Restoration of the Vimoutiers Tiger tank
The restoration of the Tiger tank at Vimoutiers is a project that is still being talked about.
30 September 2016: Debate on the Vimoutiers Tiger tank repowering project
Source: Le Pays d’Auge
Author: Gilles Lefebvre
The project to re-engineer the Vimoutiers Tiger tank by the Cativen association does not meet with unanimous approval among certain purists.
The debate on the Tiger tank restoration project has been launched. The public meeting organised on Friday 23 September 2016 at the Salle Armontel in Vimoutiers, with a view to the official launch of the project by the Cativen association, was attended by around eighty people.
That’s a small number considering the importance of a project that extends far beyond the local community.
A witness to history
The meeting did, however, have the merit of presenting the project and explaining why the team led by Olivier Robert has set itself the goal of motorising the armoured vehicle. At the very least, it allows us to discuss the subject with full knowledge of the facts.
The specialists are unanimous: the Vimoutiers Tiger tank is unique. It is a witness to history, to the end of the Battle of Normandy, the beginning of the liberation of Europe from the Nazi yoke and the end of the Second World War. It also bears witness to a technology that was advanced for its time.
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