1944 Cintheaux, France

vector123 wrote:

sure that would be greatly apprieciated.  browniii keep reading down the article to the most recent claim and also you should watch Battlefield Mysterys.  all im having trouble with is the landscaping. ps there were so many tanks in the battle that im not going to get them all im going to shorten the numbers abit.

You know what, I did read it, but I got the names mixed up...   I'm glad you directed me back to it.  Interesting stuff.  Interesting stuff indeed.

So, OK, you need pics of the village...

HO means "Half O" scale, or 1/87th, the most popular model railroad scale.. Roco makes a lot of armor in HO scale.. When you said you were build a dio with a bunch of vehicles, I assumed you'd be working in a small scale...

You doing this in 1/35th?  What are your base dimensions and how many vehicles are you using?

sure that would be greatly apprieciated.  browniii keep reading down the article to the most recent claim and also you should watch Battlefield Mysterys.  all im having trouble with is the landscaping.

ps there were so many tanks in the battle that im not going to get them all im going to shorten the numbers abit.

Osprey makes a book on that particular engagement- Firefly Vs Tiger....

http://www.ospreypublishing.com/store/Sherman-Firefly-vs-Tiger-_9781846031502

Here is the excerpt I was referring to (Itallics are mine):

"Michael Wittmann was killed on August 8, 1944 while taking part in a counterattack to retake Hill 122, near the town of St. Aignan de Cramesnil. The town and surrounding high ground had been captured a few hours previously by Anglo-Canadian forces during Operation Totalize.^[21][22]

A group of seven Tiger tanks from the 3rd Company and HQ Company, Schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 101 supported by several Panzer IV and Stug IV were ambushed by tanks from A Squadron, 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry, 33rd Armoured Brigade, A Squadron, the Sherbrooke Fuisilier Regiment, 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade and B Squadron, The 144 Royal Armoured Corps, 33rd Armoured Brigade.^{[23][7][24][10][9][22]}

The killing shots have long been thought to have come from a Sherman Firefly of ‘3 Troop', A Squadron, 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry (commander - Sergeant Gordon; gunner - Trooper Joe Ekins), which was positioned in a wood called Delle de la Roque on the advancing Tigers' right flank^[25] at approximately 12:47.^[26]

It appears the shells penetrated the upper hull of the tank and ignited the Tiger's own ammunition, causing a fire which engulfed the tank and then blew off the turret.^[27]"

vector123 wrote:

It was but the Canadian forces that distroyed the tank were behind a wall that was just beside one of the towns.

I thought the wiki article implies that this claim for his death is inaccurate.  That the forces most likely responsible were in a treeline opposite the town?

vector123 wrote:

i need pics of the field his tank was destroyed in and the wall the canadian forces were behind. Heres a link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/michael_wittman

The link you posted does not work.  Try this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wittman.  According to that link the only known picture of the tank was taken a year after its destruction.  The picture is included.  If you are doing a dio of the site, it does not look like you'll need much of the village - the tank appears to be in the middle of a field.

i need pics of the field his tank was destroyed in and the wall the canadian forces were behind.

Heres a link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/michael_wittman