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In 1943, Japan bought several specimens of German tank designs for study. A single Tiger I was apparently purchased, along with a Panther and two Panzer IIIs, but only the Panzer IIIs were actually delivered. [55] The undelivered Tiger was loaned to the German Wehrmacht by the Japanese government. Tiger I Ausf.
Tiger 131 is a German Tiger I heavy tank captured by the British Army in Tunisia during World War II. Preserved at The Tank Museum in Bovington in Dorset , England, it is currently the only operational Tiger I in the world.
The Tiger II was a German heavy tank of the Second World War. The final official German designation was Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B, [a] often shortened to Tiger B. [9] The ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. 182. [9] (Sd.Kfz. 267 and 268 for command vehicles). It was also known informally as the Königstiger [9] (German for Bengal ...
It is also known under the informal name Königstiger [22] (the German name for the "Bengal tiger"), often semi-literally translated as the 'King Tiger' or 'Royal Tiger' by Allied soldiers. [23] It was the largest tank mass-produced by German forces during the war, and remains among the heaviest mass-produced tanks ever.
The Jagdtiger ("Hunting Tiger"; officially designated Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf. B [citation needed]) is a German casemate-type heavy tank destroyer of World War II. It was built upon the slightly lengthened chassis of a Tiger II. Its ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. 186.
The 501st Heavy Panzer Battalion (German: "schwere Panzerabteilung 501"; abbreviated: "s PzAbt 501") was a German heavy Panzer Abteilung (an independent battalion-sized unit) equipped with heavy tanks. The battalion was the second unit to receive and use the Tiger I heavy tank, changing to Tiger IIs in mid-1944.
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.
Sturmtiger - assault tank based on Tiger I chassis. Armed with 380 mm rocket mortar converted from battle damaged tanks; Tiger II (Panzer VI B, Sd.Kfz. 182, also known as Königstiger) was armed with an 88 mm L/71 gun; Jagdtiger (Sd.Kfz. 186) - Based on Tiger II chassis. Tank destroyer armed with a 128 mm PaK 44 gun (L/55)