Tank Chats #47 King Tiger | The Tank Museum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuDuBwAhRa4&t=337s
"Doktor Porsche's folly?".......... Porshe had
NOTHING to do with the design of the turret even though it has been erroneously referred to as the "Porsche turret " for years.
Both turrets were designed by Krupp
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Henschel won the design contract, and all Tiger IIs were produced by the firm. Two turret designs were used in production vehicles. The initial design is often misleadingly called the "Porsche" turret due to the misbelief that it was designed by Porsche for their Tiger II prototype; in fact it was the initial Krupp design for both prototypes
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All of the turrets for the vehicles were the result of work by Krupp as the sole designer
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https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/g...onigstiger.php
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The first batch of turrets, made by Krupp originally for the now-canceled VK45.02(P2) project, did not go to waste and were modified with hydraulic traverse in place of the electrically-powered traverse. These were subsequently fitted to the first 50 VK45.03 chassis from Henschel. These have often been referred to, incorrectly, as the ‘Porsche’ turrets. The subsequent turret, also commonly and incorrectly referred to as the ‘Henschel’ turret
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"Doktor Porsche's folly?"....is what is currently referred to as "misinformation"
AND FINALLY
https://www.onthewaymodels.com/revie...orscheprev.htm
This is the
FIRST LINE on the review
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Yes, I know . . . before anyone emails me to correct me that technically this isn't a "Porsche" turret, I know that Krupp actually built both turret styles, but everybody (including Revell) calls this a Porsche turret, so that's what it's being called here.
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But
no one, up until this post, ever refers to as "Doktor Porsche's folly"
