Ukrainian leaders, with an eye on the tough battles widely assumed to lie ahead in the spring, had urged Germany to send its vaunted tank, the Leopard 2. Berlin resisted .
The Tiger I was a German heavy tank that saw extensive service during World War II. Mounting the 88 mm KwK 36 L/56 gun and thick armor, the Tiger proved formidable in combat and forced the Allies to alter their armor tactics and develop new weapons to counter it. Though effective on the battlefield, the Tiger was badly over-engineered making it
The result was the monstrous Jagdtiger (“Hunting Tiger”), then heaviest tank to see action in World War II—and still heavier than modern M1 Abrams and Leopard 2 tanks! But the vehicle’s
Weight and engine power comparison Tiger A vs Tiger B. Tiger 1 tank has a total mass of 57 T while the combat weight of Tiger 2 is 70T. However, both the engines output a maximum power of 690Hp. Tiger 2 tank is equipped with V-12 Maybach HL 230 P30 engine. This engine is powered with gasoline. The total piston displacement is 21000CC.
The new JS-2 tank was also coming on the frontlines, although APC shells problems still remained (there are reports of Tiger tanks hit by JS-2s in fev – mar 1944 from distances of 500m or less. The 122mm APC shells bounced off the frontal armor) and various types of tank-destroyers had the capability of severely damaging Tigers.
Vs a late M60 or T-72 it might start having some chance, vs an early M60, Centurion or T-62 and earlier chances would start to look other than suicidal. But then of course, comes the annoying part, its probably cheaper to have 2 or more of the latter MBTs running than a single Tiger II.
Well, both of these tanks also cut through the Tiger while having better mobility and a stabilizer on the Centurion. They are also much more versatile and resistant to uptiers. You can still be competetive with the Cent Mk10 and M46 in a full up-tier while the Tiger II 105 is outclassed even in a slightest up-tier, having to flank medium tanks
When in early 1943, the Germans deployed en masse the new Tiger heavy tank on the Eastern Front, the Soviets realized they had major problems. The medium T-34 and heavy KV-1S could not effectively
The M26 was the culmination of a series of medium tank prototypes that began with the T20 in 1942, and it was a significant design departure from the previous line of U.S. Army tanks that had ended with the M4 Sherman. Several design features were tested in the prototypes. Some of these were experimental dead-ends, but many became permanent
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