The Jagdtiger is a German casemate-type heavy tank destroyer of World War II. It was built upon the slightly lengthened chassis of a Tiger II. Its ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. 186.
Jagdtiger (S/N 305020) while displayed at the U.S. Army Ordnance Museum's former site at Aberdeen, Maryland, in 2008
A wooden mockup of the Jagdtiger presented to Adolf Hitler on the 20th of October 1943, seen here behind the Italian medium tank Carro Armato P 26/40
Rear deck and engine bay of Jagdtiger 305004 in The Tank Museum, Bovington. The two circular grilled apertures at left and right are for the radiator cooling fans.
Model of the eight-wheel, Porsche suspension variant
The Jagdpanther, Sd.Kfz. 173, was a tank destroyer built by Germany during World War II. The Jagdpanther combined the 8.8 cm Pak 43 anti-tank gun, similar to the main gun of the Tiger II, with the arm
Jagdtiger
…inventory ordnance number. The Jagdtiger was a logical extension of the creation of Jagdpanzer designs from tank designs, such as the Jagdpanzer IV or the Jagdpanther from the Panzer IV and Panther tanks respectively, with a fully armored and enclosed casemate-style fighting compartment. The Jagdtiger used a boxy…
Early production Jagdpanther, coated in Zimmerit, in the Imperial War Museum Duxford
A Jagdpanther in France, 1944.
Knocked-out German Jagdpanther tank destroyer near Gheel, 13 September 1944