The 8.8 cm KwK 36 was an 88-millimetre (3.5 in) tank gun used by the German Army during World War II. This was the primary armament of the PzKpfw VI Tiger I tank. It was developed and built by Krupp.
A captured Tiger I tank fitted with the 8.8 cm KwK 36
8.8 cm KwK 36 at Base Borden Military Museum
Finnish training chart for KwK 36, shows an 88 mm PzGr. 39 (APCBC round).
The Tiger I was a German heavy tank of World War II that began operational duty in 1942 in Africa and in the Soviet Union, usually in independent heavy tank battalions. It gave the German Army its first armoured fighting vehicle that mounted the 8.8 cm KwK 36 gun. 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.
Tiger I in northern France, March 1944
Model reconstruction of VK 4501 (P) Porsche prototype
Early Tiger with tall cupola
The Tiger I's armour was up to 200 mm on the gun mantlet.