Color key:

• [Panel numbers are in red.]
• Editorial comments are in green.
• Japanese kana/kanji text is in purple (viewing this requires that your browser has Japanese fonts installed, or you can activate Shodouka(©) to convert it to images for you).
• Romanized Japanese text is in blue italics.
• The translated English text is in the default color (usually black).

[Panel 1]

Carius personally supervises the re-fueling of his tanks.   Soldiers pump fuel from 50 gallon drums by hand.

カリウス達に とっては 虎は 伝説では なく現実 だった。
Kariusu-tachi ni totte wa tora wa densetsu dewa naku genjitsu datta.
  For Carius and his men, the Tiger was not a legend---it was real.

「オイ、ねるなヨ。」
  "Oi, neruna yo."
    "Hey, don't sleep!"

補給は いつも 深夜に なった。
Hokyuu wa itsumo shinya ni natta.
  Supper was always at midnight.

[Panel 2]

Three Germans, soldiers by day and mechanics by night, work in the engine compartment of a Tiger tank.

整備に さらに 時間を とられる。
Seibi ni sarani jikan o torareru.
  It took more time for adjustment.

自分達で できることは 自分達で やるのだ。
Jibun-tachi de dekiru koto wa jibun-tachi de yaru no da.
  The things that they can do by themselves, they do.

「こりゃ、あけてみる しかないぜ。」
  "Korya, akete miru shikanai ze."
     "I have to open it up."

SFX:
トホホ
tohoho
  (sigh)

「レンチとって。」
  "Renchi totte."
    "Get me a wrench."

[Panel 3]

Exhausted from battle and work, the men eat.

すべてが すんでから 一日一度のチャンと しためしに なる。
Subete ga sunde kara ichinichi-ichido no chan to shita meshi ni naru.
  After finishing up everything, it became time for the once-daily meal.

手ずかみで くった。
Tezukami de kutta.
  They ate with their hands.

「くわなきゃダメですぜ。」
  "Kuwanakya dame desu ze."
    "You have to eat."

フォーク なんか とっくに なくした。
Fouku nanka tokkuni nakushita.
  They'd lost the forks and so forth long ago.

[Panel 4]

Four German soldiers enter their shelter for the night---a grass-covered earthen cellar---through a small wooden door.

SFX:
ズズーン
zuzuun
  (sound of artillery in the distance) [?]

「ヒャー、ねむれるぞ。」
  "Hyaa, nemurero zo."
    "Whew, we can sleep."

SFX:
ヨレヨレ
yoreyore
  (staggering)

「ストーブ ほしい．．．」
  "Sutoubu hoshii..."
    "I want a stove..."

芝生で おおった室、芋や 野菜を 保存する 穴
Shibafu de ootta muro, imo ya yasai o hozon suru ana
  A mound, covered by grass, where they preserved potatoes, vegetables, etc.

[Panel 5]

The soldiers huddle close together in the dark amongst mounds of potatoes.

着のみ 着のままだ。
Ki-nomi ki no mama da.
  They had only the clothes on their backs.

疲れきっているので、寒さも かんじない。
Tsukarekitte iru node, samusa mo kanjinai.
  Since they were exhausted, they didn't feel even the cold.

たちまち 朝に なる。
Tachimachi asa ni naru.
  Suddenly it became morning.

SFX:
スヤ  ゴゴゴ
suya      gogogo
  (sound of snoring) [?]

「起床！　オキローッ。」
  "Kishou!  Okirou."
    "Get up!  Wake up!"

「エ．．．」
  "E..."
    "Eh..."

[Panel 6]

As the stars still shine, the sleeping Tiger tanks are brought to life by their reluctant crews.

暗い内に 持場に もどって いなければ ならない。
Kurai uchi ni mochiba ni modotte inakereba naranai.
  Before it got bright, they had to go back to their post.

SFX:
ヘックション
hekkushon
  (sneezing)

SFX:
ヨレヨレヨ
yoreyoreyo
  (staggering)

[Panel 7]

We see the tank crew (via cut-away) trapped in their tank as shells fall around them.  Miyazaki's editor (last seen on Page 150, Panel 1) comments again on Miyazaki's rendering of the Tiger's caterpillar tracks; Miyazaki (again portraying himself as a pig) gives the same response as before.

ひたすら待つ。 ズーッと待つ。とにかく耐える。
Hitasura matsu.  Zutto matsu.  Tonikaku taeru.
  Nothing but waiting.  A lot of waiting.  Somehow or other, they endure.

気まぐれな 一発で 貴重な クルーを 失っては ならない。
Kimagurena ippatsu de kichouna kuruu o ushinatte wa naranai.
  They must not lose a precious crewmember to a capricious single shot.

外へ 出るのは 厳禁だ。
Soto e deru no wa genkin da.
  Going outside is strictly prohibited.

かくて室内は もうれつに くさくなっていく。
Kakute shitsunai wa mouretsu ni kusaku natte iku.
  Thus, the interior stunk fiercely.

SFX:
ドロドロ
dorodoro
  (? - pebbles from explosions bouncing off front of tank, perhaps?)

「あのさァ．．．」
  "Ano saa..."
    "Er..."  [- Tomi]

「ムリです。」
  "Muri desu."
    "It's impossible."  [- Miyazaki-pig]

[Panel 8]

An oil lamp glows brightly on the floor of the tank.

あんまり寒いので、石油 ランプを 持ち込んだのだ。
Anmari samui node, sekiyu ranpu o mochikonda no da.
  Because it was so cold, someone brought in an oil lamp.

こいつが すごい ススを 出す。
Koitsu ga sugoi susu o dasu.
  This produced a horrible soot.

シンの出し スギ
Shin no dashi sugi
  Turning up the wick too much  [arrow pointing to lamp wick]

[Panel 9]

Carius and one of the crew stamp out lice inside the tank.   The interior walls are now coated with soot from the oil lamp.

室内に 白い所は どこも なくなった。
Shitsunai ni shiroi tokoro wa dokomo nakunatta.
  There were no white surfaces left in the interior.

それに シラミが 大量 発生。
Soreni shirami ga tairyou-hassei.
  Moreover, there was a massive outbreak of lice.

「コノッ　コノッ。」
  "Kono kono."
    "This, this..."

SFX:
プチッ  プチッ
puchi        puchi
  (sound of lice being crushed)

[Panel 10]

A lone German soldier is seen running away on a different kind of mission.  Miyazaki (again as a pig in the lower right corner) tells us more than we need to know.

うんこは 暗くなってから、ひとりづつ外に 出てした。
Unko wa kurakunatte kara, hitori zutsu soto ni dete shita.
  Excretion: After it got dark, they went out one by one.

団体は キケンなのだ。
Dantai wa kiken na no da.
  Doing it in groups was dangerous.

「はやくーっ！」
  "Hayaku-!"
    "Hurry!"

「そんな。」
  "Sonna."
    "No way."

「カミなしです。」
  "Kami nashi desu."
    "No paper."  [- Miyazaki-pig]

[Panel 11]

A soldier empties an 88mm shell casing.  The contents are not factory spec.  Miyazaki (ever the humorist in that lower right corner) adds to the knowledge base of a tank soldier's life.

おしっこは 車内で すました。
Oshikko wa shanai de sumashita.
  Urine:  They did it in an empty shell case.

「いけね、凍っちゃった。」
  "Ike ne, kootchatta."
    "Ah, it froze."

「８８は たくさん入るのだ。」
  "88 wa takusan hairu no da."
    "The 88 could contain a lot."  [- Miyazaki-pig]

[Panel 12]

As Russian troops push an artillery piece up a steep incline, a Russian officer and soldier admire their efforts from below.

ロシア兵は あきらめない。
Roshia hei wa akiramenai.
  The Russian army didn't give up.

次々と 何かしら しかけて来た。
Tsugitsugi to nanika shira shikakete kita.
  They challenged them constantly.

SFX:
ウンセ
unse
  (the soldiers' shout)

Mottos:
　祖国
  Sokoku
      Homeland

　執拗
  Shitsuyou
      Persistence

　不屈
  Fukutsu
      Indomitability

　愚直
  Guchoku
      Tactless frankness

　ひとつおぼえ
  Hitotsu oboe
      Memory sticks to one thing

　夜昼なし
  Yoruhiru nashi
      No day and night

「よくやりますね。」
  "Yoku yarimasu ne."
    "They are hard-working, aren't they."

「それが ロシア人だ。」
  "Sore ga roshia-jin da."
    "That's why they are Russian."

[Panel 13]

Russian troops survey the damage at the railroad bunker.

でも 土手から 姿を 出すと、すぐ 虎が 来た。
Demo dote kara sugata o dasu to, sugu tora ga kita.
  But when they showed up from the railroad bunker, the Tigers always came out quickly.

「コマを とばしてこわすな！！」
  "Koma o tobashite kowasu na!!"
    "Don't skip over the coma, or break down!!" [?]

[Panel 14]

German troops are aghast as Carius emerges from his tank in a cloud of lice and soot.

そいつは 世界一 きたない虎 だった。
Soitsu wa sekai-ichi kitanai tora datta.
  That was the filthiest Tiger in the world.

SFX:
プハッ  モワッ
puha         mowa
  (sounds of clouds of dirt rising from open tank turret)

「出たァ。」
  "Detaa."
    "He came out!"

[Panel 15]

A Russian officer makes a vain attempt at taunting our hero by shouting into a microphone as a loudspeaker blares out over the battlefield.

SFX:
カリウス  ウスラバカ  ブタ  出ベソブタ       ナチのブタ
Kariusu        usurabaka       buta     de beso buta             nachi no buta
  Carius         stupid               pig        big belly button pig    Nazi pig  [sounds from loudspeaker]

「ウルサイナー。」
  "Urusai naa."
    "Shut up."

つづく
Tsuzuku
  To be continued

本格的 戦争は まだ 始っていない。
Honkakuteki-sensou wa mada hajimatte inai.
  The real war had not started yet.

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