The Tiger II was the successor to the Tiger I, combining the latter's thick armour with the armour sloping used on the Panther medium tank. It was the costliest German tank to produce at the …

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.

Tiger II or ‘Konigstiger’ (King Tiger) was first used during the Normandy campaign in 1944 and was the most powerful tank on the battlefield at that time. Known variously as the Tiger Ausf.

By 1943, the German military recognized the need for a new heavy tank that could dominate the battlefield. The Tiger II was designed to be the successor to the already formidable Tiger I,...

The Tiger II was under-powered, like many other heavy tanks of World War II, and consumed a lot of fuel, which was in short supply for the Germans. Like the Tiger I, each tank was issued with …

The Tiger II was armed with the KwK 43 tank gun, which was derived from the 88-mm Pak 43 and is generally regarded as the best anti-tank gun of the Second World War.

Chapter 1: The Genesis (1937) quest for a new tank design. It was a concerted efort to design a bigger and better tank capable of meeting the needs of the German Army in the Chapter 2: …

Weighing in at almost 70 tonnes, the Tiger II, also known as the Royal Tiger, was the heaviest armoured vehicle ever mass-produced by the German army, which built 489 of them during …

May 17, 2023 · B, commonly known as the Tiger II or King Tiger, was a heavy tank used by Nazi Germany during World War II. It was one of the most formidable tanks of the war, renowned …