From The Tank Museum: The Tiger combat debut took place in August 1942 on the Eastern Front. It was not a success, with three of the four breaking down.
The Tiger I began to enter service with the German Army in mid-1942. They were to be used by Heavy Tank Battalions, a new type…
From The Tank Museum: Background To The Battle Of Kursk
The Battle of Kursk was one of the most decisive battles of the Second World War. Fought between the 5th July and 23rd August 1943, it began…
From The Tank Museum: When The Germans Desperately Needed To Counter The T-34, This Was Their Design
The Panther was not as thickly armoured, nor as heavily armed, as tanks such as the Tiger but was probably a much more balanced design.…
From The Tank Museum: Second World War Veterans: British – Part 4
The Tiger Collection features the memories of a number of veterans who fought in and against the Tiger. This short series takes a more detailed…
From The Tank Museum: Second World War Veterans: British – Part 3
The Tiger Collection features the memories of a number of veterans who fought in and against the Tiger. This short series takes a more detailed…
From The Tank Museum: German Tanks At Kursk
The attacking German forces at Kursk amassed 777,000 men and around 2500 tanks and assault guns. This was about 70 per cent of all their…
From The Tank Museum: Capturing The Mighty Tiger II – It is on Display in The UK
The Tiger II with Production turret on display in the Tiger Collection was built in July 1944 by Henschel and given Fahrgestell Nummer (chassis number)…
From The Tank Museum: Capturing The Monstrous Jagdtiger
The Tank Museum’s Jagdtiger has chassis no. 305004. It was one of eleven (plus an unarmoured prototype) which were fitted with the Porsche suspension system. …
The Tank Museum interviews Tiger tank veterans & tank crews who fought against them
The Tiger Collection features the memories of a number of veterans who fought in and against the Tiger. This short series of “Second World War…
From The Tank Museum: Crouching Tiger & the Confrontation with a Comet
In the wooded countryside close to the Aller River in Germany, a small action took place between a lone Tiger and Comet tanks belonging to…
From The Tank Museum: The Legend Of The Tiger Tank
Was the Tiger really the King of the Battlefield in Word War Two? Few tanks inspire as much awe and fascination as The Tiger Tank, but…
From The Tank Museum: First Tiger I Knocked Out By The British
While Tiger 131 was the first intact Tiger I to be taken back to Britain, it was not the first to be knocked out. This…