FOV german king tiger qustion

watsons_box · Post by **watsons_box** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 7:02 am

Hi, i recently bought a FOV german king tiger tank. I noticed that the gun barrel is a little loose from the turret. I could move it up and down but there still that "looseness" in the barrel. Is it really like that?

AMERICAN_GRENADIER · Post by **AMERICAN_GRENADIER** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 7:58 am

ive had this with one of my jagdpanthers. the barrel isnt tight in its socket.
ive heard of this from other collectors.

watsons_box · Post by **watsons_box** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 8:02 am

AMERICAN_GRENADIER wrote:ive had this with one of my jagdpanthers. the barrel isnt tight in its socket.
ive heard of this from other collectors.

so i guess this is "normal" ?

ostketten · Post by **ostketten** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 8:06 am

Is it really like that?

If you mean on a real King Tiger then the answer is no... probably not, unless it has been damaged or something. Any significant amount of slop like that on a real tank cannon would likely result in poor and/or inconsistent accuracy, and the 88mm gun on the KT was renowned for it's deadly long range accuracy.

watsons_box · Post by **watsons_box** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 8:40 am

ostketten wrote:
Is it really like that?
If you mean on a real King Tiger then the answer is no... probably not, unless it has been damaged or something. Any significant amount of slop like that on a real tank cannon would likely result in poor and/or inconsistent accuracy, and the 88mm gun on the KT was renowned for it's deadly long range accuracy.

yeah, im sure it isnt loose in the real thing. If that would happen then they would never have sent those tanks out in wwII. I was just referring to the fov king tiger if it is really like that.