The Art Of Tank Warfare - Chris Keeling

PzKpfw VI E Tiger
Type: Tank Top Speed: 45 KPH (17 off-road)
Availability: Dec 42 – Dec 44 Redline: 3000 RPM (2500 average)
Playability: Player Armor:
Main Armament: KwK 36 88mm L/56 Hull Front: 100mm
Depression/Elevation: -9°/10° Hull Sides: 60mm
Secondary Armament: Hull MG, Coax MG, Hull Rear: 80mm
AA MG
Ammunition: 92 (88mm), 4800 (MG) Hull Top: 25mm
Smoke: None Superstructure Front: 100mm
Turret Traverse: 40 seconds Superstructure Sides: 80mm
Radio: Yes Superstructure Rear: 80mm
Target Size: Very Large Superstructure Top: 25mm
Height: 2.93 meters Mantlet: 110mm
Weight: 57.0 tons Turret Front: 100mm
Ground Pressure: 1.04 kg/cm 2 Turret Sides: 80mm
Maximum Slope: 35° Turret Rear: 80mm
Maximum Vertical: 0.8 meters Turret Top: 25mm
The PanzerKampfwagen VIE was originally designed as a heavy breakthrough tank, for making a hole in enemy
lines for the lighter tanks and reserves to move through into the enemy rear areas. For nearly the entire war, it
was one of the most powerful tanks on the battlefield. Although slow, it had wide tracks for greater
maneuverability. Although its armor was not sloped, it had some of the thickest armor of any tank, with at
least 100mm on all frontal surfaces. Its gun, the famous 88mm L/56 was capable of knocking out any enemy
tank right up until the end of the war. Issued to special heavy tank battalions, this vehicle was so feared that
most Allied soldiers on the Western Front misidentified almost any German tank as a Tiger! A total of 1,354
Tiger tanks of both the early and late production model were built between the Summers of 1942 and 1944.
Options: None.
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