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Pair of Weathered Metal Tiger Tank Tracks [Early Production] (1:32 Scale)
Pair of Weathered Metal Tiger Tank Tracks [Early Production]

Forces of Valor Pair of Weathered Metal Tiger Tank Tracks [Early Production]


 
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Forces of Valor FOV882001 Pair of Weathered Metal Tiger Tank Tracks [Early Production] (1:32 Scale) "The gun and armor of the Tiger were superb, making it in many ways the most formidable tank in service. Even so, it was poor in maneuver, it was slow, and its turret was a slow traverser in action. It was a tank which was, at its best, immobile in ambush, when its killing power was very frightening."
- Douglas Orgill, "German Armor"

The design of the Tiger's track links begins with its predecessor vehicle, the VK 36.01. This prototype tank had 16 tires per side, arranged in 4 rows of 4 each. Each track link had two guide teeth. As shown in this diagram, two wheels straddled each tooth, with the locking flanges of their tires making intermittent contact with the tooth. By repeating this arrangement twice, and adding gaps at each end to grip the teeth of the sprocket wheel, the designers arrived at a width of 520mm for the track links of the VK 36.01. As usual in German designs, the links were symmetric about their center line. The spacing that I have shown between tires is only approximate, because I have seen no German diagrams of the wheels.

The wheels and tracks of the VK 36.01 were carried over into the VK 45.01 which became the Tiger E. But, about 4 months into the design, it was realized that the new tank's weight had become too much for the wheels.

As a result, one extra wheel was added to the outer end of each axle. The outer end of the track link was extended to make the overall width 725mm. This diagram shows the approximate locations of the new wheels; because the wheels were staggered on alternate axles, there are two new positions.

The sprocket wheel was unchanged, so the extended part of the track link now lay outside of the hole for the sprocket teeth. To compensate for the weakness at this hole a bridge was formed around it, as you can see at the right of the diagram. The depth of the track link was also increased by 10mm. The additional wheels had to be removed when the Tiger was configured for rail transport. Therefore the old 520mm track of the VK 36.01 was retained as the Tiger's 'transport' track. It is shown in this photo from Saumur museum.

Because the original track links were extended on the outside, they became asymmetric, with different links for the left and right sides of the Tiger. The first 20 tanks were shipped with such tracks. This obliged the crews to carry two kinds of spare links, so the manufacturers soon dropped the right-hand links and used the others exclusively on both sides of the vehicle.

The first unit to use Tigers, S.Pz.Abt. 502, apparently swapped around the tracks on some of their tanks to achieve the same end. In photographs of their Tigers, we can see some tanks carrying 'mirrored' tracks and others not.

Pictured here are a set of two (2) weathered metal tracks that can be attached to either the 1:32 scale Sturmtiger assault mortar or any of the Tiger I heavy tanks. Now in stock!

Release Date: March 2022

Features
  • Set of two (2) smooth rolling weathered metal tracks intended for use with the 1:32 scale Sturmtiger assault mortar and early production Tiger I tanks

Average Customer Review: Average Customer Review: 5 of 5 5 of 5 Total Reviews: 6 Write a review.

  1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 
5 of 5 Forces of Valour Tiger 1 metal tracks October 12, 2023
Reviewer: Rod Loesch from St. Albert, AB Canada  
Product arrived in a timely manner. Product as described. Product in excellent condition. Excellent fit. Worth the price to enhance. Would purchase from The Motor Pool again.

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5 of 5 Metal Tracks September 30, 2023
Reviewer: Timothy H. from scranton, PA United States  
Fast shipping

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5 of 5 Satisfied with Metal Tracks 9/10 August 11, 2022
Reviewer: Timur Begaliev from N Brunswick, NJ United States  
I love how aftermarket 1/35 scale metal tracks looks on 1/35 scale models. I liked how 1/32 scale metal tracks from FOV work. I had to clean them up a bit with a rag, because my hands became dirty after installing them on a Tiger tank. Would be nice to have tracks which do not make your hands dirty. That's why 9/10.

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5 of 5 Tiger Metal Tracks March 28, 2022
Reviewer: Donald Vermilya from Sterling, AK United States  
With the metal tracks you can finally get the correct sag for the tracks on the Tiger tanks.  No more gluing the tracks or weighting them down.

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5 of 5 Metal Tracks March 25, 2022
Reviewer: Donald Melvin from Hockessin, DE United States  
Great product.

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