Tiger I tank
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The Tiger I tank was a heavily armored and powerfully armed German heavy tank of World War II, renowned for its battlefield dominance and mechanical complexity.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tiger I | 7 |
| Tiger I tank canonical | 4 |
| Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger I | 2 |
| Panzer VI Tiger I | 1 |
| Sturmtiger | 1 |
| Tiger I heavy tank | 1 |
| Tiger tanks | 1 |
| VK 45.01 (H) | 1 |
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German heavy tank
ⓘ
World War II tank ⓘ |
| armorType | rolled homogeneous armor ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| crew | 5 ⓘ |
| crewRoles |
commander
ⓘ
driver ⓘ gunner ⓘ loader ⓘ radio operator ⓘ |
| designDate | 1941 ⓘ |
| designer | Henschel & Sohn ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
Tiger I tank
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
VK 45.01 (H)
|
| engine |
Maybach HL210 P45
ⓘ
Maybach HL230 P45 ⓘ |
| engineType | V-12 petrol engine ⓘ |
| firstCombatUse | 1942 ⓘ |
| frontHullArmorThickness | 100 mm ⓘ |
| height | about 3.0 m ⓘ |
| introduced | 1942 ⓘ |
| length | about 6.3 m hull length ⓘ |
| mainArmament | 8.8 cm KwK 36 L/56 gun ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Henschel & Sohn ⓘ |
| maximumRoadSpeed | about 38 km/h ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
complex mechanical design
ⓘ
high-velocity 88 mm gun ⓘ interleaved road wheels ⓘ thick frontal armor ⓘ |
| notableTheater |
Eastern Front
ⓘ
Italian campaign ⓘ
surface form:
Italian Campaign
North African campaign ⓘ
surface form:
North African Campaign
Western Front ⓘ
surface form:
Western Front after 1944
|
| operationalRange | about 100–195 km on road ⓘ |
| powerOutput | 650 hp ⓘ |
| retired | 1945 ⓘ |
| role |
breakthrough tank
ⓘ
heavy tank ⓘ |
| secondaryArmament | 7.92 mm MG34 machine gun ⓘ |
| serviceBranch |
German Army
ⓘ
German Waffen-SS armored units ⓘ |
| sideArmorThickness | 80 mm ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| successor | Tiger II ⓘ |
| survivingExamples | on museum display in several countries ⓘ |
| suspension | torsion bar ⓘ |
| transmission | Maybach OLVAR OG 40 12 16 B ⓘ |
| turretFrontArmorThickness | 100 mm ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Waffen-SS
ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| weight | approximately 57 tonnes ⓘ |
| width | about 3.7 m ⓘ |
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger I
subject surface form:
Tiger I
this entity surface form:
VK 45.01 (H)
this entity surface form:
Tiger I
this entity surface form:
Tiger tanks
this entity surface form:
Panzer VI Tiger I
this entity surface form:
Tiger I
this entity surface form:
Tiger I
this entity surface form:
Tiger I
this entity surface form:
Tiger I
this entity surface form:
Sturmtiger
this entity surface form:
Tiger I
this entity surface form:
Tiger I heavy tank
this entity surface form:
Tiger I
this entity surface form:
Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger I