
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
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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. |