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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. It was the costliest German tank to produce at the time. 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. [12]
The Tiger I (German: ⓘ) was a German heavy tank of World War II that began operational duty in 1942 in Africa and in the Soviet Union, usually in independent heavy tank battalions.
B Tiger II (Sd.Kfz.182), pot. Königstiger – niemiecki czołg ciężki, największy i najcięższy czołg II wojny światowej użyty w walce. Urząd Uzbrojenia Wojsk Lądowych we wrześniu 1943 roku rozpisał przetarg na czołg ciężki, który miałby zająć miejsce wozu PzKpfw.
A German heavy tank battalion (German: "schwere Panzerabteilung", short: "s PzAbt") was a battalion-sized World War II tank unit of the German Army during World War II, equipped with Tiger I, and later Tiger II, heavy tanks.
14 wrz 2019 · The Tiger II, often referred to as the King Tiger or even Bengal Tiger (Königstiger) was the largest and heaviest operational tank fielded by the German Army in WW2. Developed as a replacement for the Tiger I, its role was to be the heavy tank capable of breaking through an enemy line and smashing their defenses and tanks in the process ...
25 gru 2013 · The legendary Tiger had a reputation way above its real statistics. Created to answer the Soviet KV series, it became the first serial German heavy tank of ww2 and accumukated a fearsome reputation despite its high cost and limited availability
Faced with a German tank with more armor, better mobility, and a bigger and more powerful gun than any tank in service came as unpleasant news and fostered what could best be described as ‘Tiger Phobia’ amongst many both in the military and in the political establishment.
