The Tiger II was a German heavy tank of the Second World War. It is also known under the informal name Königstiger (the German name for the "Bengal tiger"), often translated as King Tiger or Royal Tiger by Allied soldiers.
Tiger II Ausf. B | Tiger II with 10.5 cm KwK | Tiger II Ausf. B "Early" |
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Tiger II Ausf. B "Early"[]
Panzer VI Ausf. B Tiger II "Early" | |
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General Historical Information | |
Place of origin | Germany |
Designer | - Henschel & Son (Fuselage) - Krupp (turret) |
Manufacturer | Henschel & Son, Krupp |
Produced In | 1943–1945 |
Category | Heavy Tank |
Debut in FHSW | 0.62 |
Speed | 38 km/h |
Armour | 25–150 mm (1–5.9 in) |
Main armament | 8.8 cm KwK 43 L/71 80 rounds |
Coaxial weapon | 7.92 mm MG 34 17 x 150 rounds |
General Ingame Information | |
Used by | Germany Hungary |
Crew in‑game | 4 |
Seat 2 | 7.92 mm MG 34 8 x 250 rounds |
Seat 3 | 7.92 mm MG 34 8 x 250 rounds |
Seat 4 | Nahverteidigungswaffe 10 x HE grenade |
Seat 5 | Passenger Seat |
Seat 6 | Passenger Seat |
Historical Picture | |
The first Tiger II tanks produced had a different turret often called the "Porsche turret", which would be roughly one in ten of the total production. The turret was designed by Krupp and initially to be fitted on the VK45.02(P2). Compared to the final turret it had less ammo capacity, less armour and the shape of the gun mantlet made for a shot trap at the lower part of the turret. This version of the King Tiger is uncommon but it comes as reinforcement on Operation Goodwood. Many were sent to heavy tank battalions in Normandy. Due to the shape of the model the turret may have a different camouflage than the rest of the model since not all texture variations fit because the original Forgotten Hope mod only had the Henschel turret.
Tiger II Ausf. B[]
Panzer VI Ausf. B Tiger II | |
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General Historical Information | |
Place of origin | Germany |
Designer | - Henschel & Son (Fuselage) - Krupp (turret) |
Manufacturer | Henschel & Son, Krupp |
Produced In | 1943–1945 |
Category | Heavy Tank |
Debut in FHSW | Debut in Forgotten Hope |
Speed | 38 km/h |
Armour | 25–185 mm (1–7 in) |
Main armament | 8.8 cm KwK 43 L/71 84 rounds |
Coaxial weapon | 7.92 mm MG 34 17 x 150 rounds |
General Ingame Information | |
Used by | Germany, Hungary |
Crew in‑game | 4 |
Seat 2 | 7.92 mm MG 34 8 x 250 rounds |
Seat 3 | 7.92 mm MG 34 8 x 250 rounds |
Seat 4 | Nahverteidigungswaffe 10 x HE grenade |
Seat 5 | Passenger Seat |
Seat 6 | Passenger Seat |
Historical Picture | |
The design followed the same concept as the Tiger I, but was intended to be even more formidable. The Tiger II combined the thick armor of the Tiger I with the sloped armor used on the Panther medium tank. The tank weighed almost seventy metric tons, was protected by 100 to 180 mm of armor to the front, and was armed with the long barrelled 8.8 cm Kampfwagenkanone 43 L/71 gun which also was used on the Nashorn, Ferdinand and Jagdpanther. It was the heaviest operational tank design in the war followed by the IS-2 directly designed to beat the King Tiger. A variant of this tank, the Jagdtiger, was also the heaviest tank destroyer of the war. The King Tiger was the heaviest German tank in FHSW until v0.2 when the Ratte saw its debut in the mod. Ingame some of these tanks may have APCR with the standard APHE rounds.
Tiger II with 10.5 cm KwK[]
Panzer VI Ausf. B Tiger II with 10.5 cm KwK | |
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General Historical Information | |
Place of origin | Germany |
Category | Heavy Tank |
Debut in FHSW | v0.41 |
Speed | 59 km/h |
Armour | 25–185 mm (1–7 in) |
Main armament | 10.5 cm KwK 46 L/68 (54 rounds) |
Coaxial weapon | 7.92 mm MG 42 (150 rounds) |
General Ingame Information | |
Used by | Nazi Germany |
Crew in‑game | 4 |
Seat 2 | 7.92 mm MG 42 (250 rounds) |
Seat 3 | 7.92 mm MG 42 (250 rounds) |
Seat 4 | Nahverteidigungswaffe 10 x HE grenade |
Seat 5 | Passenger Seat |
Seat 6 | Passenger Seat |
Historical Picture | |
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A version of the Maybach HL230 engine with fuel injection and uprated drive train was designed that would have increased the power to about 1,000 PS (986 hp, 736 kW). Henschel proposed using it for future production and fitting it to existing Tiger IIs, but the deteriorating situation meant the upgrade never left the drawing board.
Other suggested improvements included a 10.5 cm KwK L/68 as its new main weapon, but also stabilized sights, a stabilized main gun, automatic ammunition feed, a Zeiss stereoscopic range finder, heated crew compartment, storage for an additional 12 rounds, and an over-pressure and air filtration system to protect against poison gas, but these either never got beyond the proposal stage or did not enter production before the war ended. One issue was that while the gun could fit inside it was so cramped inside that the rounds could not be loaded into the gun in one piece so they had to have two piece ammunition which increased the time to reload. The improved Tiger II ingame has only a new maingun, engine and the MG 34 machine guns have been replaced by MG 42.
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