?? Tiger Tank " Hand Crank Engine Start Up "

The hand crank starter, is the recommended way of starting a Tiger in cold weather conditions, because batteries in WW2 were not very reliable, the tank also has an electric starter. The hand crank turns a heavy flywheel at the rear of the engine, when it reaches a high rotation speed, a pin is pushed or pulled, this connects the spinning flywheel to the crank shaft, which spins up the pistons thus starting the engine.