TRANSLATION

Fuel capacity for Tiger E 181 is as follows. Full tanks contain 534 Litres of gasoline, which is close to 117.5 Imperial Gallons. This we already know. The figures supplied are based on ideal weather conditions and fuel conscious driver.
Calculations based on Imperial Gallon and working on full 534 litres with road range of 100 Km on road and cross country 60 Km. in perfect weather and terrain conditions. According to official German source, road running is 4.5 litres per Km. - 1.58 gallons per mile. Cross country 7.8 litres - 2.76 gallons per mile.

In my calculations 1 Imperial gallon is 4.55 litres. Therefore 7.8 litres are 1.71 gallons and not 2.76 gallons per mile.
Fuel consumed on the road is 0.19 Km per litre (0.53 Miles peg Imperial Gallon)
Fuel consumed cross country is 0.12 Km per litre. (.35 Miles per Imperial Gallon)

Pz.Bef.Wg "Tiger" Ausf.A- Sdkfz 267-268 (Command Tigers- 267 & 268) From D 656/22

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Sd Kfz 267 was fitted with Radio equipment Fug. 5 and Fug 8. (The abbreviation Fu in D 656/22 reads as Fug).
Sd Kfz 268 was fitted with Radio equipment Fug. 5 and Fu9 7.

In 1943 Tiger "A" was standard Tiger E, except for internal modifications. About 84 Tigers rolled off production line. Both Command Tigers I A Sdkfz 267 and Sdkfz 268, had following parts removed ;

01) 1 Mantlet Mg.34 and relevant fittings and mountings.
02) 1 Mg. toolbox and cradle.
03) 1 MG. accessory box and cradle.
04) 10 pouches of ammo for MG 34, containing 1500 rounds plus mounting brackets.
05) 26 rounds of 8.8 cm rounds for main gun.
06) 1 Loader's prismatic reflector/mirror.
07) 1 stowage bin to the right and in front of the gun loader.

Cleared space was replaced with following radio equipment ;

01) Command Observation tank Intercom System .
02) 1 set of radio equipment Fug 5 ( 10 Watt Ultra Short Wave Transmitter and receiver) fitted in turret.
03) 1 set of radio equipment Fug 7 ( 20 Watt Ultra Short Wave Transmitter and receiver), respectively.
04) 1 set of radio equipment Fug 8 ( 30 Watt Medium Wave Transmitter and receiver) fitted in hull .
05) 1 auxiliary generator GG 400.
06) 1 Radio accessory/spares kit.
07) 1 Aerial connecting lead with Rear Aerial D for 30 Watt System Fug 8.
08) 1 Rod aerial 1.4 m long for 20 Watt System Fug 7.
09) 1 Rod aerial 2.0 m long for 10 Watt System Fug 5.
10) 1 Bin for aerial rods. Bin is fitted outside at the rear.

Exploded Breech for 8,8 cm Gun Extract from Manual 656/22

APCBC -armour capped ballistic capped Panzergranatpatrone Pzgr.39FES 9 Kg

Shaped charge HE armour piercing HEAT -Panzergranatpatrone Pzgr.39 HI 7.76 Kg

HE-FRAG grenade Sprenggranatpatrone Sprgr l/4.5 Kz 10.2 Kg

SMOKE DISCHARGER

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Drawing from Turret Manual

1) Single pin contact. 2) Cable leading to fire box in turret. 3) Brass electric primer. 4) Pin contact spring retainer. 5) Discharger base bracket. 6) Granulated black powder charge, screws into smoke generator. 7) Ignition tube N4. 8) Smoke generator launch tube. 9) Smoke Generator.

6 screws into Smoke generator prior to loading launch tubes. Brass electric primer 3 screws into discharger base bracket 5.
Once smoke generators were discharged, it was impossible to reload them in action. Loading was a tedious and considerably lengthy process. 1) cover had to be opened. 4) spring loaded retainer had to be turned sideways. 3) electric primer had to be screwed into each launcher. 6) Powder charge had to be screwed into each Smoke generator. Finally all tubes had to be re- loaded. Later model Tiger, had a launcher fitted into the turret roof, and projectile could be fired from within, without risk of being shot at.

Bergepanzer
(Recovery tank)
Small number of Tigers H1 (E) were converted to recovery Vehicles. There were two variants. Most common had main gun removed. A crane capable of lifting 10 tons , was mounted on top of the turret, and was powered by main engine. Tiger recovery by other Tigers was not considered a good idea, unless conditions allowed such operation. For the sake of saving a disabled Tiger several Tigers were endangered and could have been knocked out.

In 1945, last time to be butchered Tiger E, was supposed to be Flame Thrower Tiger. In place of bow Mg.34, a flame thrower nozzle was installed. All this was a last ditch stand in a desperate quest for "Miracle Weapon".

"Mystery" of Japanese Tiger "E"
In November 1943, "Showa Tsusho Kaisha Ltd", Tokyo, purchased from Henschel & Sohn, a Tiger E, for 645,000 Reich mark (Invoice No.19947) . This price was over and above the normal cost of Tiger E.
The Japanese were quite happy to pay that sum. From what I understand, the Tiger was to be stripped into a kit form, and shipped out in a large submarine/supply underwater ship. Nothing had been heard of that Tiger since.

Here is a sample from D 656/24 Maintenance Log Book. It is interesting to see that at no time had radio equipment been checked or tested. Reference to similar Maintenance Log Books are in The book "British Tiger Reports".

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