest, I didn't want to, I wanted the bergetiger to be the last version. But then the tracks 2 mod came and I had to try it out and it turned out so good I felt like sharing it, then someone requested to make tiger 131 with the mod so I was like, ok why not. But yea I really don't want to look like Im riding the same thing forever, I have a bunch of projects going on at the moment and I'm working hard to finish those as soon as possible, just to finally upload something different.
You’re really riding this tiger ‘til the wheels come off aren’t you? I don’t blame you, it looks great!
The track mod really brings it to life
I love the fact that you talked about Tiger 131
Sweet!