can we see the the Baltahsar Woll sculpt mate?

Thanks for the compliments, guys!!!

Sorry... both figures are now in silicone.

Excellent work Taesung! I will necessarily buy.

Jason

I was just trying to make the long story short.

The reason I ever mentioned the callsigns of befehlstiger 007
(burrowed from the batallion commander von Westernhagen)
was to inform people that the figure has SS-Hauptsturmführer rank
which was the correct rank if anyone wants to place
the figure on Tiger 007. Many Wittmann figures have his rank
as SS-Obersturmführer, and modelers place it with Tiger 007
which is wrong in time frame. That's all!

Correction:
Wittmann was promoted to the battalion commander on July 10, 44.
So Befehlstiger #007 WAS his ride from then on.

AWESOME figure Taesung! Looking forward to adding these to my growing collection of Alpine figures.

There has been an EXHAUSTIVE bit of research done by Yann Jouault and others done over at Missing Links (I can't find the thread at the moment) which listed Tiger 231 as M. Wittman's probable, and pretty convincing, mount during his foray into Villers Bocage. If anyone has the link please post it here because I cant find it.

Jim Patrick

I don't have that link. But look at what Yann wrote to my post on ML:
http://www.network54.com/Forum/47212/message/1303492741/Is it too late -...

Hey Taesung perhaps this time you should have offered an option collar patch instead of an optional headdress....that way it could be VB or 007!!!!!

As Jim said there has been some pretty extensive rivit counting going on in the armour forums: 205 was Wittmanns mount en route to Normandie but was lost to mechanical break down, during which 101 was harrased constantly from the air. As 2 kompanie commander he spent a lot of time going backwards and forwards in a schwimmwagen. The suggestions for the Tiger he used at VB are now thought to be 212 or 231, not 222.

Known crew members at VB were: Walter Muller (driver), Gunther Jonas (radio), Guther Boldt (loader). A photo of the VB crew is on p.154 of 'Michael Wittmann and the Waffen SS Tiger Commanders of the Liebstandartre'.

007 had always been the mount of Heinz von westernhagen, the battalion commander and Wittmann's superior. When HvW went on sick leave, and Wittmann was promoted to battalion commander (something he probably didn't want as a lone hunter) he took over 007, and it was in this (command) Tiger he was killed by either a Northhaptonshire Yeomanry Firefly or a Canadian Sherman. His and the crews remains were found in the 1980's by Jean Paul Pallud, well worth a read.

Cheers,
Jon.

Hi!

According the book of François Bertin "D-Day Normandie" Hauptsturmführer Michael Witmann who was in charge of "Schwere SS panzer abteilung 101" was kill in a field near Cintheaux, is Tiger 007 was hit, no doubt, by a Thyphoon fighter bomb rocket, the explosion blasted the turret away killing the entire crew outright.

From achtung panzer:
"Mr.Serge Varin (French civilian, Serge Varin, who took the only known photo of the destroyed Tiger) found Tiger #007 in 1945, Mr.Varin was interested in this tank because its turret was teared away from the hull. Mr.Varin examined Wittmann's Tiger and noticed that it was not penetrated by any shells fired at it during the fighting. The only damage to the hull was a big hole in the rear, near the engine deck.


Remains of Wittmann's Tiger No.007

After further examination Mr.Varin concluded that the impact came from the air. The rocket hit Tiger's rear deck (made of 25mm thick armor), penetrated the air intakes and exploded causing the explosion in the engine compartment and fighting compartment which ignited the stored ammunition. The second explosion instantly killed the entire crew and blew off the turret into the air. According to Varin, Wittmann's Tiger was destroyed by a rocket fired from a Royal Air Force Hawker "Typhoon" MkIB - attack aircraft. Typhoons were armed with HE (High-explosive) rockets and took heavy tow of German tanks during the Normandy battles (for example on August 8th of 1944, Typhoons destroyed 135 German tanks and among those Tiger #007)."


I allways doubt the Firefly theory...

Cheers

Thanks everyone for the interests.

Firefy is more than capable of destroying a Tiger
in any reasonable combat range with its 19 pounder
main gun if I understand it correctly.

Jonathan,
I read somewhere that Wittmann hated Tiger command
version as it has an extra radio set installed in the turret
which gave less room for the crew and ammo...

In any case, #007 is a cooler number than #231. ;P

"Thanks everyone for the interests.

Firefy is more than capable of destroying a Tiger
in any reasonable combat range with its 19 pounder
main gun if I understand it correctly."

It is 17 pounder = 76,2mm and yes is capable firing normal ammunition could penetrate the front of a Tiger in 1km distance, but the Witmann´s tiger was hit in rear and it was in close combat.

This figures are to be released at May?

The sculpt is beautiful Taesung . I am a great admirer of your work, you are a true artist.

Did you ever consider doing a figure of Creighton Abrams, he commanded Thunderbolt VII (or would the be V or VI )

greetings,

Gert-Jan

Jason, did not know you were such an armor buff

I'll look into it.

Thanks a lot Jason! I entered the search critea just as you said and found 4-5 hours of my life gone! For those interested, here are the links:

http://www.network54.com/Forum/4720...ons of Villers-Bocage and account of Wittmann

http://www.network54.com/Forum/47207/thread/1027895848/The+Continuing+Quest+For+Wittmann%27s+Tiger+Number---

http://www.network54.com/Forum/47207/thread/1075504299/Tiger alert on HISTORY CHANNEL tonight!!

Just to sum everything up, Wittman's tiger when in Villers Bocage was either 212 or 231. Be warned!!! 4-5 hours of your life will dissapear....

BACK TO THE SUBJECT! Taesung, I am eagerly waiting for these figures to be available. Can you let us know the SECOND they're available? I don't care about painted versions, I know your sculpting AND your quality, I will give you a credit card number as soon as you tell me they're available.

Jim Patrick

Will do!

Congratulations Teasung to include Steve kirtley as your Dealer.