Bergepanzer VI. "Bergetiger"

Tho I said the Sturmtiger was the last version of my 10k Tiger I, but after the 1.8 update with the magnet and the winch I decided to give a shot the one remaining known variation of the Tiger I haven't built yet, the Bergetiger. This was a version was modified from a Tiger E by field engineers to be a field recovery vehicle.

History

The Bergetiger wasn't produced officially, it was more likely the result of a field modification by engineers as only one was ever found and there isn't much official infomation about it.
In June, 1944 advancing allied forces in Italy, found a strange abandoned Tiger which had its main gun removed and replaced with a crane. After many other modified german vehicles like the Bergepanzer III, IV or the Bergepanther, the Allies named it the Bergetiger. No other Bergetigers were ever recovered. The exact number of built Bergetigers remains unknown and so does its purpose. The crane was examined by allied engineers and it turned out to be too weak to tow a tank with it so it can't really be used a field recovery vehicle, more likely as a field repair vehicle or to lay/clear minefields and other battlefield obstacles. Unfortunately, no example of it survived to this day.

Now let's talk about my build:

I started working on this about two months ago and most of the build was finished by May (2019) but then my matura exams came and I had to focus on that, that's why I finished this just build now.
The controls are very different from the original Tiger as the Bergetiger has a very different function. It doesn't have weaponry at all (the machine gun in the front is just decoration). Instead, it has a crane with a magnet which you can use to move stuff around.

The features:

Here's a demonstration:
Crane movement:



Working suspension:

Magnet:

And the light:

Controls:
Pitch - Go Forward/Reverse
Roll - Turn
VTOL - Extend crane
Trim - Rotate Turret
Throttle - Extend winch
Yaw - Rotate Magnet (to control the rotation of the object you are lifting)
AG1 - Activate magnet
AG2 - Fix position (I placed 4 pistons under the tank which you can activate to make sure the tank won't roll away while you are using the crane)
AG7 - Lights
CAM1 - Crane cam for better view
CAM2 - Magnet cam for better aiming

I also made another build which you can use to have fun with:
A knocked-out AI Tiger tank (click here)
This tank has removable turret, engine cover and engine, plus a little interior. Spawn it down anywhere as AI and then using the Bergetiger's magnet, you can take it apart and put it back together, it's not an easy task.

Have fun with this wunderschön panzer!

Other versions:

- 10k Tiger

- Tiger 131

- Tiger 131 with Tracks 2 mod

- Tiger 237 "Stefan"

- Sturmtiger

- Bergetiger with Tracks 2 mod

- Knocked-out AI Tiger

- Tiger with interior