Althought the Tiger II is the more advanced, and probably more capable, I stll prefer the Tiger 1. Its just more esoteric. - Raspenau
I did prefer that variant too, it by far more reliable combat machine.
yea i got it now its about the tanks not the turrets my bad:confused:
well i still like the tiger with the porsche designed turret. i think that the tiger 1 just has such a style all of its own.:mrgreen:
You can’t beat a good winter trackbash 
Agreed.
Tiger 1 squematics:
Ive never seen a photo like that of the tiger. now did the tiger run directly from the engine or did the engine power an electric motor and then the eletric motor powered the wheels?
No, look at the fist pages of this topic, the one with electric drive is the Porsche Tiger 1 (VK 45.02 P) , only 10 of these were manufactured, the pictures I ve shown in the last topic belongs to the Henschel Tiger 1 wich is the "normal "Tiger 1. This used a V-12 26 liters Maybach engine coupled with standar mechanichal transmition, not electric.
ahh ok, i wasnt thinking properly i know that porshe’s used the electric motors i made that post in the morning. i still like that picture thou. oh another question when porshe and henshel were designing at first did they have different turrets or just different hull designs. if i remember correctly the tiger 1 used porshe’s design of the turret and henshel’s hull
Tiger wrath, destroyed armor in Normandy by the heavy 101 SS panzer batallion.
mmmmmmmmmm big tiger tanks , altho not built in mass numbers the germans needed to over come the allies , it was still a formidable force on the battle field , and i believe ( correct me if i am wrong ) it took 5 allied shermans to knockout 1 tiger .
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Wasn’t there a calculation, that it needs 9 T-34 for one Panther?
i think it was something like that it was either 6 or 9 t-34s
Probably with a single 76mm Sherman well ambushed you can knock out a Tiger, in other hand is clear that a single Tiger could disrupt a larger armored formation comprised by several tanks as in Wittman case.
good job the allies mass produced the sherman in the numbers that they did.
It took 6 Shermans to knock out one King Tiger. 5 to distract the King Tiger and one to hit it from the back. Most of the time the five that disctracted the King Tiger did not survive.
Well, teorically the Sherman Firefly should be able to penetrate the Tiger armor at distances not as suicidal when a 75mm gun Sherman was used, off course teorically.
Very interesting picture, the Tiger Porsche in his way to the Front, behind it a modified Panther, both vehicle were used by the 653 Heavy tank battalion.
wonder why they modified the Panther?
Tiger 1 preserved as a monument in a French Town.