About a lone Tiger Tank on a mission (absurd), and also there is a scene where the Tiger submerges fully into a river to cross it using its snorkel system ( again absurd). Early Tigers were capable of submerging ,( this was was late in the war) it was never done, too much of a risk getting bogged/stuck in mud or obstacles under the river .
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Here’s an ongoing conversation on the movie to check
Sorry,trying to post the link to the ongoing conversation about the movie,can’t get it right
Yeah, the system seems a little wonky at the moment. It should take you to the thread, not the Youtube link,.
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Hi,
The best part is the ending of the movie. Everything takes place in the dead commander’s “dream”.
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I’ve watched a sort of abridged version on You Tube, with the important bits in. It seems they drive into the river and stop the engine. Then when the Russians have gone they restart and drive out. Is this possible? I seem to recall the original Tigers had “flapper valves” on the exhaust to allow them to drive into the water, but I always assumed the intention was to keep moving and the engine running. The submersible gear was to allow the crossing of waterways where the tank was too heavy for the bridges, not so it could go and hide in the water.
I am in no way familiar with the deep water fording capabilities of the Tiger tank, but from the general knowledge aspect. I understand that it is not a very good idea to shut off an engine during fording operations. Some of the risks with shutting off the engine are bilge pumps stop functioning. Tanks are not submarines. Many still leak after being prepared for fording, which leads to flooding if the pumps aren’t working. The greater risk is if there is a failure to restart. The best way to prevent a start failure is to simply not shut off the engine. Flapper valves (at least the ones I am familiar with do not seal the exhaust. The exhaust pressure helps prevent water from filling the engine. But if the engine is off, there is no positive pressure and therefore no way to keep water out. I would suspect that, assuming that the flapper valves are capable of sealing the exhaust from flooding, water pressure in deep water could make it very difficult to restart an engine. At cranking speeds theres very little exhaust pressure and I would suspect that in deep water, there may not be enough exhaust pressure to overcome water pressure at depth. In my opinion it was a stupid idea, but thats the movies. First, I highly doubt that the crew in the tank could hear enemy armor on land, at the bottom of the lake. Second, if the enemy is running around in their own armor and it was loud enough for the Tiger crew to hear them at the bottom of the lake, the enemy crew wasn’t going to hear a running submerged Tiger.
Ed
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It was a complete fantasy - nice CAD’s of a Tiger l, though.
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i was repelled by the desing of commander’s hat, as it looked too Soviet style…
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