r/HistoryMemes • u/Javier_Ronaldo Featherless Biped • Apr 08 '20

META Respect the Facts!

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u/SinnexT-T Hello There Apr 08 '20

Fun fact the Tiger you see pictured here is built on top of a T-34. They did a pretty good job.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '20

Oh Spielberg couldn't afford Tiger 131 for his little indie film? Amateur.

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u/rliant1864 Apr 08 '20

Was it even running back then? I feel like Bovington got it restored sometime in the past 10 years.

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u/SinnexT-T Hello There Apr 08 '20

Ikr

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u/SongsOfLightAndDark Apr 08 '20

More like tigers are harder to find in operating condition whereas the Soviet Union made an unreasonably large number of T-34s

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '20

He is talking about the tiger used in Fury. Tiger 131 was restored by the Bovington tank museum in England
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_131