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O Panzerkampfwagen Tiger II, ou Königstiger, foi um dos mais poderosos tanques de guerra participantes da Segunda Guerra Mundial em questão de blindagem. Era conhecido como King Tiger pelas tropas Aliadas americanas e britânicas. Um Panzer VI na Frente Oriental, em 1944.
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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. However, i...
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). It, therefore, served as a stop-gap for German industry to develop a purpose-built heavy tank with improved features. This new heavy tank had to have improved armor over the Tiger I, be proof a...
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. On 21st June 1941, one day before the start of Operation Barbarossa, Porsche was requested by Wa. Prüf. 6 to investigate fitting an 8.8 cm Flak 41 gun into ...
Production contracts for 100 VK45.02(P2) turrets were placed on 4th February 1942 by Wa. Prüf. 6 with Krupp’s plant in Essen, although there were still discussions and plans regarding modifications. The basic design of the turret was essentially set though, and the first turrets for the Tiger II would closely follow this original design for the VK4...
The second turret, which was to become known as the Serien-Turm, started life on 19th August 1942 with discussions between Wa. Prüf. 6 and representatives from Krupp. The initial Krupp design was modified by orders from Wa. Prüf. 6 to reduce machining time, although the method of construction, using interlocking plates 80 mm thick, was retained. Fu...
The Panzerwanne (armored hull) for the Tiger Ausf.B began as an evolution of the VK45.02(H) design, which was essentially a Tiger I with sloped front and sides. That design did not have a hull-mounted machine gun ball (Kugelblende), as this had not been designed yet, so was to use the same kind of ‘vertical letterbox’ machine gun hole in the glacis...
The suspension of the Tiger I was a highly complex triple-interleaved (Schlachtung – ‘boxed-in’ wheels) system with multiple overlapping wheels (Staffelung – ‘overlapping’ wheels), making repairs to the wheels time consuming and burdensome. The VK45.03(H) would simplify suspension matters in October 1942, with each axle holding four rubber-tired ro...
The whole purpose of the initial project as VK45.02(P2) was to mount the formidable and readily available 8.8cm Kw.K. L/71 gun in a heavily armored tank. The first demonstration of the Tiger II with this new gun took place on 20th October 1943 in the presence of Hitler, comparing this new Tiger to the Tiger I. Brand new Tiger II with the Krupp VK45...
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 commander, sat in the rear-left of the turret, controlled the overall direction and engagement of the vehicle, with the gunner sat to his front, alongside the main gun. The loader, sat on the ...
The main gun used a Turmzielfernrohr 9b/1 2.5x magnification binocular gun sight (T.Z.F.9b/1), but other optical equipment was included as well including a Kugelzielfernrohr (sighting telescope) for the hull machine gun. The driver was provided with a rotating periscope allowing him to turn the periscope and see in any direction. The ‘rest’ positio...
Learn about the Tiger II, the largest and heaviest operational tank of WW2 Germany, and its development, features, and performance. Find out how the Tiger II was supposed to be a breakthrough tank, but faced technical and logistical challenges, and how it fared against the Allies.
- 171 km
- 34.6 km/h (road), 15-20 km/h (off-road)
The Tiger II was a German heavy tank of the Second World War. The final official German designation was Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B, often shortened to Tiger B. The ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. 182. (Sd.Kfz. 267 and 268 for command vehicles). It was also known informally as the Königstiger (German for Bengal tiger, lit.
Der Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B Tiger II [1] (Sd.Kfz. 182) war der schwerste deutsche in Serie gebaute Panzer mit drehbarem Turm im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Entgegen seiner Bezeichnung war er keine verbesserte Version des Panzerkampfwagens VI Tiger, sondern eine Neukonstruktion.
The Tiger II had a ground clearance of 495 to 510 mm (1 ft 7.5 in to 1 ft 8.1 in), and a fuel capacity of 860 liters (190 imp gal), giving an operational range of 170 km (110 mi) only on good roads, less on muddy or snowy terrain and slopes. Cross country it was still 120 km (75 mi).
Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger II "Königstiger". O Königstiger, cuja tradução literal em alemão é "tigre rei", foi um dos mais poderosos tanques de guerra usados pelo eixo na Segunda Guerra Mundial (é necessário ressaltar que havia também a definição de Tanque anti-tanque , não estando entre eles o Königstiger; o veículo de guerra ...
O Panzerkampfwagen Tiger II, ou Königstiger, foi um dos mais poderosos tanques de guerra participantes da Segunda Guerra Mundial em questão de blindagem. Era conhecido como King Tiger pelas tropas Aliadas americanas e britânicas. Um Panzer VI na Frente Oriental, em 1944.
