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We thought it would be interesting to compare the uss main battle tank, the m1 m1a2 abrams, to russias main battle tank, the t90s, in this episode of the infographics show, a tale of. An epic engagement during the battle of kursk in 1943 where one tiger tank took on 50 soviet t34s in a battle to the death. Take an upclose look at british, us, russian, german, and french tanks, meet key designers such as mi. Staudegger used up his entire ammunition supply and destroyed 22 russian tanks. Jun 25, 2019 the tiger heavy tank served the german army during the latter years of world war 2. One german tiger versus 50 soviet t34 military history forum. It took 10 years from the first solid model computer drawings until the wimmera tiger tore up the front lawn with its 220 tracks. This order was still in effect when the tigers were initially deployed in august 1942, thus the very first tiger is were painted dark grey. German tiger tank it struck fear in the hearts of allied.

Nazi germany 19421945 heavy breakthrough tank 1,350 built 1,376 ordered there is no other tank in afv history which has captured the popular imagination more than the panzerkampfwagen vi tiger sd. The panther tank uses an engine very similar to the one used in the tiger tank, with an average life of 1500 hours. I as the battalion commander, the company commander sasha ionov whose own tank had already been hit, and the tank commander. Nazi germanys tiger is arguably the most famous tank of world war ii. Wolfgang faust was the driver of a tiger i tank with the wehrmacht heavy panzer battalions, seeing extensive combat on the eastern front in 194345. The tank pzkpfw vi received the name tiger i in august 1942 and on march 5, 1943, he baptized fire on the russian front at the battle of leningrad.

A tank recovery version of the porsche tiger i, and one porsche tiger i, was issued to the 654th heavy tank destroyer battalion, which was equipped with the ferdinandelefant. With its thick armor and devastating 88millimeter gun, the mark vior tiger isoon earned a devastating reputation on. He dominates the american sherman and his british counterparts. The mysterious enemy tank is nicknamed white tiger by the soviet soldiers. But the t34, for all its faults, is now often referred to by tank experts and historians as possibly the best tank of the war. Sinosoviet relations of the past and sinorussian relations as of now, animal. On july 7, 1943, a lone german tiger tank commanded by ss oberscharfueherer franz staudegger from the 2nd platoon, th panzer company, 1st ss panzer regiment engaged a group of about 50 russian t34 tanks in southern sector of the battle of kursk. A true story of vengeance and survival by john vaillant sounds like overthetop macho stuff that should be avoided. The projectile passed through the entire fighting compartment and then the engine compartment. Oct 14, 2018 an epic engagement during the battle of kursk in 1943 where one tiger tank took on 50 soviet t34s in a battle to the death. One german tiger versus 50 soviet t34 military history. Exceedingly expensive and stunningly engineered, it had many faults. The wealth of knowledge on the subject is second to none and is a great starting point.

Tank busting blowing up the myth of the mighty m4 sherman. A true story of vengeance and survival paperback may 3 2011. The tiger i was a german heavy tank that saw extensive service during world war ii. Instead its a study of sociology, zoology, botany, history, geography, and the socioeconomic climate of the far like the beast this book is about, the tiger is patient. Strengths and flaws of tiger heavy tank battalions in world war ii, citing the tigerfibel the tiger s manual, states that the final cost of the tiger s production was much higher 800,000 reichsmarks and 300,000 manhours were required to produce one single tiger. Now the undisputed master of the battlefields in europe, the tiger combines good protection, great mobility and incomparable firepower. The panzerkampfwagen vi tiger tank was a german heavy tank that served on the eastern front, western front, and in north africa during world war ii.

It was a great experience introducing her to t3485. A spirit that if quenched would make our world a paler and deader place. Learn how to invest properly, and earn quick and safe profits. The panther tank came into service after the tiger tank, the panther being first used in combat in july 1943 in kursk whereas the tiger was first used in leningrad in december 1942. Complete with scale drawings, cutaways, and full specifications of the pantherincluding its several variants, such as the fearsome jagdpanther tank destroyerand all its major rivals the american sherman, russian t34, etc. Jean restayn has also supplied a number of colour drawings showing the not much can really be said about this publication other than that it is a must have book for anyone who has an interest in the german tiger tank. Aircraft allied tanks armoured cars battle for czech battle for hungary battle of berlin battle of the bulge beutepanzer desert eastern front fallschirmjager halftracks hungarian tanks italy jagdpanzer middle east model making modern armour new normandy panther tank panzer tracts panzerwrecks series pz. Jun 11, 2019 russian vs german tanks in ww ii comparison of strengths, losses and production of russian and german tanks part i undoubtedly, it was a long way for the t34 that the red army could. The tiger ii is a german heavy tank of the second world war.

Sep 12, 2017 tank busting blowing up the myth of the mighty m4 sherman by 12 september, 2017 44 comments the m4 sherman is remembered as the tank that won world war two. The tiger tank was one of the most feared weapons of world war two. Apr 18, 2020 he would become the laughing stock of the russian air force. Fear from the brave men of many allied nations who had to fight against it and interest from so many historians and modellers in the 70 years since its introduction. If you are interested in history in general and warfare in particular, tank encyclopedia is the place to find all armored vehicles that ever roamed the battlefield, from h. Jun 11, 2017 during november of 1943, a german tank ace called otto carius was tasked with commanding a platoon of tiger tanks near the belarusian city of vitebsk. From the birth of the tank to unmanned vehicles and the tanks of the future, the tank book offers a truly definitive look at over 400 different tanks, produced in association with the tank museum. That is, he succeeded in shooting down a russian fighter with the tiger tank canon. Franz staudegger german tiger ace in the battle of kursk. This book helps to show siberian tiger as the spirit and symbol of wilderness in its shrinking world. Wells land battleships to the latest main battle tanks, our articles cover all eras of armor development and cover a wide swathe of armored vehicle designs ranging from bridge layers and engineering vehicles to. It is also known under the informal name konigstiger, often translated literally as royal tiger, or somewhat incorrectly as king tiger by allied soldiers, especially by american forces. The final official german designation was panzerkampfwagen tiger ausf. My gunner, unteroffizier kramer, can take credit for a deed that was probably unparalleled on the eastern front.

The book offered some great shots of the tiger i in action. Foreword the material for this pamphlet was prepared for the historical division, eucom, by a. In italy, a demolition carrier version of the tiger i without a main gun was built by maintenance crews in an effort to find a way to clear minefields. Oct 03, 2017 this is the story of the old russian tank that can still fight the worlds best armor. In areas where winter camouflage was needed, the crews applied whitewash.

A look inside the most feared tank of wwii, the panther. Commanding the red armys sherman tanks is the first available detailed examination of the red armys exploitation of american war material during world war ii and provides firsthand testimony on tactical command decisions, group objectives and how they were accomplished. This memoir was his brutal and deeply personal account of the russian fronts appalling carnage. Us m1 m1a2 abrams vs russian t90 s main battle tank. Who else isnt surprised a russian tank couldnt survive in a bog for 70 years. The tiger tank was feared on the battlefield of ww2 and has become a tank of legend. No other tank is as recognizable as the legendary tiger not even the contemporary sherman or the russian t 34. Was the famous german tiger tank really that great. In the war in north africa in an early encounter with the allies in tunisia, eight rounds fired from a 75mm artillery gun simply bounced off of the side of the tank from a distance of just 50 metres. German wwii tank in pristine condition, recovered from russian bog. The russians build their own version of a super tank, the reallife experimental model t3485, which had extra armour and a highvelocity gun, to combat the white tiger. Thinking quickly he threw a hand grenade into the open hatch, destroying the tank. The true story of a maneating tiger s vengeance in december 1997, a tiger prowled the outskirts of a small town in russias far east.

The foreword of the book is written by a man who was in actual combat in his churchill tank against the tiger 1, peter gudgin. Why russias new tanks are a wakeup call for the us. Ottos mission was simple, shoot every russian tank he could find, right in the face. The tiger tank was very heavily armoured and carried powerful weapons on board. Belyy tigr is a 2012 russian war film, directed by karen shakhnazarov and cowritten with aleksandr borodyansky based on the novel tankist, ili belyy tigr the tank crewman, tanker or the white tiger by russian novelist ilya boyashov. Enroute, he encountered a tank along the road with its commander standing in the turret smoking a cigarette.

The rule of thumb was that it took five shermans to destroy a tiger tank, otherwise the shermans would be destroyed. Mounting the 88 mm kwk 36 l56 gun and thick armor, the tiger proved formidable in combat and forced the allies to alter their armor tactics and develop new weapons to counter it. The final version of the tank weighed 54 tons, had a crew of five, and was equipped with a mobile version of the famous 88millimeter anti tank gun. Theres just too many details that point to that from the utter and complete lack of sources or identifiable unit numbers or anything that could have led to verifications of facts to technical and historical mistakes for instance, the is3 tank. This book, like the rest by sprech media ss panzer ss voices, the last panther, tiger tracks, hitlers children is a piece of fiction. In his book the tiger, john vaillant recreates the events. When a german tiger tank shot down a russian plane defensionem. When he dismounted his tiger to tell him to move out of the way, he realized it was actually a russian t34 tank.

Seventy years later and a whole world away in melbourne, australia another v12 powered tiger rolled off the production floor. Otto carius and the greatest shot ever taken in a tank fact. This is the story of the old russian tank that can still. Our tank man, naydenov, is convinced that it was the white tiger that destroyed his soviet tank and he wants revenge. The tiger ii was the successor to the tiger i, combining the latters thick armour.