Submarines and their Weapons - Aircraft of World War II

PzKpfw VI TIGER H Ausf B
Length (overall): 10.26m (33.66ft)
Width: 3.75m (12.29ft)
Weight: 71,100kg (156,747lb)
Max road speed: 38km/h (24mph)
Max road range: 110km
(68 miles)
Crew: 5
Armament: 8.8cm KwK 43 gun;
2 x 7.92mm MG 34 machine guns
weight of almost 193 tonnes (190 tons) including its
six-man crew, fuel and ordnance, there was hardly a
road bridge in the country which would have taken its
weight, and thus it was designed from the outset to be
able to submerge to a depth of 8m (26.25ft), air for
occupants and powerplant being supplied via a
schnorkel tube which extended from the turret roof.
The 'Maus' project didn't get much further than the
initial stage; in all, nine prototypes had been wholly
or partially completed by the war's end, though that
Below: A pair of knocked-out Tigers in the Soviet Union in
1944. By that time the Allies had got the measure of these
58-tonne (57-ton) monsters.
TANKS AND ANTI-TANK WEAPONS
Above: The King Tiger was heavier than the Tiger and had
a more powerful 8.8cm gun. It was, however, also prone
to breakdowns, having the same powerplant as the Tiger.
small result does not reflect the amount of energy,
money and scarce resources which had been lavished
on it. And worse was to come, because the HWA -
having protested that it did not want such a vehicle
and could formulate no sensible tactical plan for its
use, and having been overruled by the Führer - then
decided to commission something very similar itself!
It comes as no surpise to find that it was to Henschel,
the producer of both versions of the Tiger (and
of the much more successful PzKpfw V Panther), that
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