King Tiger (Henschel) w. Zimmerit

The Tiger II (Sd Kfz 182) was ordered in January 1943 to provide a tank capable of housing the 8.8cm L/71 gun. The first 50 King Tiger produced had the original Porsche designed turret. This was later replaced by a Henschel designed turret. The first vehicles entered service in June 1944 and were allocated to the Schwere Panzer detatchments of the SS

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