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Like all German tanks, the Tiger II had a petrol engine; in this case the same 700 PS (690 hp, 515 kW) V-12 Maybach HL 230 P30 which powered the much lighter Panther and Tiger I tanks. The Tiger II was under-powered, like many other heavy tanks of World War II [citation needed], and consumed a lot of fuel, which was in short supply for the ...
During the first day of Goodwood, the unit reported the loss of thirteen tanks. July 1944 at Château Canteloup, Panzer VI (Tiger II, Königstiger) of the 503rd battalion. At the end of July, the 3rd company received new Tiger II tanks, which were subsequently destroyed in the Allied aerial attacks, with only two brought back to Germany.
It is also known under the informal name Königstiger [22] (the German name for the "Bengal tiger"), often semi-literally translated as the 'King Tiger' or 'Royal Tiger' by Allied soldiers. [23] It was the largest tank mass-produced by German forces during the war, and remains among the heaviest mass-produced tanks ever.
Tiger II "Königstiger" King Tiger B, main battle tank (D), manufactured in 1944, handed over to the Swiss Military Museum in 2007 as a permanent loan. [3] 1 × 8.8 cm cannon L71, 3 × 7.92 mm-MG, 5 men, 68 tons T17E1 Staghound: Scout tanks (GB), manufactured in 1943, 64 units were purchased (early 1950s), never introduced, used as target vehicles
The battalion was the second unit to receive and use the Tiger I heavy tank, changing to Tiger IIs in mid-1944. From November 1942 it fought, and in May 1943 surrendered, in Tunisia ; reformed in September 1943, it fought on the Eastern front until destroyed in early July 1944; it reformed with Tiger IIs in mid-July 1944, then mostly ...
built on chassis of captured French and some Polish tanks Marder II built on the Panzer II chassis Marder III built on the Panzer 38(t) chassis Nashorn Jagdtiger based on the Tiger II Elefant The Elefant (Sd. Kfz. 184) used the chassis of Porsche's losing entry for the Tiger I competition. On top of this chassis, a forward-facing 88 mm L/71 gun ...
The Jagdtiger ("Hunting Tiger"; officially designated Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf. B [citation needed]) is a German casemate-type heavy tank destroyer of World War II. It was built upon the slightly lengthened chassis of a Tiger II. Its ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. 186.
At this time the unit's surplus crews began outfitting with the new Tiger II tanks. By August 7 the division left in Normandy had 25 Tigers of which 21 were operational. On August 8, 1944, three of its seven Tigers, committed to a counter-attack near Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil , were destroyed by British Sherman Fireflies , and two more were ...