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What Shell did the Tiger tank use?
The ammunition for the Tiger had electrically fired primers. Four types of ammunition were available but not all were fully available; the PzGr 40 shell used tungsten, which was in short supply as the war progressed.
What BR is the Tiger 2?
B (H) (or Tiger II (H)) is a rank IV German heavy tank with a battle rating of 7.0 (AB) and 6.7 (RB/SB). It was introduced during the Closed Beta Test for Ground Forces before Update 1.41. The Tiger II (H) remains one of the more potent foes a player could face in the Rank IV battles.
How heavy is an 88mm shell?
The 8.8 cm KwK 43 (Kampfwagenkanone —”fighting vehicle cannon”) was an 88 mm 71 calibre length tank gun designed by Krupp and used by the German Wehrmacht during the Second World War….8.8 cm KwK 43.
| 8,8 cm KwK 43 | |
|---|---|
| Shell weight | 7.3 kg (16 lb) Armor-piercing composite rigid (APCR) Pzgr 40/43 |
| Calibre | 88 mm (3.46 in) |
| Elevation | -8° to +15° |
How long is an 88mm shell?
8.8 cm KwK 43
| 8,8 cm KwK 43 | |
|---|---|
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 2,265 kg (4,993 lb) |
| Barrel length | 6,248 mm (246.0 in) bore (71 calibres) |
| Shell | Fixed QF 88 × 822mm R |
What kind of engine did the German Tiger II have?
Like all German tanks, the Tiger II had a petrol engine; in this case the same 700 PS (690 hp, 515 kW) V-12 Maybach HL 230 P30 which powered the much lighter Panther and Tiger I tanks. The Tiger II was under-powered, like many other heavy tanks of World War II, and consumed a lot of fuel, which was in short supply for the Germans.
What kind of anti-tank cannon did the Tiger II have?
It was armed with the long barrelled 8.8 cm KwK 43 L/71 anti-tank cannon. The chassis was also the basis for the Jagdtiger turretless Jagdpanzer anti-tank vehicle. The Tiger II was issued to heavy tank battalions of the Army and the Waffen-SS.
How many Tiger I tanks were built in Germany?
It gave the German Army its first armoured fighting vehicle that mounted the 8.8 cm KwK 36 gun (derived from the 8.8 cm Flak 36 ). 1,347 were built between August 1942 and August 1944. After August 1944, production of the Tiger I was phased out in favour of the Tiger II .
What was the role of the Tiger II?
The Tiger II, often referred to as the King Tiger or even Bengal Tiger (Königstiger) was the largest and heaviest operational tank fielded by the German Army in WW2. Developed as a replacement for the Tiger I, its role was to be the heavy tank capable of breaking through an enemy line and smashing their defenses and tanks in the process.