Friday, August 5, 2016

Ferocious Beast — Six Little-Known Facts About the Tiger Tank

Ferocious Beast - Six Little-Known Facts About the Tiger Tank

By Ben Hollingum, GermanWarMachine.com THE PANZERKAMPFWAGEN VI or Tiger tank was never a common sight on the battlefields of World War Two. During the roughly two years that the vehicle was in production, only 1,347 were built - a number that is lower than the monthly production figures for the M4 Sherman and Soviet T-34 at the height of the war.

Tank Clash – The German Panther vs. the Soviet T-34-85

Tank Clash - The German Panther vs. the Soviet T-34-85

WHEN THE PANTHER TANK first appeared on the battlefields of the Eastern Front, the Soviets did not have an effective weapon to counter it. They had a new medium tank in development (the T-43) but, having been commissioned in 1942 to counter the Panzer IV ausf.