Battlegroup
Name: Heavy Tank Turret Class: Closed Top Turret Type: Rotating Crew: 5 Speed: 24 mph (38 km/h) Weight: 139,400 lb. (63,363 kg) Engine: Maybach HL230, 700 hp, gasoline Schürzen: No
As
if the Tiger I was not enough of a threat, in 1942 Hitler made demands that
the 'old' Tiger be upgraded. The first upgrade changed out the standard
gun for a long barreled 8.8cm L/71. This gun could penetrate 80 centimeters
of armor at a range of almost 2 ½ miles. The second change was an increase
in armor by forty percent. Not limited by a fixed turret as the JagdTiger
was, the King Tiger could still engage targets if it should become immobilized.
This
is the one license you have to roll across the battlefield with impunity.
The only armored unit that could be considered a threat is the M7 Priest.
And if you let the Americans sneak that tugboat around to your rear, well…
As
if the Tiger I was not enough of a threat, in 1942 Hitler made demands that
the 'old' Tiger be upgraded. The first upgrade changed out the standard
gun for a long barreled 8.8cm L/71. This gun could penetrate 80 centimeters
of armor at a range of almost 2 ½ miles. The second change was an increase
in armor by forty percent. Not limited by a fixed turret as the JagdTiger
was, the King Tiger could still engage targets if it should become immobilized.