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Among other variants of the Tiger, a heavily armoured casemate self-propelled rocket projector, today commonly known as the Sturmtiger, was built, which mounted a 38 cm/15in rocket launcher.[56] A tank recovery version of the Porsche Tiger I (Bergetiger), and one Porsche Tiger I, was issued to the 654th Heavy Tank Destroyer Battalion, which was equipped with the Ferdinand/Elefant.In Italy, a demolition carrier version of the Tiger I without a main gun was built by maintenance crews in an effort to find a way to clear minefields. It is often misidentified as a BergeTiger recovery vehicle. As many as three may have been built. It carried a demolition charge on a small crane on the turret in place of the main gun. It was to move up to a minefield and drop the charge, back away, and then set the charge off to clear the minefield. There is no verification of any being used in combat.
Tiger tank : Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger I Ausf. ...
The Tiger II is a German heavy tank of the Second World War. The final official German designation was Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B,[notes 1] often shortened to Tiger B.[8] The ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. 182.[8] (Sd.Kfz. 267 and 268 for command vehicles). It was also known informally as the Königstiger[8] (German for Bengal tiger and also, literally, "King Tiger").[9][10] Contemporaneous Allied soldiers usually called it the King Tiger or Royal Tiger.[citation needed]
The Tiger II was the successor to the Tiger I, combining the latter's thick armour with the armour sloping used on the Panther medium tank. The tank weighed almost 70 tonnes, and was protected by 100 to 185 mm (3.9 to 7.3 in) of armour to the front.[11] It was armed with the long barrelled 8.8 cm KwK 43 L/71 anti-tank cannon.[notes 2] The chassis was also the basis for the Jagdtiger turretless Jagdpanzer anti-tank vehicle.[12]
The Tiger II served as the basis for one production variant, the Jagdtiger casemated tank destroyer,[12] and a proposed Grille 17/21/30/42 self-propelled mount for heavy guns which never reached production.[29]
hey, the tiger was design to face the british matilda and churchill tanks, not as most people believe, to fight the KV and T-34 tanks. it was used on the fronts because of these tanks, not to fight them.the german army had no other IFV capable of destroying a T-34 or KV tank, except for the panther
The Tiger II is a German heavy tank of the Second World War. The final official German designation was Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B, often shortened to Tiger B. The ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. 182. (Sd.Kfz. 267 and 268 for command vehicles). It was known as King Tiger by Allied soldiers, and is also known under the informal name Königstiger (the German name for the Bengal tiger which translates literally as Royal Tiger). The name Königstiger was never used in contemporary German documentation, but was used extensively after the war.The Tiger II was the successor to the Tiger I, combining the latter's thick armour with the armour sloping used on the Panther medium tank. The tank weighed almost 70 tonnes, and was protected by 100 to 185 mm (3.9 to 7.3 in) of armour to the front. It was armed with the long barrelled 8.8 cm KwK 43 L/71 anti-tank cannon. The chassis was also the basis for the Jagdtiger turretless Jagdpanzer anti-tank vehicle.The Tiger II was issued to heavy tank battalions of the Army and the Waffen-SS. It was first used in combat by 503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion during the Allied invasion of Normandy on 11 July 1944; on the Eastern Front, the first unit to be outfitted with the Tiger II was the 501st Heavy Panzer Battalion, which by 1 September 1944 listed 25 Tiger IIs operational.
Many people do not realise that the composition of a German Heavy Tank Battalion was not made up solely of Tiger Tanks. Early on in the war they would comprise of tiger tanks supported by Panzer Mark III tanks. In 1942 for example the standard formation would be 20 Tiger Tanks and 16 Panzer III tanks. They would be split into two companies of four platoons of two Tigers and two Panzer IIIs each. The company commander would have an additional Tiger and Battalion command would have an additional two.
Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausf. B Tiger II (Sd.Kfz.182), commonly referred to as the Königstiger, or "Royal Tiger," although the translation "Bengal Tiger" is also widely accepted. It was a German heavy tank, the largest and heaviest tank used in combat during World War II. Production problems caused by the continuing disintegration of the Third Reich and constant air raids resulted in the production of only 487 units of this vehicle between January 1944 and March 1945. Tiger II was equipped with a powerful 88mm caliber gun. Thick armor, considerable weight, limited mobility, unreliable engine and destructive armament are all characteristics of this huge tank. Despite numerous flaws, the tank was extremely dangerous for any Allied unit and created panic wherever it appeared. Its fame has survived to this day and it is still an extremely recognizable tank both in the historical and pop culture sphere.
Ein Wunderwerk deutscher Technik entstand in dem neuen Panzertyp "Königstiger". Aus seinem mächtigen schwergepanzerten Stahlleib ragt drohend das riesige Rohr eines tausendfach bewährten Flakgeschützes.Einsatzbereit stehen sie in Reih und Glied. 041b061a72