Pz.Kpw. VI Tiger Ausf. H1 „100“

On 18. January 1943 spearheads of the 67. Soviet Army (Leningrad Front) and 2. Soviet Shock Army (Volkhov Front) met at Shlisselburg, to fight a way free to Leningrad. Due to this the 1. Company of s.Pz.Abt. 502 (Battle Group Hühner) in a pincer movement out of which it escaped. At that the Tiger with turret number 100 (chassis 250009) got stuck in the swamp near workers colony P5. This 61. Soviet Tank Brigade was able to capture the tank, the first Tiger ever, intact. It was sent to be studied and was in 1943 displayed in the Gorky-Park in Moscow.