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Sources say that this is the famed second Tiger I the Hoebig collection was restoring? that would make it the infamous FrankenTigers little brother. The Frankentiger that was displayed at Munster since April 2013, belonged to the Hoebig Collection. Herr Hoebig, who reconstructed this tank, was once the owner of the Trun scrapyard in Normandy. Knowing that several Tiger I's were cut up in that scrapyard, he probably took all the Tiger I bits and pieces and started welding them back together again. Some other parts like the barrel and wheels came from Latvia (Kurland area) and the hull and front wheels came from Nahabino military training grounds. This second Tiger from the Hoebig Collection also came from the Nahabino military training grounds. The Frankentiger was sold to fund a second Tiger project, a project that was supposed to make a second Tiger I in compleet running condition, not because of some German government conspiracy
