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L/71 gun into the turret of a tank was a joint project carried out by the firms of Fried. Nazi Germany's Tiger is arguably the most famous tank of World War II… One problem with both the Tiger I and II was that they were so big relative to other German tanks, that the only vehicle that could tow a damaged Tiger was another Tiger. Just one Tiger II remains in Germany. 503 had a strength of 38 tanks and was committed to combat in the region of Deutsch Krone and Schneidemühl. The Tiger 2 (H) was the 70-ton German heavy tank developed by Henschel in 1942 and was intended as the direct successor to the Tiger I heavy tank. The Tiger 2 (H) is a tier 4 German heavy tank. This Serien-Turm, as it was known, was also slightly asymmetrical, as the left side is bowed outwards 20 mm more than the right-hand side in order to account for the position of the cupola. War Office. Prüf. Armed with an 88mm KwK 43 gun, this 70-tonne kitty was able to pierce through any tank from the Allied arsenal including the Soviet heavy tanks. Along with the glacis improvement, this change added a further 1,760 kg to the weight of the tank. The plan had been for a tank with sloping (55 deg.) Two more broke down near Fischhausen and were blown up. Although every tenth Tiger Ausf.B was intended to be outfitted as a Panzerbefehlswagen, production records for Henschel show it was actually every twentieth vehicle. Nazi Germany's Tiger is arguably the most famous tank of World War II… Seven tanks were engaged in the defense of Arnswalde despite encirclement of the town by the Soviets. Krupp itself produced 444 hulls and 385 turrets by the end of February 1945, which includes the 50 turrets produced for the VK45.02(P). 501 was down to just 14-16 operational Tiger II, about half of its total number of vehicles, as they struggled to remain operational following extensive combat and travel. Twenty enemy tanks had been knocked out, but the battalion had lost 7 of its new Tiger IIs in doing so and 4 more which were damaged. Armed with the new Tiger IIs, it was attached to the 24th Panzer Division (24.Pz.Div.) With Teutonic perfectionism, they complained that the Tiger I's KwK 36 gun was not the most powerful version of the 88-millimeter cannon (not that Allied tankers would have noticed the difference). By 11th April, it had just 11 tanks left and disbanded at the Iserlohn forest on 14th April 1945. s.Pz.Abt. 102), but had lost it’s last Tiger by the start of December 1944. was limited to just 34.6 km/h in the 8th gear on a good surface. As well as the Tiger IIs issued out to various units, there were, in the chaotic last months of the Third Reich, various extemporaneous units thrown together. Source: Panzer Basics. Source: Jentz and Doyle Film available here. One was knocked out as a result, at the end of Weverstraat in Arnhem, when the mortar round penetrated the deck and started a fire. Fgst. Planned but ultimately not selected was the rotating driver’s vision device: the Fahrersehklappe – Walze. Indeed for the allied force… Source: defendingarnhem.com Up to the end of the war, the allies had not introduce any effective means to counter the threat. Fgst. US War Department. 506 was engaged with Allied forces along the Arnhem-Else road, in the area around Elst, and Alsdorf. With no recovery vehicles available, these had to be blown up. Notably, the Tiger tank also had a steering wheel instead of traditional tank lever controls and was the first to adopt interlapping roadwheels which helped to spread out t… A portion of the proceeds from this purchase will support Tank Encyclopedia, a military history research project. Losses, though, had left s.Pz.Abt. It had a road speed of about twenty-five miles per hour, versus about thirty for the Sherman and T-34. Source: Jentz and Doyle to move through the south of Baraska without reconnaissance and across marshy ground. German Tanks of World War II. During the finals against Ooarai Girls Academy, 2 Tiger II were fielded, one of wich was commanded by Kuromorimine's vice commander Erika Itsumi. The HL 230 TRM P30 was a 12-cylinder, 23-litre, petrol engine delivering 600 hp at 2,600 rpm, although it was governed to 2,500 rpm. These tanks were progressively lost through combat and breakdown and by 24th August the unit was at Maastricht-Mersen, having fought its way through Seclin, Tournay, Leuze, Waterloo, Lowen, and Tirelmont to get there. Tankomaster #6 (1999) via english.battelfield.ru 510, though, were only painted in the red-oxide primer with some green curved and improvised green spots. By 1st May, just 13 Tiger IIs were left operational and on 7th May, when ordered to withdraw to Kapplitz, 9 of those tanks broke down and had to be blown up. Improved firepower was to come in the form of a longer 8.8 cm gun capable of reaching the much higher muzzle velocities needed to penetrate thicker and better Soviet armor. This vehicle was later recovered and is now on display at the Tank Museum, Bovington. Their unit diary claims more than 1,700 enemy tanks and 2,000 guns destroyed by the end of the war, more than any other Tiger battalion. Without those, the unit would not be able to recover broken down or crippled tanks as easily. 501 were handed over and a general retreat began. Georgia, USA* On 19th August 1942, this took the form of suggesting the installation of the engine from the Panther in the VK45.02(H), which meant a redesign of the engine compartment. One of these two replacement tanks was lost just a few days later, on 26th August, at Meulan after being hit repeatedly by enemy fire and crippled. Evaluation Report No.153, 28th June 1945 Tiger I & Tiger II. Several other vehicles were improvised by the unit here as it tried to regain combat strength, including the installation of some quadruple flak guns onto some captured Soviet tanks, but it was an effort in vain. Several vehicles were lost during these weeks of withdrawal due to mechanical failure or lack of fuel and were blown up, leaving just 14 Tiger IIs across 1st and 2nd Companies. It was fireable out to a range of up to 10 meters and operated on a one-second delay. Having created a bridgehead, the attack pressed on and captured Parkany, destroying several enemy tanks in the process. s.Pz.Abt. The very first Krupp VK45.02(P2) Turm (Versuchsturm) on a factory rail-cart at the Krupp works. 43 L/71 along with a single M.… It was re-equipped with Tiger Is from June to July 1944 at Dreux, France (west of Paris) before moving into action and then over to Mailly le Camp to be re-equipped with Tiger IIs at the end of July 1944. on the basis of 45 Tiger IIs per battalion. The Tiger II, also known as King Tiger or Royal Tiger, was one of the main heavy tanks used by the German Wehrmacht during World War II. Sixteen shells for the main gun, stored in two sections of 8 in the left and right-hand sides respectively, were stowed in the back of the turret. Three days later, four of these vehicles supported a counterattack at Guitrancourt, where they destroyed a single M4 Sherman. Hi, the dimensions say 9.97 for only the hull?? The Tiger II will commonly face tanks like the FV4202, Caernarvon and the Centurion Mk 3, all of which have the 84 mm 20-pdr gun. Tiger II of the 3rd Company, 501st Schwere Panzer Abteilung, Poland, August 1944. Deployed to the Railway Station at Kraks, three members of the crew were killed when a German soldier mistakenly attacked it with a Panzerfaust. On 21st June 1941, one day before the start of Operation Barbarossa, Porsche was requested by Wa. The attacks were all successful and pushed back the advancing Soviets. Get out there with the confidence of the King Tiger in this tee. This Tiger II, belonging to s.Pz.Abt. Between 20th August and 12th September that year, s.Pz.Abt. Reporting no loss from the engagement, the battalion claimed to have knocked out 41 Soviet T-34-85s. The design followed the same concept as the Tiger I, but was intended to be even more formidable. The second Tiger II at Bovington is fitted with the Serien-Turm and was built in July 1944. As the German armies retreated in the East and West, many of these behemoths were abandoned or blown up by their own crews. An asset which is too valuable to lose is too valuable to use, as demonstrated at Arnhem against the British where, after losing a tank to PIAT fire, the action was ended to avoid more losses. Standard Marshketten (operational) tracks were 725mm wide, used with 24 road wheels per side. Just 5 Tiger IIs remained in s.Pz.Abt. The next day, 1 broke down and had to be blown up, leaving the other four to head to Pilau. The next major action for the unit and their Tiger IIs took place on 17th February 1945 after they had been transferred to the Eastern Front. Ministry for Armaments and War Production A second M.G. Source: Panzerwrecks. 101. All Tiger II production for Germany stopped, although the exact number produced is hard to pin down, with figures varying from 424 upwards. 506 could report that it was generally satisfied with the Tiger II albeit with some serious concerns, not the least of which were the problematic final drives. The German Tiger II heavy tank is disputably one of the best tanks of the entire World War II, and despite it’s flaws it was also one of the most fearsome. This time, it was the US 702nd Tank Battalion (US 2nd Armored) which was responsible. Panzer Regiment (3.SS.Pz.Rgt. The Tiger also had a 8 speed forward, 4 speed reverse transmission and a torsion bar suspension system. Casemate Publishing, England, https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1p0Ll9TITGDiF9_fdS-tv1797JBs0_-pB70ReE_kIRkE/edit#gid=1911430820, 1920’s Concept, 1930’s Engineering, 1940’s Debacle | Char B1 Part 2. Of the remaining 4 vehicles, 3 caught fire during training and were total losses. One Tiger II was lost to enemy fire near the bridge at Stavelot and two tanks, belonging to 3rd Company, were hit multiple times by fire from vehicles of the US 823rd Tank Destroyer Battalion. Its first six Tiger IIs were delivered on 26th July, although 2 were immediately poached by s.Pz.Abt. On 2nd April 1945, the unit attacked US forces at Willebadessen, losing 5 tanks in the process in exchange for just 5 American tanks. Source: Jentz and Doyle More combat followed through the end of October consisting mainly of counter-attacks against the relentless Soviet advance culminating in the relief of the 24th Panzer Division (24.Pz.Dv.) 503 received a coat of whitewash as camouflage. Starting on 26th May 1941, with Hitler’s demand for an armor-piercing shell for the 8.8 cm gun capable of defeating 100 mm of armor plate at 1,500 m, design work began on fulfilling the demand. 503 stuck and abandoned in Danzig, April-May 1945. Tiger: The History of a Legendary Weapon 1942-1945. Brand new Tiger II with the Krupp VK45.02(P2) Turm test firing the 8.8 cm Kw.K.43 L/71 gun sometime in 1943. $101.52. A Tiger II “Königstiger” of the schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503 in Budapest. The Hochleistungsmotor (HL) series of engines from Maybach were their high-performance motors designed specifically for use in tanks (P – ‘Panzermotor’) featuring dry-sump lubricant with impulse magneto (Trockensumpfschmierung mit Schnappermagne – TRM). on 1st November 1944, which had been encircled. Handbook on German Military Forces – March 1945, From August 1942, compatibility between this tank and the Panther II was a priority, and this caused some significant redesigning of the vehicle, in particular the engine bay. Source: koenigstiger.ch 509 through February and it finished the month in good shape with 25 operational Tiger IIs. Even before the Tiger I debuted on the battlefield (floundering in the swamps near Leningrad in an ill-advised attack in September 1942), work had begun on a successor. In February 1944, this unit received orders to reorganize itself to operate Tiger II tanks with its radio-controlled vehicles. There, the US defenders stopped the advance, although no Tiger IIs were lost. To accommodate the gun, the turret has been made unusually long in proportion to the total length of the tank. One important note at this time is that the VK45.02(H) was being referred to as the Tiger II from 18th September 1942, whereas the VK45.03(H) was called Tiger III initially. Schneider, W. (1998). Continual contact with the British and concentrated fire crippling the tanks had diminished the original 14 tanks to just 6 tanks after 29th August, and another was knocked out the following day along the road towards Gissors. The whole purpose of the initial project as VK45.02(P2) was to mount the formidable and readily available 8.8cm Kw.K. The Tiger Ausf.B, regardless of which turret it was using, had a crew of five men, consisting of a commander, gunner, loader, driver, and radio operator. The Swiss obtained a Tiger II after the war as a gift from France. Currently languishing in a legal quagmire due to arguments over who gets what from the recovery, only the turret, which was recovered in 2001, is so far out of the ground. The Tiger I was, in effect, a rushed job, bringing together parts from other programs in order to deliver a functional heavy tank with an 8.8 cm gun (L/56). Armor scheme for the Tiger II. Tiger II tanks in France. In May 1942, one month after the first prototypes of the Tiger I were shown to Hitler, the ordnance department of the German army authorized development of an improved Tiger Tank originally designated as the Tiger H3. Tiger II of s.SS..Pz.Abt. Schiffer Military History, Pennsylvania, USA Stackpole Books, Pennsylvania, USA Production was awarded to Henschel, who produced 489 vehicles utilizing the armor sloping and sharing parts with the Panther. In April 1942, this firm had already been working on the VK45.01(H) armed with the 8.8 cm Kw.K. That was the last combat action of s.Pz.Abt. The most heavily armored tank carrying the most powerful anti-tank gun. 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. 501. In an effort to maneuver, the Tiger II conducted a sharp turn and the final drive failed, incapacitating the tank. There was no recovery-version of the Tiger I, and crews had actually been ordered not to tow one Tiger with another in case it simply caused another vehicle to be lost. s.Pz.Abt. Source: Lemons. Source: Schneider On 19th April, matters were made worse when the Soviets captured most of the battalion’s maintenance company. A portion of the proceeds from this purchase will support Tank Encyclopedia, a military history research project. Source: Schneider Following the end of the war, Swedish military authorities, eager to get their hands on some examples of German tanks for examination, sent a team to mainland Europe. Which brings us to the question dear to every treadhead: Was the King Tiger a great tank? The unit saw combat but achieved little and by 12th April all of its tanks were either lost, destroyed or inoperable. Would Germany have been better off with a greater number of lighter tanks, especially the heavier Panther? L/56 and 7.5 cm Kw.K. The entire strength of the unit was just 2 Tiger Is. By January 1943, the 100 mm frontal armor was considered inadequate and this was increased to 150 mm thick at Hitler’s behest, but adding more armor meant more weight, especially on a larger tank. The armored flanges extending from the front hull sides, covering the final drives, were originally 80 mm thick and, along with the thickening of the glacis, these too got thicker, being increased to 100 mm instead. The most heavily armored tank carrying the most powerful anti-tank gun. The defense of the town was bitter and, on the 18th, German forces retreated. The 1st Company of s.SS.Pz.Abt. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience. In April 1944, new Tiger IIs received a 2,420 mm diameter turret ring protector (Veränderung für Turmfugenschutzring) around the ring on the hull. Tiger number 213 of s.SS.Pz.Abt. It would receive its more well-known title of Tiger II Tank on March 16, 1943. However, in practice, many crews opted to or were ordered not to carry ammunition in the turret after the dangers of carrying ammunition in the turret were highlighted in August 1944 with the loss of Tiger IIs to ammunition fires in the turret after being hit in the sides. There, on 28th February, a Tiger II of 1st Company was hit by a shell on the ventilator on the turret roof, which penetrated the turret and killed the men inside. Aug 29, 2015 - This Pin was discovered by steinarval. All of the turrets for the vehicles were the result of work by Krupp as the sole designer, including VK45.02(H), VK45.02(P), and VK45.03(H). “The King Tiger is a tank designed essentially for defensive warfare or for breaking through strong lines of defense. Osprey Publishing, UK. 509 received a full issue of 45 Tiger II tanks between 5th December 1944 and 1st January 1945. The unit surrendered on 12th May 1945 to US forces at Rosenthal but was handed over to the Soviets. 507 instead, by which time S.Pz.Abt.502 had been officially redesignated as s.Pz.Abt 511 (since 31st January 1945). There, they lost a Tiger II to fire from a Soviet IS tank and, in return, accounted for 3 Soviet tanks (2 x T-34 and 1 x IS). The result was that US troops knocked out 4 Tigers with the use of phosphorus grenades, leaving just two tanks in the battalion. For 100 VK45.02 ( P2 ) turret mounted the 8.8 cm Kw.K defense the... 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