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The Tigerfibel and Pantherfibel were crew instruction manuals for the German tanks of World War II, the Panzer VI Tiger heavy tank and the Panzer V Panther medium tank.
Like other manuals designated as Fibel, they were apparently intended to summarise what the crew needed to know for day-to-day use of the tank, and capture their interest. It is well-illustrated and much of it is written as poetry in a humorous manner. It is remarkably different from the usual style of a German tank manual of the period, describing its machinery and operations in tedious detail.
The manuals were approved by Heinz Guderian, the Inspector-General of Panzer troops.
References
- Brand, Wulf-D.: Tigerfibel, Teutonia publications, 1997. ISBN 0-938242-32-6
External links
- Flip-thru the complete Tigerfibel online with translations along with a short history
- Tigerfibel: Partial English online translation
- Tigerfibel: Complete German text with illustrations
- Pantherfibel
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