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The Jagdtiger ("Hunting Tiger"; officially designated Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf. B [ citation needed ] ) is a German casemate -type heavy tank destroyer ( Jagdpanzer ) of World War II . It was built upon the slightly lengthened chassis of a Tiger II .
The 12.8 cm Pak 44 ended up becoming the standard main armament for the Jagdtiger heavy tank destroyer and a tank gun variant was the planned main armament for many future super-heavy tank designs in development during the last months of World War II, including the fully turreted Panzerkampfwagen Maus and E-100, as the 12,8 cm KwK 44 L/55 main gun.
A few examples of the Tiger II-based Jagdtiger were also completed with the 8.8 cm weapon due to a shortage of the 12.8 cm Pak 44, but these tank destroyers are not believed to have seen operational service. Pak 43 on cruciform mount, in towing configuration 8.8 cm Pak 43/41 at US Army Ordnance Museum
The 8.8 cm KwK 43 (Kampfwagenkanone —"fighting vehicle cannon") was an 88 mm 71-calibre-length tank gun designed by Krupp and used by the German Wehrmacht during the Second World War. It was mounted as the primary armament on the Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausf.
It was armed with the long barrelled (71 calibres) 8.8 cm KwK 43 anti-tank cannon. [b] The chassis was also the basis for the Jagdtiger turretless Jagdpanzer anti-tank vehicle. [13] The Tiger II was issued to heavy tank battalions of the Army and the Waffen-SS.
The complete vehicle was 10.2 m (33 ft) long, 3.71 m (12.2 ft) wide and 3.63 m (11.9 ft) high. Weighing about 188 metric tons, the Maus's main armament was the Krupp-designed 128 mm KwK 44 L/55 gun, based on the 12.8 cm Pak 44 towed anti-tank gun also used in the casemate-type Jagdtiger tank destroyer, with a coaxial 75 mm KwK 44 L/36.5 gun.
The Jagdpanther (German: "hunting Panther"), Sd.Kfz. 173, was a tank destroyer (Jagdpanzer, a self-propelled anti-tank gun) built by Germany during World War II.The Jagdpanther combined the 8.8 cm Pak 43 anti-tank gun, similar to the main gun of the Tiger II, with the armor and suspension of the Panther chassis.
According to Panzer Tracts 6-3, there was a proposal for the 15 cm KwK 44 L/38 to be mounted on the E-100 as well. The US military magazine Armor reported in its January–February 1959 edition that a 150 mm cannon was considered for the E-100 during the Second World War. [9] This was also reported by Anthony Tucker-Jones. [10]