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Pz.Kpfw VI Tiger Ausf.E (Tiger I) at AusArmourFest 2024. German Tank.

Heavy tank design concepts were progressed by German Army Weapons Agency (Heereswaffenamt) starting from 1937 but deprioritized for production in favour of medium tank ramp up. Heavy tank development gained new urgency in May 1940 after the experience in France highlighted inability of 3.7cm KwK-36 L/45 to deal with heavier tanks like the Char B1 Bis. A single French tank in the Ardennes destroyed 13 Panzer IIIs & IVs in a matter of a few minutes on 16-May-1940 during the invasion of France, and a detachment of Matilda I & IIs over ran regiments of Erwin Rommel’s 7th Panzer Division and could only be halted with direct fire from 8.8cm anti-aircraft guns & 10.5cm howitzers. Clearly the heavy break through tank would be needed. The final Tiger I design was proposed using a torsion bar chassis designed by Henschel, with a turret and 8.8cm L/56 gun designed by Krupp using a V12 petrol engine by Maybach. The first production chassis was released in May 1942 for final testing. It was made until August 1944 incorporating various modifications along the way. 1,347 units in total were produced, with peak monthly deliveries of 90-100 units during early 1944. Only the 8.8cm KwK-36 L/56 based on the 8.8cm Flak 36 anti-aircraft gun was ready for use o the planned production schedule. With standard Panzergranate 39 armour piercing ammunition it could punch through 100mm of armour at 1000m range, and with the rarer tungsten cored Panzergranate 40 138mm of armour could be penetrated at 1000m range. This had roughly 4.5 times the kinetic energy of the best 5cm gun/round a Panzer III ever mounted, and 1.75 times the energy of the best 7.5cm gun/round combination mounted on a Panzer IV. Armour on the Hull & Turret fronts 100mm. Mantlet 120 to 200mm. Side Lower Hull 60mm. Side Upper Hull 80mm. Turret Sides & Rear 80mm. Overhead 25mm, with the Turret roof thickened to 40mm from March 1944. Early Production engines were Maybach HL 210 TRM P45 21-litre V-12 (480kW @ 3000rpm). This restricted mobility due to being somewhat underpowered for the 56t combat weight of the final design. The more powerful Maybach HL 230 TRM P45 23-litre V-12(520kW) from May-1943. Drive is rear engine, front transmission, final drive, and drive sprocket. Chassis is Torsion bar with 8 arms per side, arms pointing forward on the left side and rearward on the right allowing road wheels to be mounted directly opposite each other, unlike on torsion bar chassis such as the Russian KVs where they are offset. Road wheels were interleaved to reduce ground pressure, but early dish-type rubber lined road wheels still suffered a lot of failures that could lead to suspension arm breakages. They were replaced with upgraded steel rimmed wheels from Feb-1944. 725 mm wide tacks were used. The outer road wheels were to be removed, and narrower tracks fitted if being transported by train to ensure it wasn’t too wide for the railway loading gauge. First deployed to the 502nd Heavy Tank Battalion in August 1942 around Leningrad. Used on Eastern Front, North Africa, Italy, and Western Europe. Operated typically in Heavy Tank Battalions. In 1942 these consisted of 20 Tigers and 16 Panzer IIIs. Later formations had a standard organization of 45 Tiger Tanks, organised into three companies of 14 Tigers each, plus three command vehicles. Often the units would field a smaller number of combat-ready tanks. Originally intended to fight on the offensive during breakthroughs, the German late-war realities required it to be used in a defensive posture by providing heavy fire support and counter-attacking enemy armored breakthroughs. From mid-1944 Henschel began making its replacement, the Tiger II that mounted an even heavier 8.8 cm KwK 43 L/71 gun. When preparing this tank for for static display, the Museum here found a chassis number of 250771, putting hull construction in January 1944. The example sports many of the upgrades seen during production. The later cupola with the swivel hatch, as opposed to the earlier drum cupola, track link mounts on the turret side, steel road wheels with internal rubber absorbers, no smoke dischargers, and a single center mounted front lamp.