The King Tiger (Königstiger) was one of the most powerful tanks of World War II, combining thick armor and a deadly 88mm KwK ...

The Second World War resulted in the production of some pretty legendary tanks, on the Allied and Axis sides alike. The U.S. had the famous M4 Sherman. Great Britain had its Churchill tank series ...

Key Point: Heavy tanks like the King Tiger proved a dead end. After 1945, nations switched to building main battle tanks that had sufficient firepower and armor to breach enemy defenses ...

In this episode of WW2 Wayfinder, I travel to Tondorf in Germany where some of the most famous King Tiger Tank footage was ever filmed and discover what can still be found today in this Then and ...

The Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger tank was a German heavy tank that served on the Eastern Front, Western Front, and in North Africa during World War II. The final version of the tank weighed 54 tons ...

FULL, Switzerland - A Swiss museum is restoring a rare King Tiger tank used by Nazi Germany's 506th Heavy Tank Battalion on the Western Front and hopes it will become the second driveable King ...

FULL — A Swiss museum is restoring a rare King Tiger tank used by Nazi Germany’s 506th Heavy Tank Battalion on the Western Front and hopes it will become the second driveable King Tiger left ...

World War II was tank-heavy, as both the Allied and Axis ... The Allies called the Tiger II "Royal Tiger" and "King Tiger," and both Tigers were deadly machines of war. But they suffered from ...

The Tiger tanks, which led the charge for the Germans, drew a lot of attention from the defenders, who focused their fire on the heavy war machines. Tiger No. 231, under Lieutenant Zabel ...

A 1/6 scale American Sherman tank with a British Firefly gun costs £3,600. The very heavy armour and powerful long-range gun gave the 69 ton King Tiger the advantage against virtually all ...