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Operation Herbstnebel

The 6th Panzer Army was the best equipped among the three German armies that participated in Operation Herbstnebel.’ Among many things, it had a battalion of the huge 70-ton Königstiger tanks, which, with its 88mm KwK43 L/71 Kampfwagenkanone had an almost unmatched firepower. A Königstiger could knock out a Sherman frontally at a distance of up to two miles, whilst its own frontal armor was almost invulnerable to the fire of a Sherman at basically any distance.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/german-armored-forces-vehicles/60025/operation-herbstnebel

This image is a still from a German weekly show (Wochenschau) in 1944. It shows vehicles of schwere Panzerabteilung 503 lined up for an inspection. At full strength, a battalion had three companies (each with 14 tanks - three platoons of four tanks and two company HQ tanks) and three battalion HQ vehicles for a total of 45 tanks.
King Tiger Battalion: Staff and Staff Company
Supply Company
Repair Company
1st Tank Company
2nd Tank Company
3rd Tank Company
Personnel: 29 Officers, 267 NCOs, 594 other ranks = 897