Zimmerit
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Zimmerit was a paste-like coating used on mid- and late-war German armored fighting vehicles during World War II. It was used to produce a hard layer covering the metal armor of the vehicle, providing
Close view of Zimmerit on the turret and hull of Michael Wittmann's Tiger I.
Close view of Zimmerit on the corner of a Tiger II
Close view of Zimmerit on the glacis of a Tiger II
Stug III with waffle-pattern zimmerit, IWM Duxford museum collection.
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
Zimmerit
…Tiger I - mid and late production models only Tiger II - early models only Elefant - 48 Ferdinands rebuilt at Nibelungenwerk…
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.