Albert Speer showing Hitler munition for the new panzers. From left to right pzg 39/42 and spreng 39/42 (Panther), Pzg 39/42 and Spreng 39/42 (Tiger II, Elephant; Jagdpanther), and in the far right you can the see ammo for the kwk 36 Tiger 1, nearly dwarfed by the others two.:shock:
Looks awsome, wouldnt want one sniffing me out, though I wonder what the bore life of the gun was with these high energy rounds. With that much propellant, I would guess the erosion factor might be considerable.
Well, the 75mm round for Panther (75 x 640R) looks like the rifle cartrigde 25-06 
I must agree, I wonder if American Derringer makes one in that caliber?? I’d like to be the contractor making the tubes for those guns, probably had to change them pretty often. uses lots of E.F.C. rounds per shot. All you need is to lube the barrel with asado juices,
I think it was the most succesful german tank if you dont say nothing about tiger II . it’s armor and the killing 88 cannon made it the worst enemy the allied tanks had to fight . Also Tiger I raise one of the best tank commanders that nazi
germany had to put into the fight . That commander was : MICHAEL WITTMANN
but i also think that Tiger II couldn’t prove what it was worth , because the lack of fuel . but from the info the know , no allied tank could destroy it or damage it
Except it couldn’t cross a small bridge was easily stopped in bad terrain…
The Tiger I, the Tiger II was a waste of resources and production manpower.
Don’t let Panzerknacker witness this heresy!
Actually I tend to agree with “the Tiger II was a waste of resources” , but I do believe that the Tiger 1 was the best tank in ww2, simply as is.
Manufacturing of Pz VI Tiger 1.
well i agree with you PK because you are right . simply that and i also agree with you nickdefresh . it was to heavy . thats why i think it couldn’t cross small bridges . but i don’t think you you can tell anything about it’s armor or it’s firepower
This happen when you try to cross a small brigde with a main battle tank. I hope to end the “bridgemania” with this images.
It’s also much easier for combat engineers to build bridges for smaller MBTs like the Panther, which makes them somewhat practical…
The main problem the German heavies had with bridges was usually associated with rail transport clearances and of course most rural roads in Europe had narrow bridges. On the Eastern Front the problem was the lack of bridges, forcing the Panzers to wait for combat engineers to construct bridges or ford the obstacle, which was not always practicable.
digger.
The main problem the German heavies had with bridges was usually associated with rail transport clearances and of course most rural roads in Europe had narrow bridges
That in case of the river being really deep, the early Tigers and the Panthers have deep fording apparatus wich allowed to operate under 4 meters of water. The tank depicted above obviously did not make use of it.
The fording snorkels were probably sent to tunisia by accident…
Actually no, those were standar equipment in the early Tiger 1s, but probably it would be more useful let that device in Germany, and save some weight in the process.
Hunted Tiger.
Two soviet tankcrew admiring the effects of the 85 mm APCBC (lower penetration) and subcalibrated tugsten core ammo (upper penetrations) in a Tiger 1 turret side.
When you care enough to send the very best, think T-Carbide.:mrgreen:
(at least it wasnt an engineering revision,)
I know, I was making a military joke, It would be not unexpected for the supply people to send fording equipment to the desert…
