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German Pz.Kpfw.VI Tiger Turret Armour

Vehicle Ausf. Turret or Superstructure (mm/deg) Main Gun(s) Hull and Turret
Armour Plate
Front Side Rear Top
Face Mantle Assembly Spec
Pz.Kpfw.VI Tiger I
(Sd.Kfz.181) [V] [1]
H–E 100/10° 100/0°
Cast
80/0° 25/?°
& 90°
8,8cm Kw.K.36 Welded ’42 to ’45
Pz.Kpfw.VI Tiger II
Königstiger
(Sd.Kfz.182) [2]
B [V]
(first 50)
100/rnd 80–100/rnd
Cast
80/30° 25–40/?° 8,8cm Kw.K.43 Turret ’42
Hull ’43
B [V]
(others)
180/10° 60–130/pot
Cast
80/21° 80/20° 40/?° ’43 to ’45

Copyright © 1999 David Michael Honner. All surfaces are RHA unless otherwise noted.

Footnotes

1. Pz.Kpfw.VI Tiger I. Source: Jentz, Thomas L.: Germany’s Tiger Tanks. Tiger I & II: Combat Tactics and Spielberger, Walter J.: Panther & Its Variants. The mantle completely covers the turret face so some texts add the two thicknesses and cite the turret front as being 200mm thick. Jentz gives a turret mantle thickness of 120mm but actual measurements of captured vehicles gives 100mm so I have used that instead. No tests of captured vehicles ever revealed the use of face hardened (FH) armour. [up]

2. Pz.Kpfw.VI Tiger II Königstiger. Source: Jentz, Thomas L.: Germany’s Tiger Tanks. Tiger I & II: Combat Tactics. The first fifty turrets were manufactured by Porsche and are often referred to as the Porsche turrets; the remainder are often referred to as either Henschel, Krupp or production turrets. The armour plate for the Porsche turrets was milled in 1942 to a different specification than the hull. Due to its shape, the measurement of the mantle thickness is difficult to determine; the figures in the table come from actual measurements of captured vehicles. [up]

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