The Tank That Time Forgot - Vimoutiers Tiger
A video for all big cat lovers - the interesting story of Tiger 231, the Vimoutiers Tiger. Left behind in France by the retreating Germans in August 1944, this rare beast has had fascinating life. Discover the story here.
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The Last Tiger - Vimoutiers Battle of Normandy - Tiger Tank History.
The Last Tiger - Vimoutiers Battle of Normandy - Tiger Tank History.
Tiger I Ausf. E Late at Vimoutiers, France.
This Tiger with Fahrgestell number 251055, Turret Number 251113, The Turret was made in the Wegmann & Co, Kassel, Nordhessen, and the hull and vehicle assembly was done at the Henschel und Sohn, Kassel, Nordhessen, Germany. This late-production Tiger, with steel road-wheels, is one of the several remaining Tigers of the 102nd SS Heavy Panzer Battalion and originally carried the number 224 on the side of its turret. But many sites still claim it's the tank that carried the turret number 231, but that Tiger was commanded by Hans Lorits and was knocked out at Ussy on august 14, Lorits had an impressive amount of tank kills, but was killed with it's crew at Ussy, 45 kilometers from vimoutiers. The Tiger at Vimoutiers was actually commanded by Unterscharführer Reisske and on august 20 his Tiger participated in a counter-attack launched from Vimoutiers to Trun in an etempt to breakthrough the Falaise's pocket. They took several key roads to Vimoutiers but because of close combat in the area the germans took a lot of casualties. On the southwest road to Vimoutiers near Champosoult several enemy tanks from the Polish 1st Polish Armored Division were knocked out. It was during this phase of the operation that Tiger 224 of the SS-Unterscharführer Reisske which took the 979 road breaks down, reisske order it's crew to place starches to blow it up and leave it behind, but only succeded in blowing of the engine deck covers and jaiming the turret. So the Tiger wasn't lost because of fuel shortest but to a big mechanical problem wich states loss of oil pressure resulting in engine failure. All this is based on actuall testimony of Ekkehard Förster and SS-Unterscharführer Wilhelm Fey. After the war Tiger 224 was sold to a scrapper name Morat, but the Tiger was to hard to move and Mr Morat only removed the easily removable parts and the gearbox, after Morat died his sister sold the tank to a scrapper in Caen, that started cuting up the Tiger, and removing the turret, this is were the the cutting marks ontop and on the side of the turret come from. When the local people of Vimoutiers heard of what was going to happen to the tank, the tank was bought for 6,000 Francs, to be place as a monument. in 1975, the tank was recovered by Alain Roudeix, it was restored and placed on the spot it sits now. Note: that the engine deck is restored with Panzer 4 engine deck covers. So in 2017 a plan was made to restore the tank and a site was greated to raise money for the tank, the plan is to restore the tank and place it into an new museum in the town of vimoutiers, but until then only a fence is placed around the tank to prevent any other people from climbing onto it. if you want to help out the project you can visit the site of the vimoutiers tiger association and maybe you can contact them for a donation.
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■ Information obtained from several sites.
■ Wikipedia
■ tanks-encyclopedia
■ the.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_Panzers
■ preservedtanks
■ pantser.net
■ the.shadock.free.fr/Tanks_in_France
■ Some music is from the YouTube Audio Library.
■ Music used:
EpidemicSound.com
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Vimoutiers Tiger Tank
This is me when i went to France to see the Tiger tank in Vimoutiers.
It ran out of fuel in August 1944 and the crew attempted to destroy it. It was pushed off the road by the American army and laid in a ditch for 30 years before being rescued and parked by the side of the road.
Vimoutiers Tiger Tank - Our Weekend In Normandy
I went to Vimoutiers in 2009 and filmed the Tiger Tank, and I got requested to make another video, so I went again in 2012 and filmed more, this time more of the interior.
(Part two of the 2012 trip is coming soon)
Tiger I Late Ausf. E - Walkaround - Vimoutiers.
The Last Tiger - Vimoutiers Battle of Normandy - Tiger Tank History.
Tiger I Ausf. E Late at Vimoutiers, France.
This Tiger with Fahrgestell number 251055, Turret Number 251113, The Turret was made in the Wegmann & Co, Kassel, Nordhessen, and the hull and vehicle assembly was done at the Henschel und Sohn, Kassel, Nordhessen, Germany. This late-production Tiger, with steel road-wheels, is one of the several remaining Tigers of the 102nd SS Heavy Panzer Battalion and originally carried the number 224 on the side of its turret. But many sites still claim it's the tank that carried the turret number 231, but that Tiger was commanded by Hans Lorits and was knocked out at Ussy on august 14, Lorits had an impressive amount of tank kills, but was killed with it's crew at Ussy, 45 kilometers from vimoutiers. The Tiger at Vimoutiers was actually commanded by Unterscharführer Reisske and on august 20 his Tiger participated in a counter-attack launched from Vimoutiers to Trun in an etempt to breakthrough the Falaise's pocket. They took several key roads to Vimoutiers but because of close combat in the area the germans took a lot of casualties. On the southwest road to Vimoutiers near Champosoult several enemy tanks from the Polish 1st Polish Armored Division were knocked out. It was during this phase of the operation that Tiger 224 of the SS-Unterscharführer Reisske which took the 979 road breaks down, reisske order it's crew to place starches to blow it up and leave it behind, but only succeded in blowing of the engine deck covers and jaiming the turret. So the Tiger wasn't lost because of fuel shortest but to a big mechanical problem wich states loss of oil pressure resulting in engine failure. All this is based on actuall testimony of Ekkehard Förster and SS-Unterscharführer Wilhelm Fey. After the war Tiger 224 was sold to a scrapper name Morat, but the Tiger was to hard to move and Mr Morat only removed the easily removable parts and the gearbox, after Morat died his sister sold the tank to a scrapper in Caen, that started cuting up the Tiger, and removing the turret, this is were the the cutting marks ontop and on the side of the turret come from. When the local people of Vimoutiers heard of what was going to happen to the tank, the tank was bought for 6,000 Francs, to be place as a monument. in 1975, the tank was recovered by Alain Roudeix, it was restored and placed on the spot it sits now. Note: that the engine deck is restored with Panzer 4 engine deck covers. So in 2017 a plan was made to restore the tank and a site was greated to raise money for the tank, the plan is to restore the tank and place it into an new museum in the town of vimoutiers, but until then only a fence is placed around the tank to prevent any other people from climbing onto it. if you want to help out the project you can visit the site of the vimoutiers tiger association and maybe you can contact them for a donation.
■ Support me on my Patreon
■ Store:
■ Information obtained from several sites.
■ Wikipedia
■ tanks-encyclopedia
■ the.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_Panzers
■ preservedtanks
■ pantser.net
■ the.shadock.free.fr/Tanks_in_France
■ Some music is from the YouTube Audio Library.
■ Music used:
EpidemicSound.com
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Vimoutiers Tiger tank
The Tiger tank at Vimoutiers
Tiger Vimoutiers Livestream - Normandy day 2.
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■ Information obtained from several sites.
■ Wikipedia
■ tanks-encyclopedia
■ the.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_Panzers
■ preservedtanks
■ pantser.net
■ the.shadock.free.fr/Tanks_in_France
■ Some music is from the YouTube Audio Library.
■ Music used:
EpidemicSound.com
Copyright fair use notice
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this video is used for
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Tiger 1 in Vimoutiers
Video taken summer 2008 on my family vacation to Normandy.
Vimoutiers's Tiger Tank, Normandy 70' Anniversary D-Day 1944-2014.
Carro armato Tigre fotografato nel paesino di Vimoutiers, Normandia, Francia, nel maggio del 2014, il carro è rimasto li dai combattimenti del Luglio 1944, la battaglia della Sacca di Falaise, settanta anni prima.
Tiger Tank at Vimoutiers
via YouTube Capture
Bombardement Vimoutiers - 14 Juin 1944 - Bombing of Vimoutiers
Vimoutiers autrefois :
Vimoutiers autrefois :
[36 maraudeurs selon un récit de l'époque, 16 selon le rapport AOS ...mais tjrs 29 tonnes !]
FR (EN below) : Bataille de Normandie - Les frappes préparatives à l'encerclement des armées Allemandes dans la poche de Falaise :
Mercredi 14 Juin 1944 - 7h50 - 16 marauders B26 lâchent sur Vimoutiers 29 tonnes de bombes :
- Rapport AOS : Résultats excellents
- Constat in situ : 220 morts et la ville ancienne détruite en quelques minutes
EN : Battle of Normandy - Air strikes preparing the encirclement of the German forces in the Falaise pocket :
Wednesday June 14, 1944 : 7h50 : 16 raiders B26 marauders bombers drop on Vimoutiers 29 tons of High explosive bombs ... A few minutes, 220 dead people and the historical town destroyed ...
You may like to visit Vimoutiers before the bombings :
What a beast !!! World war 2 Tiger tank in France
A brief walkaround on the Vimoutiers tiger tank, Normandy.
Was there for the 2017 June D-Day celebrations.
Guy Romain et la sauvegarde du char Tigre de Vimoutiers
Le tigre de vimoutiers .MOV
Destroyed Tiger tanks from sPzAbt. 508 in Cori, Italy
WWII video of knocked out German Tiger tanks of sPzAbt. 508 in Cori, Italy. More history videos at
(Cori is a town and comune in the province of Latina, in the Lazio region of central Italy.)
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Tank-PanzerTiger I in Vimoutiers
Der wohl letzte erhaltene Kampfpanzer der deutschen Wehrmacht in der Normandie
Tigre
Char de la deuxième guerre mondiale qui sera bientôt restauré.
Buried King Tiger Tank
King Tiger tanks are rarer than fairies, so it's unsurprising to find that a group in France is trying excavate one that was buried under a road just after 1945. Find out how this relic ended up under tarmac and how close it is to being recovered for restoration and display.
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Photos: Fontenay-st-pere, Google Commons
Film: YouTube Creative Commons