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The engine was an upgraded version of the slightly smaller HL210 engine which was used to equip the first 250 Tiger I tanks built, and which had an aluminium crankcase and block. The earlier HL210 engine had a displacement of 21.353 L (1,303.0 cu in) or 1,779 cm³ per cylinder; bore 125 mm (4.9 in), stroke 145 mm (5.7 in).
An R.A.C 3.d. document of February 1945 estimated that the British (76.2 mm) QF 17-pounder gun, using armour-piercing discarding sabot shot was theoretically capable of penetrating the front of the Tiger II's turret and nose (lower front hull) at 1,100 and 1,200 yd (1,000 and 1,100 m) respectively although, given the lack of a stated angle ...
The Northrop F-5 is a family of supersonic light fighter aircraft initially designed as a privately funded project in the late 1950s by Northrop Corporation.There are two main models: the original F-5A and F-5B Freedom Fighter variants, and the extensively updated F-5E and F-5F Tiger II variants.
By way of comparison, the Soviet Army used a single basic engine (the V-12 diesel Kharkiv V-2) to power the majority of its tanks – with a few modifications – starting with the BT-7M and its successor the T-34, [34] producing 500 hp (370 kW) @ 1800 rpm in 1939; [35] the SU-85 and SU-100; the KV-1 and KV-2 (600 hp with supercharging in 1939 ...
The Armstrong Siddeley Tiger was a British 14-cylinder air-cooled aircraft radial engine developed by Armstrong Siddeley in the 1930s from their Jaguar engine. The engine was built in a number of different versions but performance and dimensions stayed relatively unchanged.
"Like all German tanks, the Tiger II had a petrol engine; in this case the 700 PS (690 hp, 515 kW) V-12 Maybach HL 230 P30; a variant of the engine which powered the much lighter Panther and Tiger I tanks." Sorted. makes relationship to other HL230 clear and retains sense that the engine is underpowered for the job.
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Closeup of a Tiger II's 80 cm diameter roadwheels, meant to be standard on most E-series AFVs. The Entwicklung series (from German Entwicklung lit. ' development '), more commonly known as the E-Series, was a late-World War II attempt by Nazi Germany to produce a standardised series of tank designs. There were to be standard designs in five ...