How powerful was the Tiger tank, and why did it become a nightmare for Allied tanks?

The Tiger tank made its debut in the Battle of Leningrad in late 1942, when it was very powerful at that time with a 102-mm cold-rolled forging process for the vertical frontal, 135-150 mm turret frontal, 82 mm side, rear and 40 mm top.

In addition to the British modified Firefly can compete with the Tiger tank in firepower (the armor is still a weakness), the M26 heavy tank, which can really be compared to the Tiger tank, was not equipped until the end of the war, so the Tiger tank has been a nightmare for the Allies throughout World War II, and the Tiger tank has also become the "image spokesperson" of the German tank.

The Tiger tank has a particularly strong shell, all steel plates, and secondly, it is equipped with multiple bomber guns, which is extremely powerful.

The Tiger tank is a medium tank, and in the same type of tank, its protection and attack performance are almost as good as those of the Allied tanks, especially the Soviet tank and the American tank, which are basically finished when they meet.

Speaking of World War II, the first time the German Tiger tanks participated in the battle of Leningrad on the Eastern Front in August 1942, but the result was a failure, these Tiger tanks were all experimental Tiger tanks, and almost half of the battlefield was paralyzed

During World War II, the Tiger tank could penetrate 80 mm of armor at a distance of 2,000 meters, and the recipients of the Tiger tank were almost the most elite armored units of the German army, which was also an important reason for the Tiger myth.

The armor of the Tiger tank is very thick, and ordinary armor-piercing shells cannot penetrate it, relying on this advantage to dominate the battlefield of World War II, but the Tiger tank has a high turret and large size, so it has no advantage in street battles or jungle battles.

The Tiger is a heavy tank, thickly armored and aggressive, but a bit clumsy. The Tiger can take out enemy tanks from a distance with its excellent 88mm gun, while relying on its heavy frontal armor to withstand attacks from enemy tanks at close range. In addition, the average quality of the German personnel was relatively high, so it was often possible to play an unbelievable exchange ratio.

Hint, the 3 pictures you pasted, the first one is a tiger pose, and the last 2 are all tiger kings.

The power of the Tiger tank's artillery could penetrate the armor of any tank at that time, and its own defense capability was also the best in the world.

The Tiger tank was the most recognizable tank in World War II.

The Tiger tank was active on the front lines of the battlefield from its entry into service in the second half of 1942 until the surrender of Germany in 1945. The Tiger tank destroyed a large number of enemy tanks in the war, including other artillery pieces;

This makes it a dangerous opponent for all Allied tanks, and anyone who is able to destroy or damage the Tiger in battle to the point of abandonment is known as the Tiger Tamer.

The existence of bugs in the middle is like bullying and bullying medium tanks such as T3476 KV1 M4A3, and the Tiger is a bit difficult after the Eastern Front KV85, T3485, IS2 and other series of tanks are in service, and the Western Front is okay at the beginning, and the M4A3 Sherman, Cromwell, Churchill and other tanks at the beginning of the Allies are like cans in front of the German Tiger. However, at the end of the war, the German army had no air supremacy, and the Allies generally called air force support or fighter vehicles to deal with Germany when they fought Germany, and the M36 fighter vehicle could fight against the Tiger at a certain distance, and when the M4A3E8 and M4A3E2 Firefly and other models of Sherman were put into service, the Tiger would not work on the Western Front. By the time the Allied Pershing, Chao Pan, and Black Prince tanks were put into service, the Tiger was already considered a younger brother.

The Tiger has an 88mm main gun and 100mm front armor, the T34 tank is almost impossible to penetrate from the front, only from the back, and the later T34 85 can be pierced from the front, which shows how high the status of the Tiger in World War II is.

Invincible in the early days, the 88 Gun could easily destroy the main Allied tanks from a distance of a kilometer, but later in the war, with the improvement of tank guns, the 100mm armor of the Tiger frontal could also be easily penetrated.

First of all, one thing is one thing, Tiger 1 is usually called Tiger Style, and Tiger 2 type is generally called Tiger Style, so here is the situation of Tiger 1 type. Secondly, you just want to have a brief understanding of the excitement, so please don't ask about the situation of the Tiger King, that's another question, and it's very troublesome to find information. OK, start ......The first combat of the Tiger was on September 23, 1942 near Leningrad (now St. Petersburg).

In the entire World War II, the incomplete statistics of the destruction record of the Tiger were 9,850 vehicles, and the loss of 1,715 vehicles was carried out. In fact, the German army did not lose so many Tigers, the entire World War II German army only produced a total of 1,347 Tigers, the reason why there is such a number of 1,715 is because when the German army calculates the losses, the serious damage that needs to be overhauled is also counted in the losses, and in fact, these tanks are dragged back and repaired, although it is troublesome, but there is no problem with putting them into service again, and it is normal to die twice. Why is it famous?

Just look at the above data, even according to the German army's algorithm, if serious injuries are lost, the exchange ratio between the Tiger and the Allies has also been reached. In the three major performance of the tank, the Tiger almost reached the top level in the middle and late stages of World War II in terms of armor and firepower, and even after the IS2 appeared, the Tiger was not completely out of play. As for dealing with the main forces of the Allied forces, T34 and M4, it is even more like chopping melons and vegetables, and T34 needs to fight in a group, and surround the Tiger 1 type at the cost of sacrificing the first few vehicles; And the M4 was ridiculed by the Germans as a lighter, because it was finished with one shot; And the biggest problem with the Tiger is mobility, and this problem is average after everyone starts to work on bigger guys in the later stage, such as IS2 or Tiger King, the mobility of these two guys is worse than that of the Tiger.

In terms of bike performance alone, I think the Tiger was the best in World War II. Tiger type was born on the birth of a lot of super tankers (you can't beat it yourself, you can beat others but a dozen to wear, of course, the results are good), the most famous is Michel Wittman, a total of 138 tanks and 132 guns, which is widely praised is the tank battle in Pokaki Village on June 13, 1944, this guy brought six Tiger 1 and a No. 4 tank, and got a battalion and two companies of the British, and Wittman rode through Pokaki Village alone, one by one, Until the tank was finally shot in the wheel, the dude ran back to his camp unscathed, and although the battle was fortuitous and the difference in equipment, the British lost more than two dozen (23 27) tanks; Wittmann is only the most famous, but he is not the holder of the German Tiger tank destruction record, the German army has at least 10 people operating the Tiger to destroy more than 100 Allied tanks, such as Kurt Könispel (168), Walter Schwarf (161), Otto Karjuus (150+, some say 170), Accommodating S. Potel (139+).

The Tiger was basically invincible before 1943, and even the KV-2 was no match for him. The firepower, armor, and mobility of the Tiger were first-class at that time, but in 1943, the country's Black Panthers and Elephants also basically had the strength of the Tiger type, and the Soviet T-34 85 could also penetrate the Tiger head-on. By 1944, the country's Tiger King was completely superior to the Tiger in addition to maneuvering, the Soviet Union's IS-2 was slightly better than the Tiger in addition to the rate of fire, the British Firefly, the United States' M4A3E8, M4A4E8 all had the ability to face the Tiger, and by 1945, the M26E3 and Cheetah also surpassed the Tiger, but the strength of the Tiger was still in the upper class.

Because the lethality of the Tiger tank is very large, and the armor is relatively thick, and the movement speed is also very fast, it can play a decisive role on the battlefield, and it is much more powerful than other tanks.

Because this tank has a lot of firepower, and it is very mobile and very fast, it is very practical on the battlefield.

This is because with the technology at that time, only such advanced ** could be manufactured, and the range of these ** was very long, and the power was also very large.

The German tank during World War II, the Tiger tank is the most famous! As everyone knows, there is something better than it.

Not only is his design excellent, but it has a lot to do with the high quality of the German tank crew, you see that the Soviet heavy tanks in the later period are also good, but they still can't beat one by one

The frontal armor is more than 100 mm thick, the sides are also more than 80 mm, the power of the gun is good, and the tankers are all experienced in battle.

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The 88 gun of the Tiger tank is the best tank gun in World War II, because it is the prototype of the anti-aircraft gun, so it is stronger than the tank guns of other countries in terms of accuracy and armor-piercing ability, plus the range of nearly 1000 meters farther than other countries, and the tanks of other countries will basically be destroyed before they enter the firing range. Its armor is also much better than that of tanks of the same period, and it is difficult for tanks of other countries to penetrate, so the Tiger is powerful.

The strength of the Tiger tank is due to the fact that the tanks of his time are relatively weak. Especially the tanks of the Western allies.

At the same time, the quality of the tank fighters of the German army was higher than that of its opponents, which made the Tiger tank have an excellent record. In addition, the numerical inferiority of the German tanks meant that they had to fight against enemy tanks that were several times their size, and their results were naturally much higher than those of the Allied tankers.

First of all, the comparison of steel German steel and the steel of the American army at the same time is excellent, and the comparison with the Soviet Union is even better, the same type of steel is about 30% better than the Soviet Union, followed by artillery, continue to take steel, good steel plate made of artillery durability, better bore pressure can be made of higher We all know that the higher the bore pressure, the higher the muzzle velocity, the higher the muzzle velocity, the stronger the armor-piercing ability, the muzzle velocity of the KWK 40 L56 reached 1100 km/h, so the armor-piercing ability is very considerable, so the quality of the equipment depends on the industrial level If the Soviet Union could build a good steel plate, it could design a tank as powerful as the Tiger.

In a mass-produced tank.

He has the strongest protection and a powerful artillery.

Strong bicycle performance.

But the high cost of construction and maintenance, as well as several serious flaws, doomed him to failure.

First of all, the armor is thick and the protection ability is strong, which can effectively resist the attack of the mainstream tank M4 of the Allied forces, including the T34 76 of the Soviet Army, and the firepower is strong, and the 88mm gun can easily take out most opponents. The Tiger tank can penetrate the armor of the opponent's tank at a long distance, which seems to be 2,000 meters, on the contrary, the enemy tank may not be able to penetrate very closely, and it may withstand four or five hundred meters, so this gap is obvious. Only some of the Soviet Union's large-caliber heavy and medium tanks, as well as tank destroyers, posed a threat.

The Tiger tank system is complex and difficult to maintain, and many of the battlefields are abandoned due to mechanical failures or run out of fuel.

The main thing is that the armor is very strong, and there is an anti-magnetic coating, which can effectively prevent the magnetic adhesion attack of the main infantry anti-tank ** iron fist rocket launcher at that time, so it can attack the infantry without fear, and its power is very strong, although it is heavier than the Allied tanks, but the mobility is not inferior, the attack power and accuracy and range of the German-made large-caliber artillery are very good, the Allied tanks are often hit hard before they can rush to their own range, but in the end the Tiger is too high cost and too long production time, Defeated by Sherman's overwhelming numbers.

The armor is thick, and it is thick in all directions, and there is 110mm at the frontal shield; High firepower, 88mmkwk 36 guns are not covered; High comfort, overlapping load wheels improve the crew's continuous combat ability, and the drivers of the "Hitler Zoo" (Tiger, Panther, Elephant) basically do not need to wear special tank caps, which shows its driving stability; The sighting system is a state-of-the-art product of ZEISS. In addition, the production of Tiger tanks was small, but the quality of the armor was good. There have been cases where the IS2 tank, which is stronger than the Tiger tank in terms of firepower and armor theoretically, at the same distance, the Tiger tank and the IS2 are fired at each other, and the Tiger tank is not penetrated, but the IS2 is destroyed.

At the same time, the crews of the Tiger tank are the elite of the German armored forces, with rich experience and strong combat effectiveness, so they are very lethal to the Allies. But the numbers were too small to turn the tide of the war.

The main thing is that it is very mobile and has strong firepower!

Because he was strong in the 88-mm gun.

Super freak! The most powerful armored artillery of World War II in Germany, the "Tiger" tank, could not be compared.

The KWK 36 L 56 of the Tiger tank was improved from the 88mm anti-aircraft gun, and the armor-piercing ability (60 ° normal angle) of the Type 39 ordinary armor-piercing projectile was used: 100 meters - 120 mm; 500 meters - 110mm; 1000 meters - 100mm; 1500 meters - 91mm; 2000 meters - 83mm. Armor-piercing ability (60 ° normal angle) using Type 40 tungsten core armor-piercing projectiles:

100 meters - 171mm; 500 meters - 156mm; 1000 meters - 138mm; 1500 meters - 123mm; 2000 meters - 110 mm. At that time, the main tank force of the Allied forces was basically Sherman, the front head of the early stage was 50mm inclined armor, the front of the turret was 76mm, and the two would not exceed 80mm, so it would be destroyed by the tiger at a distance of 2000 meters, even if it was the most protective Churchill, The maximum armor thickness of the type and type has increased to 152mm, but it will still be destroyed at a distance of 500-1000 meters, so the Tiger can basically destroy all the tanks of the Allied forces at that time, but after 1944, The Tiger cannon was inadequate, because the Allies had some tough vehicles, such as the M4A3E2 that appeared at the beginning, and later Pershing and Super Pershing. Pershing didn't dare to say, but the M4A3E2 Jumbo was a small powerhouse in the Sherman family of the U.S. Army, and the Tiger and Leopard would not be able to destroy this tank from the front if they did not use Type 40 tungsten core armor-piercing shells.