"The captured tank near Workers' Village #5 has the following tactical-technical characteristics:
- Combat mass: 75-80 tons
- Size:
- Length: 6.25 meters
- Width: 3.6 meters
- Height: 2.95 meters
- Clearance: 0.4 meters
- Armour:
- Front: 110 mm
- Side: 75 mm
- Horizontal: 30 mm
- Turret: 65 mm
- Rear: 80 mm
- Driver's viewport: 190 mm
- Armament:
- 1 88 mm gun
- 2 7.6 mm machineguns
- Ammunition:
- 86 88 mm shells
- Amount of fuel tanks: 4
- Amount of oil tanks: 1
- Engine: Maybach, engine power unknown at up to 4000 RPM
- Track length in contact with ground: 4.5 meters
- Track width: 0.73 m
- Crew: 5
- Sights and periscopes: 3
The vehicle is controlled with an oil-hydraulic system. The gearbox is oil-hydraulic, 8 speed, positioned in the front of the vehicle."
This is a clearly preliminary report, as the information is, well, rather off, but there can be no question about it, this vehicle is one of the first Tiger tanks captured by the Red Army.
The "mistakes were made" tag can apply to multiple nations here.
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