The suspension was the same as on the Elefant tank destroyer. The Porsche hull designs included a rear-mounted turret and a mid-mounted engine. To simplify maintenance, however, as when the same steel-tired road wheels were used on later Tiger I hulls, the wheels were only overlapping without being interleaved-the full rubber-rimmed road-wheel system that had been in use on nearly all German half-tracks used the interleaved design, later inherited by the early production versions of the Tiger I and Panther. It had a rear-mounted engine and used nine steel-tired, eighty-centimeter-diameter overlapping road wheels per side with internal springing, mounted on transverse torsion bars, in a similar manner to the original Henschel-designed Tiger I. The Henschel version used a conventional hull design with sloped armor resembling the layout of the Panther tank. Both prototype series used the same turret design from Krupp the main differences were in the hull, transmission, suspension and automotive features. Another design contract followed in 1939 and was given to Porsche. Don't try this tactic unless you're a heavy tank with decent gun depression and strong armor yourself.ĭevelopment of a heavy tank design had been initiated in 1937 the initial design contract was awarded to Henschel.

However, facehugging can neutralize the sloping of its armor, making it thinner and more easily penetrated. This tank's side and rear are weak and easily penetrated. Hull armor will struggle to bounce Tier VIII and IX Tank Destroyer shells.Turret has almost no sloping, and can be easily overmatched by premium ammunition and some high-pen free ammunition (although it is a relatively small target).Surprising mobility for such a heavy vehicle.Great DPM (at 2454), combined with good accuracy and insane penetration.Strong frontal armor, nearly impossible for tier 7's and most 8's to penetrate without switching to premium ammunition.

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