Heavy tank
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A heavy tank is a tank classification produced from World War I to the end of the Cold War. These tanks generally sacrificed mobility and maneuverability for better armour protection and equal or grea
A Soviet IS-3 heavy tank
German heavy tank A7V of WWI
The German Tiger I heavy tank
IS-2 heavy tank
Tiger II
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The Tiger II was a German heavy tank of the Second World War. The final official German designation was Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B, often shortened to Tiger B. The ordnance inventory designation w
Heavy tank
…Heavy tanks often saw limited combat in their intended roles, instead becoming mobile pillboxes or defensive positions, such as the German Tiger I and Tiger II designs, or the Soviet KV and IS designs. Heavy tanks feature very heavy armor and weapons relative to lighter tanks. Many heavy tanks shared components…
Tiger II, France, June 1944
Supreme commander of the allied forces in Europe General Eisenhower walks by an overturned Tiger II destroyed in the Falaise pocket August 1944
A model depicting the curved front of the first version of the Krupp turret (erroneously called "Porsche turret")
The vertical front of the "production turret" designed by Krupp (erroneously called "Henschel turret") taken during Operation Panzerfaust in Budapest, 15 October 1944. The rough Zimmerit coating is evident, used to prevent magnetic mines from adhering to the tank's armour.