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  1. Apr 30, 2019 · The Tiger I, or ‘ Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausführung E ’ (Pz.Kpfw.Tiger Ausf.E), was born in May 1942, but its conception and development can be traced directly back to 1936 and 1937 with work on a 30-33 tonne tank by the firm of Henschel und Sohn in Kassel.

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Tiger_ITiger I - Wikipedia

    The Tiger I ( German: [ˈtiːɡɐ] ⓘ) 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.

  3. Sep 14, 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.

  4. Nov 15, 2022 · The Tiger’s 88mm-wide mobile main gun was so formidable that shells often blasted straight through enemy tanks, coming out the other side. Its heavy armour was also so thick that a crew (usually of 5) could mostly park in front of an enemy anti-tank gun without fear of harm.

  5. Dec 25, 2013 · Four fuel tanks served the engine, with a total of 348 liters inside the two upper tanks (inside the side compartments, above the engine), and 186 liters in the two lower fuel tanks, on each side of the engine.

  6. The Tiger I's main gun could knock out a T-34 tank at a distance greater than three miles. In July 1944 one Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger I destroyed 25 tanks of the British Seventh Armored Division-Desert Rats -- before it was finally knocked out from behind.

  7. Aug 12, 2016 · by Michael Peck. Nazi Germany's Tiger is arguably the most famous tank of World War II. With its thick armor and devastating 88-millimeter gun, the Mark VI—or Tiger I —soon earned a devastating...