![]() During the battle, Tiger 131 was hit by three shots from 6-pounders from British Churchill tanks of A Squadron, 4 Troop of the 48th Royal Tank Regiment. On 21 April 1943, the tank was knocked out and captured on a hill called Djebel Djaffa during the preliminary phases of the Battle of Longstop Hill which opened the way to the capture of Tunis. 1 Company of the 504th Schwere Heeres Panzer Abteilung (German heavy tank battalion) in Tunisia during the North African Campaign bearing the turret number 131 by which it has come to be known. It was shipped to Tunisia between 12 March and 16 April 1943. ![]() The tank was completed in February 1943 with the chassis number 250112. It was built in Kassel, Germany with the hull being constructed by Henschel while the turret was made by Wegmann A. Known to the Allies as a Tiger I, the German model designation was a Panzerkampfwagen VI, Tiger I (E), SdKfz 181. This tank was used in the 2014 film Fury, the first time a real Tiger has appeared in a feature film since Theirs Is the Glory in 1946. ![]() Preserved at The Tank Museum in Bovington, England, it is the only operating Tiger tank in the world. Tiger 131 is a German Tiger I Heavy tank captured by the British 48th Royal Tank Regiment in Tunisia during World War II.
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