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Tiger II with the production turret, at the Deutsches Panzermuseum, Germany. Deutsches Panzermuseum, Munster, Germany: Tiger II (production turret), hull number 280101. [citation needed] Originally bearing turret number 121 from s.SS.Pz.Abt 501, it was restored with a different number for unknown reasons. [citation needed] Mantes-la-Jolie ...
During the Battle of Berlin, from 16 April to 2 May 1945, a Tiger II from the 503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion, bearing the turret number 314, was the last Tiger II to be destroyed in action. [1] At the time, Tiger 314 was commanded by SS-Unterscharfüher Georg Diers.
B Tiger II. Notes: Tiger I (Panzer VI E/H, Sd.Kfz. 181) was armed with an 88 mm L/56 gun; Sturmtiger - assault tank based on Tiger I chassis. Armed with 380 mm rocket mortar converted from battle damaged tanks; Tiger II (Panzer VI B, Sd.Kfz. 182, also known as Königstiger) was armed with an 88 mm L/71 gun; Jagdtiger (Sd.Kfz. 186) - Based on ...
The 502nd became the first unit to receive Tiger Is [1] when on 19 and 20 August 1942 four Tiger Is were sent to the unit, which only partially equipped one company (later German regulations called for a heavy tank battalion of three companies, with 45 tanks in total). [2] On 29 August 1942 the 502nd arrived at the Leningrad Front.
Number built—492 Even larger and heavier than the Tiger I, the Pzkpfw VIB Tiger II. 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 ]
Some of the first Tiger IIs delivered to the 506th were examples fitted with the early production turret. [1] The battalion saw action on the Eastern and Western Fronts during World War II. As with other German heavy tank battalions, it was attached as needed to larger formations. The 506th was unique in being the only Tiger battalion to ...
VK45.01 chassis fitted with a concrete turret mockup to simulate the weight of the Krupp turret for testing purposes. Only 100 chassis were built. VK 45.01 (P) (Porsche Tiger) 10 VK45.01 tanks with the Krupp turrets and 8.8 cm KwK 36 guns were produced. Only one completed Tiger (P) with chassis number 150013 saw combat service as a command tank.
Two prototypes were produced: One was a version fitted with the eight-roadwheel Porsche suspension system (serial number 305001) and another version was equipped with the Henschel nine-overlapping roadwheel suspension system (serial number 305002), [5] as used on the main-production Tiger IIs constructed by Henschel. They were completed in ...