Bergepanzer VI "Bergetiger" (with Tracks 2 mod)
Bergepanzer VI. "Bergetiger"
Note: I'm usually not into using modded parts but this time I decided to try out MOPCKOEDNISHE's Tracks 2 mod on my latest build. I could pretty much replicate the look of the original Tiger's tracks with this mod so I have to say it's pretty great, it has a very wide scale of customization so pretty much any real tank's tracks can be reproduced with it, really cool. Anyways, no other changes are made on this release of the Bergetiger (apart from lower part count of course) even the controls are the same, it's just a test of this mod.
I didn't make any new gifs or screenshots either so those represent the original version.
Have fun!
Tho I said the Sturmtiger was the last version of my 10k Tiger I, but after the 1.8 update with the magnet and the winch I decided to give a shot the one remaining known variation of the Tiger I haven't built yet, the Bergetiger. This was a version was modified from a Tiger E by field engineers to be a field recovery vehicle.
History
The Bergetiger wasn't produced officially, it was more likely the result of a field modification by engineers as only one was ever found and there isn't much official infomation about it.
In June, 1944 advancing allied forces in Italy, found a strange abandoned Tiger which had its main gun removed and replaced with a crane. After many other modified german vehicles like the Bergepanzer III, IV or the Bergepanther, the Allies named it the Bergetiger. No other Bergetigers were ever recovered. The exact number of built Bergetigers remains unknown and so does its purpose. The crane was examined by allied engineers and it turned out to be too weak to tow a tank with it so it can't really be used a field recovery vehicle, more likely as a field repair vehicle or to lay/clear minefields and other battlefield obstacles. Unfortunately, no example of it survived to this day.
Now let's talk about my build:
I started working on this about two months ago and most of the build was finished by May (2019) but then my matura exams came and I had to focus on that, that's why I finished this just build now.
The controls are very different from the original Tiger as the Bergetiger has a very different function. It doesn't have weaponry at all (the machine gun in the front is just decoration). Instead, it has a crane with a magnet which you can use to move stuff around.
The features:
Here's a demonstration:
Crane movement:
Working suspension:
Magnet:
And the light:
Controls:
Pitch - Go Forward/Reverse
Roll - Turn
VTOL - Extend crane
Trim - Rotate Turret
Throttle - Extend winch
Yaw - Rotate Magnet (to control the rotation of the object you are lifting)
AG1 - Activate magnet
AG2 - Fix position (I placed 4 pistons under the tank which you can activate to make sure the tank won't roll away while you are using the crane)
AG7 - Lights
CAM1 - Crane cam for better view
CAM2 - Magnet cam for better aiming
I also made another build which you can use to have fun with:
A knocked-out AI Tiger tank (click here)
This tank has removable turret, engine cover and engine, plus a little interior. Spawn it down anywhere as AI and then using the Bergetiger's magnet, you can take it apart and put it back together, it's not an easy task.
Have fun with this wunderschön panzer!
Other versions:
- 10k Tiger
- Tiger 131
- Tiger 131 with Tracks 2 mod
- Tiger 237 "Stefan"
- Sturmtiger
- Bergetiger
- Knocked-out AI Tiger
- Tiger with interior
Specifications
Spotlights
- marcox43 4.8 years ago
General Characteristics
- Successors 2 airplane(s) +7 bonus
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 12.6ft (3.8m)
- Length 22.4ft (6.8m)
- Height 12.9ft (3.9m)
- Empty Weight 51,259lbs (23,250kg)
- Loaded Weight 52,234lbs (23,693kg)
Performance
- Wing Loading N/A
- Wing Area 0.0ft2 (0.0m2)
- Drag Points 8262
Parts
- Number of Parts 345
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 905
Required Mods
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Tracks 2
by MOPCKOE_DNISHE
Version 0.8 (7/7/2019 12:08:39 PM)
View Mod Page
View Mod on Steam Workshop
@BMilan Thank you!
@wonkapilot Here it is: https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/8G9qr6/Pz-Kpfw-VI-Tiger-I-131-with-Tracks-2-mod
If possible, could you put tracks on your Tiger 131 please?
@BMilan
Thanks, i will upload it unlisted when i get the chance
@ThatAircraftCompany yea sure, but I can only help next week as Im not home currently
@BMilan
Could you help with a tank I'm building by getting the suspension where it doesn't bounce horribly going over curbs at Wright and Yeager when I'm done?
@ThatAircraftCompany almost all of them. I haven't even read the instructions on the mod's original page, just downloaded it and kept trying and testing to see which one does what and I recommend doing this. Download this build and see for yourself what did I change and in what way 😉
What values did you use to get the tracks mod to look like that?
Thanks @TheAmericanPilot
Sorry
@Cashewisacoolcat We'll see. For now, I have a bunch of other projects to finish (check out my back from hiatus! post to see what projects I am working on at the moment)
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Can you make the Sherman recovery vehicle
@TheAmericanPilot sry, I had to reupload it, screwed some stuff up, but it's good now (sry for the inconvenience)