TIGER TANKS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 June 1943, Page 4

TIGER TANKS

BEING MASSED BY GERMANS IN HOPE OF BREAK THROUGH IN RUSSIA. SOME OF THE MONSTERS ALREADY TAKEN. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) (Received This Day, 12.10 p.m.) LONDON, June 6. Russian sources agree that the Germans at several points on .the Russian front at present are massing large numbers of 72-ton Tiger tanks, with which, it is believed, they intend to attempt another break through, German sources continue to mention indecisive Russian attacks at Krymskaya in

the Kuban area. The “Red Star” reports that Soviet troops have already captured a number of Tiger tanks, on which the German Command apparently is pinning its hope of breaching the Russian lines. The Germans have not yet used them extensively on the Russian front. The “Red Star’s” military expert, discussing the best method of dealing with the Tigers, declares that they lack manoeuvrability, because of their weight of armour and overloaded chassis, which make them vulnerable to heavy machine-guns and even to rifle fire. The Germans rely on the Tiger-s 88 millimetre guns to keep it out of range of its opponents. The Berlin radio reported that the Russians on Saturday night continued their attacks west-north-west of Krymskaya and flung in strong armoured formations, supported by planes. The radio claimed that the Axis forces partly repulsed the Russians, after fierce hand to hand fighting, which went on all night.