![]() ![]() The Tiger II was issued to heavy tank battalions of the Army and the Waffen-SS. The chassis was also the basis for the Jagdtiger turretless Jagdpanzer anti-tank vehicle. It was armed with the long barrelled 8.8 cm KwK 43 L/71 anti-tank cannon. The tank weighed almost 70 tonnes, and was protected by 100 to 185 mm (3.9 to 7.3 in) of armour to the front. The Tiger II was the successor to the Tiger I, combining the latter's thick armour with the armour sloping used on the Panther medium tank. Contemporaneous Allied soldiers usually called it the King Tiger or Royal Tiger. It was also known informally as the Königstiger ( German for Bengal tiger and also, literally, "King Tiger"). ![]() The ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. The final official German designation was Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. The Tiger II is a German heavy tank of the Second World War. Washington’s reported promise on 24 February to deliver a significant number of its own Abrams tanks appears to have broken the deadlock.Īn official US announcement on delivering Abrams is expected in the coming days.Cross country: 15 to 20 km/h (9.3 to 12.4 mph) Germany has tried to tie the supply of Leopards to a wider coalition that would supply other tanks, including US Abrams – a tank viewed by experts as being less suitable for the war in Ukraine because of its heavy consumption of fuel. ![]() The supply of main battle tanks had been seen as problematic because of their much more obviously offensive capabilities. It prefers a multilateral approach on arms supply to Ukraine rather than being seen to be moving unilaterally.Īlthough Germany has supplied a large amount of equipment to Ukraine, including armoured cars, it has also been wrestling with its post-second world war tradition of anti-militarism. ![]() Germany’s position on sending heavy weaponry has been conflicted. Chart of Leopard 2 inventories of European and Nato countries Why the delay? ![]()
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