Last chance to see Tiger I tank in Dorset for 2022
It'll take part in a display next month
The world’s only running Tiger I tank will make its final outing of the year, in Dorset next month.
Tiger 131 runs only twice a year, on Tiger Day at the Tank Museum.
You can see the WW2 icon on 17 September during a 45-minute display, including its ‘Fury’ movie co-star, the Sherman tank ‘Fury’.
The day will also feature the Panzer III, Comet, Chaffee and more, visitors will be able to get up close to vehicles in the Tank Park and explore military history traders set amongst the Museum collection.
Museum Curator David Willey said, “A significant amount of work goes into keeping the Tiger running and it is extremely fragile and liable to faults.
“During the war it took 10 hours of maintenance for every hour the Tiger ran – now it takes the museum staff and engineers an astonishing 200 hours.”
The Tiger tank was a formidable weapon introduced by the Nazis and the capture of 131 allowed the allies to understand exactly what had been unleashed.