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By this time, supporting Churchill tanks had arrived and a shot by a Churchill from either the 142nd Regiment RAC or 48 RTR jammed the turret, forcing the Tiger crew to abandon their tank. Photographic and documentary evidence corroborated Oscroft's story, proving that Tiger 131 was the tank disabled at Point 174 on 24 April 1943 and not the ...
The VK 45.01 (P), also informally known as Tiger (P) or Porsche Tiger, was a heavy tank prototype designed by Porsche in Germany.With a dual engine gasoline-electric drive that was complex and requiring significant amounts of copper, it lost out to its Henschel competitor on trials, it was not selected for mass production and the Henschel design was produced as the Tiger I.
The next day, 1 March, all of the immobilized tanks were blown up, leaving one operational Tiger. The offensive failed with huge tank losses so much so that 501st had ceased to be an effective fighting force. [7] Over the next few days, more tanks were made operational, reaching six Tigers, 12 Panzer IIIs and seven Panzer IVs by 10 March. [6]
VK 45.01 (H) was a German tank which was the final prototype of the Panzer VI Tiger I, evolved from the VK 36.01 (H), designed by Henschel. It was selected by Adolf Hitler over the competing VK 45.01 (P) from Porsche for production into the Tiger I. It came in two variants, the VK 45.01 (H) H2 with a 75 mm L/70 gun, and the VK 45.01 (H) H1 with ...
The unit received eight Tiger IIs and took the tanks into combat on 1 April 1945. The 502nd heavy tank battalion also served on the Western Front. By War's end, the battalion destroyed about 1400 tanks and lost 107 of their tanks from combat and non-combat circumstances such as abandoning by its crew or technical problems that was frequent to ...
The 510th Heavy Panzer Battalion (German: "schwere Panzerabteilung 510"; abbreviated: "s PzAbt 510") was a German heavy Panzer Abteilung (an independent battalion-sized unit), equipped with heavy tanks. The 510th saw action on the Eastern Front during the Second World War.
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On 11 April 1945, a Tiger I destroyed three M4 Sherman tanks and an armoured car advancing on a road [where?]. [80] On 12 April, a Tiger I (F02) destroyed two Comet tanks, one half-track and one scout car. [80] This Tiger I was destroyed by a Comet tank of A Squadron of the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment on the next day without infantry support. [80]