The Tiger Tank
The most feared Tank of WWII
Introduction
The Panzerkampfwagen VI was a heavy German tank produced by the sole manufacturer Henschel in Kassel from 1942 to 1944 and used by the Wehrmacht from late summer 1942. Due to its powerful main armament and high armor protection, the Tiger was one of the most combat-effective tanks of World War II.
Due to shortcomings, more vehicles were lost to mechanical failure and self-destruction than to direct enemy action. Although the strategic importance of the Tiger was low due to the low production number of only 1350 examples, it is one of the most famous tanks of the war.
A Long Way To Go
Origins
The Panzerkampfwagen VI was a heavy German tank produced by the sole manufacturer Henschel in Kassel from 1942 to 1944 and used by the Wehrmacht from late summer 1942. Due to its powerful main armament and high armor protection, the Tiger was one of the most combat-effective tanks of World War II.
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Revolutionary Innovations
Design
The designation of the tank was “Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausführung E.” Unlike the previous German tanks, only this one version of the Tiger existed, even though there were some changes during production. From February 1944 on, the vehicle was called only “Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausführung E” due to a Führer instruction.
Turret and Armament
Driver and Radio Operator
Engine and Running Gear
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The King of the Battlefield
Battlefield
The Panzerkampfwagen VI was a heavy German tank produced by the sole manufacturer Henschel in Kassel from 1942 to 1944 and used by the Wehrmacht from late summer 1942. Due to its powerful main armament and high armor protection, the Tiger was one of the most combat-effective tanks of World War II.
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The King of the Battlefield
Modifications
The Panzerkampfwagen VI was a heavy German tank produced by the sole manufacturer Henschel in Kassel from 1942 to 1944 and used by the Wehrmacht from late summer 1942. Due to its powerful main armament and high armor protection, the Tiger was one of the most combat-effective tanks of World War II.
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The Lost Generation
Hindsight
Like many others of his generation, Otto Carius was abruptly torn from his youth and lived through the hell of the Great War.
The man who refused to die
Together with Kurt Knispel, Michael Wittmann and Johannes Bölter, Otto Carius is considered one of the most successful tank commanders of World War II and he received one of the highest awards of the Third Reich, the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.
The platoon commander of the heavy tank division 502 was considered an outstanding tactician of tank combat. After the war, he became a pharmacist and published a memoir, “Tiger in the Mud,” in 1960. Carius became the most important contemporary witness of the Tiger tank through the book and his interviews – also because he survived the war.
Carius is one of the popular soldier figures. He appeared in documentaries, his missions are imitated in computer games, there is a manga about him and you can buy him as an action figure. Until his death, he signed and sold his book in his pharmacy.
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