Dear gentlemen i I seek advice from the wise , can anyone help me out with pictures or a description of the smoke "candles"used on the early to mid tiger tanks i refer to the 6 pots mounted on the turret sides 3 a side not the mine launchers on the decking x5 . I have read about and seen the launchers on tiger 131 at bovington but no one seems to know what the actual munition looks like . I understand they were only used for a very short time due to the fact that the smoke could be drawn into the tank and disable the crew and also they were prone to small arms damage that could set them off accidently so they were either left empty by the crew or later the mounts were just cut off the turrets and a safer launcher was fitted that could be loaded and fired from inside the tank like a small torpedo tube powered by a hand held pistol that supplied the lifting power . the deck launchers fired a veriant of the standatd s mine explosive /shrapnel for close defence of the tank but the smokers were used for cover to aid in retreat or repositioning of the tank .any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated photos would be brilliant .Thanks in advance for any help you can offer cool militaria .
all the best. Rob