What exactly is the 'Konigstiger'? Is this one of the Tiger tanks?
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Hello Adamo,
The Koenigstiger or King Tiger was one of the last tanks to be used by Germany in the closing stages of the war. If you look through this forum or do a search you will find pictures.
I can`t give you all the technical info etc, I`m no expert and I`m sure other more educated members will weigh in with more info.
Best regards,
Adrian.
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Originally posted by ADRIANHello Adamo,
The Koenigstiger or King Tiger was one of the last tanks to be used by Germany in the closing stages of the war. If you look through this forum or do a search you will find pictures.
I can`t give you all the technical info etc, I`m no expert and I`m sure other more educated members will weigh in with more info.
Best regards,
Adrian.
The Königstiger was also sometimes called the Royal Tiger by the Allies, but the more common name is the Tiger II (to differentiate it from the Tiger I). See the data page on the Achtung Panzer site http://www.achtungpanzer.com/pz5.htm
Regards,
Greg
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The Konigstiger is German for the King Tiger, which is a variant of the Tiger Line. The book Panzerkrieg claims its the Pz. VII but this is skeptical since other books claim it belongs to the Tiger line as a Tiger II.
The Tiger II differiantiates from the Tiger I in the sense that while the Tiger I had its armor in a box format, meaning not sloped, the Tiger II had it sloped.
Also, the dimensions of the Tiger II were much larger than those of the Tiger I. Meaning the gear to weight ratio of the tank was horrible (the Tiger I was horrible already, imagine the Tiger II). This means that while the tank goes at a speed of maybe some 25 to 30 mph the tear and wear of the ration would cause the tank to break down almost continously, a charactiristic which plagued German tanks all the way back from the Panzer I.
In general the Tiger II was slow as it was powerful and lucky for the Allies they wasted all the potential of the tank by sending it on the offensive in the Ardennes on December 16th 1944. Had the tanks been used on the defensive where the 88mm L/72 gun could have knocked out dozens of tanks before being lost itself, Germany could have held out longer.
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Koenigs Tiger or Tiger II
Originally posted by AdamoWhat exactly is the 'Konigstiger'? Is this one of the Tiger tanks?
Panzers forward!
panzerboy39
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in terms of firepower, there was actually a more powerful vehicle, or at least it was proposed, the 'Geschutzwagen Tiger', although only one prototype chassis was completed, this was supposed to be a self propelled gun boasting a 17cm K72 (Sf) as main armament. Proposed use as a mobile artillery platform I guess
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Not more powerful just bigger caliber
Originally posted by TMurrayin terms of firepower, there was actually a more powerful vehicle, or at least it was proposed, the 'Geschutzwagen Tiger', although only one prototype chassis was completed, this was supposed to be a self propelled gun boasting a 17cm K72 (Sf) as main armament. Proposed use as a mobile artillery platform I guess
Panzers forward
panzerboy39
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PB yep you are correct on the penetration of an AP round, as stated, this was a self propelled vehicle as such cant see it firing anything other than HE in an artillery role. With a caliber of 17cms firing HE, this would have been a damn nasty machine to run into. But alas, again like the King Tiger, wouldve probably just sunk into the ground under it's enormous weight (something like 120 tons)
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