About one-third of the gun barrel is restored with a Panther gun, and it still contains its original gearbox and engine. December 44 Museum, La Gleize, Belgium. A cosmetically restored Tiger II (production turret) Hull number 280273, built in October 1944. His Tiger II tank is now held at the December 1944 Museum in La Gleize, Belgium. Décembre 44 | Rue de l'église 7B | B-4987 La Gleize | Tél : +32 (0)80 78.51.91 | The Tiger II with number 213 was disabled defending the Werimont Farm. When the Americans came to clean up all wreckage from the battlefield in 1945, Ms. Jenny Geenen-Dewez exchanged the tank for a bottle of cognac in July 1945. The American tanks fired back and blew off the front third of Dollingers tank's gun.
The Kampfgruppe Peipers had to leave about six tanks. Tags: None. boyouLaGleize. Ricky 1971. has uploaded 11759 photos to Flickr.
Price: a bottle of Cognac.The imposing Tiger was moved into the main square of La Gleize and later restored by welding part of an original Panther barrel and muzzle brake from one of Skorzeny's disguised tanks left near Malmedy, to the remaining part of the Tiger barrel.213 has chassis serial number 280273, which indicates it was assembled in October 1944.King tiger #213 standing next to the presbytary that is now housing the December 44 Museum. Hello gents, after a good meeting with a canadian guy from WAF and his wife,we drive to La Gleize and what a good surprised,Tiger II received it new camo paint.Not finish at this moment but probably soon. Rue de l’Eglise 7, 4987 La Gleize; More Info. All that time the Tiger II has only had a three-quarters cannon. 213 was initialy the tank of section leader SS-Unterscharführer Franz Faustmann, but Dollinger was using it later at La Gleize.213, another Tiger (221) and a PzKw IV were defending the Werimont Farm high ground on the outskirts of La Gleize.
Turret number 213 from s.SS Pz.Abt 501. It has been cosmetically restored and is displayed at the entrance to the museum. She has exchanged for a bottle of cognac. In July 1945, the Königstiger' 213' was salvaged by three Sherman tanks. Madame Jenny Geenen-Dewez bought the tank in July 1945 from the American troops that where clearing the village. Explore Ricky 1971. It is unknown whether or not Dollinger started the attack on December 16 in 213, or whether he had moved to it after his original tank had dropped out. At the end of 1951, the Tiger II was towed a 50 metres using another Sherman disposal tank to its current location.
Hantusch's Kingtiger got also severely hit and both tank crews had to bail out. In 1945 the wrecks of the Germans were destroyed by the American genius and collected. Tiger II, La Gleize. Tiger 213 was used as a platoon command tank by SS-Obersturmführer Helmut Dollinger during the final battles around La Gleize. In 1971 the tank was sprayed in the grey-blue colour of the German tanks from 1940. It was restored in 1972 and the tank was sandblasted and repainted. This operation was subsequently repeated twice more until 1993.JavaScript is required for this feature, but it is either disabled or not supported by your browser. This Tiger II nr 213 by Obersturmführer Dollinger is one of the vehicles left behind by Peipers 1st SS Panzer Regiment in 1944 when he had to withdraw from la Gleize. Tiger II was abandoned just outside of La Gleize on December 19th, 1944. After the war itfor a bottle of cognac from salvaging GIs by the local innkeeper's wife, thus saving it for posterity.When the battle was lost, Peiper left 135 armored vehicles in La Gleize including SS-Obersturmführer Dollinger's Tiger 213, which is on display at the December 44 Museum.Dollinger, suffering from a head wound, took cover in the cellar of the Werimont farm.