Tiger part 3
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Captured Tiger I tank of the Schwere Panzer Abteilung 505, tank number 300. Eastern Front
Crew atop a Tiger I S02 of the Schwere Panzerkompanie SS-Panzer Regiment 2 "Das Reich", Eastern Front
Crew loading ammo into Tiger of the Schwere Panzer Abteilung 503, tank number 123
Damaged Tiger I in Winter - Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 502
Detail of the turret of Panzer VI Tiger
Early Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. E (Sd.Kfz. 181) during field trials
Early Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf H1 of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, tank number 323
Early Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf. E winter
Early Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, tank number 334
Early production heavy tank Tiger I of the Schwere Panzer Abteilung 502, tank number 311
Early production heavy tank Tiger I of the Schwere Panzer Abteilung 502, tank number 314 (3rd Company, 1st Platoon, 4th vehicle)
Early production Tiger I of schwere Heeres Panzer Abteilung 503, tank number 201 (2nd Company HQ, 1st vehicle), 1943
Early PzKpfw VI Ausf. E Tiger I of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, tank number 334
Early Tiger I of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, tank number 314
Early Tiger I of the Schwere Panzer Abteilung 503, tank number 223. Rail transport
Early Tiger I of the Schwere Panzer Abteilung 505 tank number 200.
Early Tiger I tank code C01 of the III/Panzer Regiment Grossdeutschland
Early Tiger tank 223 and crew of the schwere panzer abteilung 505
Early Tiger tank 223 and crew of the schwere panzerabteilung 505
Early Tiger tank and crew of the schwere panzer abteilung 505
Early Tiger tanks and crews of the schwere panzer abteilung 505
German Panzer VI Tiger I
German roops riding on the Panzer VI Tiger
German Tiger Ausf E late (steel wheels), of schwere Panzer-Abteilung 508. Villa La Sfacciata Italy
German Tiger I 12
German Tiger I 9
German Tiger I ausf E, number 232 of the Schwere SS-Panzer Abteilung 101 (101st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion), commander: Unterscharführer Kurt Kleber. 14 June 1944 Normandy.
German Tiger I number 222 of Schwere Panzer Abteilung 502 - winter camouflage eastern front
German Tiger I tank 3
German Tiger I tank 34
German Tiger I tank 39
German Tiger tank 201 sPzAbt.301(Fkl) in Elsdof
German Tiger tank late (steel wheels), number 3 of schwere Panzer-Abteilung 508 Italy
German Tiger tank number 201 of schwere Panzer Abteilung 301 (Fkl) in Elsdof 1945
Halftracks and Tiger
Heavy tank Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, tank number 311
Heavy tank Tiger I of the Schwere Panzer Abteilung 503, tank number 300. Eastern Front
Heavy tank Tiger I of the Schwere Panzer Abteilung 503, tank number 300. Eastern Front Kursk 1943
Heavy tank Tiger I of the Schwere Panzer Abteilung 505, tank number 300. Eastern Front
Heinz Guderian and Tiger number 100 of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 507
Hungarian Tiger tank number 115
Late Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf. E with Steel Wheels of the Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 505, tank number 312
Late Tiger (zimmerit + steel wheels) of the schwere Panzer Abteilung 509
Late Tiger I (zimmerit + steel wheels) of the 2/schwere Panzer Abteilung 509
Late Tiger I ausf E, number 113, of the 1st Kompanie Schwere Panzer Abteilung 509, Eastern Front 1944
Michael Wittmann sitting on a Panzer VI Tiger
Otto Carius and his Tiger
Panzer IV tanks and Panzer VI Tiger code S33 of the Das Reich Division
Panzer VI Tiger Ausf E of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 504, tank number 211 - Caltagirone Sicily
Panzer VI Tiger Ausf E of schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 101, tank number 131 – Normandy 1944
Panzer VI Tiger Ausf E of Schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 102, tank number 211
Panzer VI Tiger Ausf. H of the Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 502, tank number 312
Panzer VI Tiger code S11 of Schwere Panzerkompanie SS-Panzer Regiment 2 Das Reich Kursk 1943
Panzer VI Tiger I "134" of the Schwere Panzer Abteilung 505, winter Eastern Front 1944
Panzer VI Tiger I code A31 of the III/Panzer Regiment Grossdeutschland
Panzer VI Tiger I in Ruhestellung
Panzer VI Tiger I. Tank of 501 s.Pz.Abt
Panzer VI Tiger of 9./SS-Panzerregiment 3 Totenkopf, tank number 901
Panzer VI Tiger of Schwere Panzer Abteilung 506 with its crew color photo 2
Panzer VI Tiger of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 502, tank number 231 North Russia
Panzer VI Tiger of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, tactical number 321
Panzer VI Tiger of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, tank code: 311 (3rd Company, 1st Platoon, 1st vehicle)
Panzer VI Tiger of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, tank number 233
Panzer VI Tiger of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, tank number 300
Panzer VI Tiger of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, tank number 311
Panzer VI Tiger of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, tank number 321
Panzer VI Tiger of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, tank number 321 2
Panzer VI Tiger of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, tank number 321 4
Panzer VI Tiger of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, tank number 322
Panzer VI Tiger of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, tank number 324 (3rd Company, 2nd Platoon, 4th vehicle)
Panzer VI Tiger of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, tank number 332 2
Panzer VI Tiger of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, tank number 332, rear view
Panzer VI Tiger of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 505, tank number 213
Panzer VI Tiger of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 505, tank number 300 and Vierlingsflak
Panzer VI Tiger of the Schwere Panzer Abteilung 503, tank number 123
Panzer VI Tiger of the Schwere Panzer Abteilung 503, tank number 123, provisional winter camouflage. January 1943
Panzer VI Tiger of the Schwere Panzer Abteilung 503, tank number 124
Panzer VI Tiger S34 of Schwere Panzerkompanie SS-Panzer Regiment 2 Das Reich Kursk 1943
Panzer VI Tiger tank of the schwere Panzer Abteilung 502
Panzer VI Tiger Tiki, tank number 812 of 8 schwere Kompanie Division Das Reich
Panzer VI Tiger towing another Tiger from Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503. Tank number: 332
Panzer VI Tiger with its crew color photo
Panzerkampfwagen Tiger
Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger 812 Tiki of 8 schwere Kompanie Division Das Reich
Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf H1 number 321 of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503 during field exercises
Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf H1 of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, tank number 323
Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf. E of the Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 505, tank number 312
Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf. E of the Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 505, tank number 312 - front
Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf. H of the Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 502, tank number 312
Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf. H1 of 8./SS-Panzerregiment 2 Das Reich, tank number 832
Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf. H1 of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, tank number 311
Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, tank number 211 Kursk July 1943
Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, tank number 311
Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, tank number 332
Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 505, tank number 223, winter camouflage
Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 506, tank number 11 winter camouflage
Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 509, tank number 331
Porsche Tiger P prototype
porsche Tiger P prototype with dummy turret
PzKpfw VI Ausf. E Tiger I of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, tank number 332
PzKpfw VI Ausf. E Tiger I of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, tank number 334, Eastern Front. Tank is fitted with S-mine launchers.
PzKpfw VI Tiger Ausf. E of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, tank number 321
PzKpfw VI Tiger Ausf. E of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, tank number 324
PzKpfw VI Tiger Ausf. E of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, tank number 332 - near the town Znamenka, Ukraine
PzKpfw VI Tiger Ausf. E of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, tank number 332 5
PzKpfw VI Tiger Ausf. E of the Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 505, tank number 312 (3rd Company, 1st Platoon, 2nd vehicle)
PzKpfw VI Tiger Ausf. H1 of 9./SS-Panzerregiment 3 Totenkopf, tank number 911
PzKpfw VI Tiger Ausführung. E of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, tank number 332
PzKpfw VI Tiger code B12 of the III Battalion Panzer Regiment Grossdeutschland
PzKpfw VI Tiger I Ausf. E of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, tank number 332
The interior of a German Tiger I heavy tank
Tiger 1 somewhere on the Eastern Front, 1943
Tiger 912 of 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf in Poland
Tiger and Panther tanks
Tiger Ausf E of schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 101, tank number 132 – Normandy 1944
Tiger Ausf E of schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 101, tank number 133 – Morgny, Normandy 7 June 1944
Tiger Ausf E of the Schwere Panzer Abteilung 505 tank number 200.
Tiger Ausf E of the Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503. France 1944
Tiger code A22 of III/Panzer Regiment Grossdeutschland Romania
Tiger eastern front
Tiger from schwere Panzer Abteilung 502 near Leningrad
Tiger I (Zimmerit and steel road wheels) code A22 of III/Panzer Regiment Grossdeutschland, Eastern Front
Tiger I 13
Tiger I 2
Tiger I 3
Tiger I 8
Tiger I 832 of 8/SS Panzer Regiment 2 Das Reich
Tiger I ausf H - track links bolted to the side of the turret
Tiger I coded S01 of Panzer Grenadier Division Grossdeutschland on the Eastern Front
Tiger I engine
Tiger I heavy tank and crew of the German schwere Panzer Abteilung 509
Tiger I in Paderborn 1945 Panzertruppenschule SS Brigade Westfalen
Tiger I number 223 (2nd Company, 3rd Platoon, 3rd vehicle) of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 502 and soviet KV-1S tank.
Tiger I number 231 of Schwere Panzer Abteilung 503. Tank is fitted with S-mine launchers.
Tiger I number 3 of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 502 near Leningrad 1943
Tiger I number 311 schwere panzer abteilung 503
Tiger I number 812 Tiki 8/SSPzRgt 2 Das Reich
Tiger I number 812 Tiki of the 8/SS-Panzerregiment 2 Das Reich
Tiger I number 812 Tiki of the 8/SS-Panzerregiment 2 Das Reich SS Obergruppenfuhrer Walter Kruger
Tiger I number 812 Tiki of the 8/SS-Panzerregiment 2 Das Reich SS Obergruppenfuhrer Walter Kruger photo
Tiger I number 812 Tiki of the 8/SS-Panzerregiment 2 Das Reich. Divisionskommandeur SS Obergruppenfuhrer Walter Kruger
Tiger I number 913 of the SS Panzer Regiment 3 Totenkopf Kursk
Tiger I of Schwere Panzer Abteilung 503, tank number 323
Tiger I of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503 (sPzAbt. 503), tank number 331 during field exercises
Tiger I of the Panzer-Regiment Grossdeutschland, tank number 23
Tiger I of the Schwere Panzer Abteilung 502 rail transport
Tiger I of the schwere Panzer Abteilung 502. Tank number 222 winter camouflage eastern front
Tiger I of the Schwere Panzer Abteilung 503, tank number 112. Crew, rail transport
Tiger I schwere panzer abteilung 505
Tiger I tank
Tiger I tank 36
Tiger I tank 41
Tiger I tank 42
Tiger I tank 43
Tiger I tank 48
Tiger I tank being transported to the front on specially designed flatbed rail car
Tiger I tank number 100 of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 502, front view
Tiger I tank number 100 of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 502, rear view
Tiger I tank number 101 (late model)
Tiger I tank number 123 of Schwere Panzer Abteilung 503
Tiger I tank on muddy road, Eastern Front
Tiger I tank transport 5
Tiger I tanks 2
Tiger I tanks number 332 321 331 of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503
Tiger I with zimmerit number 312, of schwere Panzerabteilung 504, Pian delle Pieve Italy
Tiger I with zimmerit of schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 101, tank number 304
Tiger Kursk Panzer VI photo
Tiger number 322 with Feifel air filters, of the Schwere Panzer Abteilung 502, Russia
Tiger number 333
Tiger of 9./SS-Panzerregiment 3 Totenkopf, tank number 901
Tiger of schwere panzer abteilung 502 tank number 1 1943
Tiger of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, tank number 334 (3rd Company, 3rd Platoon, 4th vehicle)
Tiger of the 2/schwere Panzer-Abteilung 507
Tiger of the 4/SS-Panzerregiment 1 Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler (LAH), tank number 411
Tiger of the 8/SS-Panzerregiment 2 Das Reich, tank number 821. Winter camoufalge Eastern front
Tiger of the Schwere Panzer Abteilung 501, tank number 121
Tiger of the Schwere Panzer Abteilung 501, tank number 122
Tiger of the schwere Panzer Abteilung 502 tank number 2
Tiger of the schwere Panzer Abteilung 502, tank number 21
Tiger of the schwere Panzer Abteilung 502. Tank number 308
Tiger of the Schwere Panzer Abteilung 503, tank number 122
Tiger of the Schwere Panzer Abteilung 505, tank number 112 (1st Company, 1st Platoon, 2nd vehicle)
Tiger of the Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 505, tank number 322
Tiger of the sPzAbt.301(Fkl), tank number 201
Tiger S14 of the Das Reich during Battle of Kursk
Tiger schwere panzer abteilung 502, tank number 1 winter
Tiger tank 115 schwere panzer abteilung 502 1944
Tiger tank 13 schwere panzer abteilung 502. Tthe initial production vehicle
Tiger tank 213 of the schwere Panzer Abteilung 503 on Type SSyms 80 Heavy Flatcar. France 1944
Tiger tank 222 of schwere Panzer Abteilung 502 on Type SSyms 80 Heavy Flatcar
Tiger tank code A12 of the III/Panzer Regiment Grossdeutschland 1944 (late version)
Tiger tank coded C01 of the III/Panzer Regiment Grossdeutschland
Tiger tank in Kassel Germany
Tiger tank number 100 of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 507
Tiger tank number 114 of Schwere Panzer Abteilung 503 1943
Tiger tank number 122 1943 year
Tiger tank number 123 of Schwere Panzer Abteilung 503 1943
Tiger tank number 211 (2nd Company, 1st Platoon, 1st vehicle) of the Schwere Panzer Abteilung 503. Narva 1944
Tiger tank number 211 of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503
Tiger tank number 222 of Schwere Panzer Abteilung 503. Palais Rohan, Strasbourg November 1944.
Tiger tank number 223 of the schwere Heeres Panzer-Abteilung 505 (sPzAbt 505)
Tiger tank number 331 of Schwere SS Panzer Abteilung 101 France 1944
Tiger tank number 812 named Tiki of the 8/SS-Panzerregiment 2 Das Reich
Tiger tank of 3/schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 101, tank number 324 – Normandy 1944
Tiger tank of schwere panzer abteilung 502 on Schwere Plattformwagen Type SSyms
Tiger tank of schwere panzer abteilung 502. Tank number 123 Eastern Front winter
Tiger tank of schwere panzer abteilung 502. Tank number 332 Eastern Front winter camuflage
Tiger tank of schwere panzerabteilung 503 on SSyms flatcar. Braine France 1944
Tiger tank of the 508th Heavy Panzer Battalion (Late Production)
Tiger tank of the schwere panzer abteilung 503. France 1944, rail transport, rear view
Tiger tank on rail car of the schwere panzer abteilung 503 France 1944
Tiger tank with steel whells of the Schwere Panzer Abteilung 508, Villa Bonnaza Italy
Tiger tanks in combat Bjelgorod 1943
Tiger tanks of the Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503 captured aboard a transport train near Braines, France September 1944
Tiger with steel wheels of the schwere Panzer-Abteilung 508. Italy 1944
Tiger with zimmerit of the Schwere SS Panzer Abteilung 102. Tank number 211, France 1944
Tigers I of the Panzer-Regiment Grossdeutschland (A23 on left)
Tigers tanks of the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich
Whitewashed Tiger from 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich, Eastern Front
Along with the systematic development of the German armored forces, work on a heavy tank were continuing. Initially tank PzKpfw IV was classified as heavy tanks. Comparing with heavy tanks build in the Soviet Union KV, IS or in France Char B1 bis, German PzKpfw IV was at best medium tank. Work on a heavy tank was carried out in Germany already in 1925. Rheinmetall developed a project of the tank known under the designation NbFz (Neubaufahrzeug). Tank weight tank was 23t. The tank had Maybach HL 108 TR engine. Main armament was a 75 mm cannon KwK L/24 or alternatively 105mm, 10,5 cm cannon KwK L/28. Cannon was installed with 37 mm cannon on the main tower, additional weapons were MG13 machine guns mounted in two towers at front and rear of the tank body. The tank was produced in small series, mass production was not started most likely due to the complicated technology and the high costs of each tank. Project was continued. In early January 1937 Henschel started project of tank DW1 (Durchbuchswagen). Tank weight was 30t. Tank maximum speed was 35 km/h. Also Henschel developed project of tank marked as VK 6501 (H). The tank was to have the weight of 65t. Armament consisted of 7,5 cm KWK L/24 gun. Fortunately for the German armored troops project of this tank was aborted, because of technical difficulties connected with the production. It is difficult to imagine driving such colossus during spring thaws on the eastern front. Germany tried to find another solution. In May 1941 it was decided to design a self-propelled large-caliber gun. A prototype of self-propelled gun based on PzKpfw IV tank was created and as armament was used equipment for 105 mm caliber gun. The second project aimed to use 12,8 cm KwK 40 L/61 gun. That is how cannon marked as Pz. Sfl V was created. Only two pieces were built, which were used on the Eastern Front. Hitler himself was involved in creation of new tank. Dictator request to change cannon (caliber 75 mm) for 88 mm caliber gun and when Nibelugenwerke prepared body of the tank VK 3001 (P), gun was not even installed, because Krupp company prepared tower with 88 mm cannon, and tower was just too big. Hitler’s obsession regarding strong armor has led to the fact that the design work was delayed, and on the front German crews had to struggle in their Panzer IV with the Soviet T-34. Finally two prototypes VK 4501 (H) and VK 4501 (P) were created. In Tiger (P ) were used two engines Simmerign-Gratz-Pauker, type 101/1 with a power of 200 hp. Chassis was driven by Siemens-Porsche electro-mechanical transmission. Thickness of the tank amour was in ranged from 30 mm to 100 mm. Tank VK 4501 (H) was development of an earlier VK 3601 (H) construction, both tanks were to be presented on the Hitler birthday 20 April 1942, on the firing range near Ketrzyn (Rastenburg). At the morning of 20 April 1942, both tanks joined the trials at the training ground. At the beginning speed trial was held, from which the winner was Dr. Porsche tank. Then took place maneuver test: this time in turn won the Henschel tank. After these tests, Hitler decided that both tanks will undergo further tests. Trials at the training ground took place in May in Berka. In the competition winner was Henschel tank, Porsche tank, which had complicated drive showed a very high failure rate, which in front conditions would even more noticeable. The winning tank came to production under the designation PzKpfw VI Tiger Ausf H1 (after incorporation of Tiger II tanks designation was changed to the Ausf E). Tank Tiger ausf H1 was powered by Maybach HL 210 P45 engine with 650hp power. The series production started in Wegman AG and Henschel plants. During the series production a number of modifications was implemented. In the first Tiger tanks from serial production escape hatch was on the right side of tower, which was later enlarged . Another modifications were connected with position of the headlights and smoke grenade launchers. For tanks of late series was introduced additional armor of optical viewfinder, also shape of exhaust pipes shields was change. The main visual change was modification of the shape of the commander cupola from flanking tower type to tower, which had Tiger II tanks. Last 800 tanks had a wheels entirely made of steel.