Henschel turret for Tiger II

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The Henschel turret for the Tiger II was the later, simplified production turret used on Germany’s heavy King Tiger tank, featuring improved ballistic shaping and more practical manufacturing compared to the earlier Porsche design.

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Henschel turret 1
Henschel turret for Tiger II canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armored vehicle component
tank turret
alsoKnownAs series production turret for Tiger II
armorType rolled homogeneous armor
coaxialArmament 7.92 mm MG34 machine gun
confusedWith Porsche turret for Tiger II NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Nazi Germany
crewPosition commander
gunner
loader
designedFor heavy tank
designedToImprove ballistic protection
internal space utilization
manufacturing efficiency
designFeature commander’s cupola on right side of roof
improved ballistic shaping compared to Porsche turret
internal gun mantlet
loader’s hatch on left side of roof
rear turret escape hatch
simplified construction for mass production
sloped frontal armor
turret basket for crew
two-piece front plate
historicalUse Eastern Front NERFINISHED
Western Front NERFINISHED
introduced 1944
manufacturer Henschel & Sohn NERFINISHED
mountingRingDiameter approximately 1850 mm
mounts gunner’s TZF 9d or TZF 9b/1 sight
operator Waffen-SS armored units
Wehrmacht NERFINISHED
partOf Tiger II turret system NERFINISHED
predecessor Porsche turret for Tiger II
primaryArmament 8.8 cm KwK 43 L/71 gun
replaced Porsche turret on later Tiger II production
serviceBranch German Army NERFINISHED
Waffen-SS NERFINISHED
serviceDuringConflict Second World War NERFINISHED
turretFrontArmorThickness 180 mm
turretRearArmorThickness 80 mm
turretRoofArmorThickness 40 mm
turretSideArmorThickness 80 mm
turretTraverse manual backup traverse
powered hydraulic traverse
usedOnVehicle Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B NERFINISHED
Tiger II NERFINISHED

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Henschel & Sohn designed Henschel turret for Tiger II
Tiger II turretVariants Henschel turret for Tiger II
this entity surface form: Henschel turret