Page 86 - History of War - Issue 10-14

Operator’s Handbook

One of the most advanced Axis panzers of the Second World
War, the Tiger I struck fear into the hearts of Allied tank divisions

etween August 1942 and the fall of
the Third Reich, approximately 1,500
B Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf.E were
manufactured by the Nazi war machine.
Renowned for its accuracy and strong
armour, this heavy tank was a formidable foe
to the Allied forces. It outclassed many of the
Shermantankmodelsinseveraldepartments
and tales told from the war have described
75mm rounds bouncing straight off the Tiger’s
solid armour.
Thetanksawitsfirstactionin
September 1942 as the Third Reich
advanced eastwards under Operation
Barbarossa.Inanengagementnear
Leningrad, four Tigers managed to
dispatch 24 Soviet T-34 tanks. In
fact,theTigeronlyfloundered
when it became stuck in the
harsh conditions

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