"The Octopus King Tigers - Battle of Kassel 1945" Topic
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Tango01  | 26 Sep 2020 3:27 p.m. PST |
"This is the story of the last eight King Tigers, with unusual 'Octopus' camouflage, that rolled off the production line in Kassel and straight into battle against the US Army in April 1945." YouTube link Amicalement
Armand |
| deephorse | 27 Sep 2020 2:24 a.m. PST |
So how much did that video tell me about Octopus King Tigers? Absolutely nothing. As far as I know there's only one photo of such a Tiger II, and that wasn't shown until 7 minutes into a 9 minute video. It will be familiar to many here anyway. There was no verbal mention of this very unusual camouflage scheme at all. So the video is of some value with regard to the battle for Kassel, but don't expect to learn anything about the 'Octopus' camouflage. |
| Tango01 | 27 Sep 2020 3:53 p.m. PST |
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| mkenny | 27 Sep 2020 5:56 p.m. PST |
link Perhaps someone could send Mark Felton the link and he can update his Youtube video and present it all as his own 'original research'.
The comments on his films are so depressing. Its the blind leading the blind…………. |
| Marc33594 | 28 Sep 2020 6:26 a.m. PST |
Regardless very interesting link mkenny, thanks for providing it. |
| Legion 4 | 29 Sep 2020 9:28 a.m. PST |
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 deadhead | 29 Sep 2020 12:43 p.m. PST |
Legion 4, thanks for providing that link. I have oft seen that King Tiger with the reversed Swastika, but never realised the significance of its camouflage scheme. Which begs the question, did it work? A lot of effort goes into this. It looks awful however. It is not remotely as attractive as the "Ambush scheme" in Normandy, the dappled woodland effect. But even that we are now told that made not the slightest difference at the ranges WWII tank battles were fought. (But it looks superb on models, so maybe that is why they….etc) |
| Tango01 | 29 Sep 2020 12:49 p.m. PST |
Thanks!.
Amicalement
Armand
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| Legion 4 | 29 Sep 2020 3:50 p.m. PST |
I know many of the WWII German AFV camo schemes. But had to look this up to be sure. As it was late war and not wide spread. May try it on some of my 6mm Sci-fi Human AFVs ?  Did it work ? Well they lost, but we now have camo'd AFVs as SOP. Along with camo uniforms. Chalk it up to lessons learned, IMO … |
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