Porsche tiger p prototype vk4501 p world war photos. This tiger ii was the second prototype of three built by henschel, with the chassis number v2 versuchsfahrgestell no. This is the revell germany king tiger ii ausf b porsche prototype in 1. Porsche 911 t p 911 t prototype 911 rare antique the 901 235.
Medium tank 1 prototype 1943 a panther ii how it may have appeared in service in 1945, with steelrimmed wheels and standard turret. May 27, 2019 history, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures, video and 3d model. Because porsche designed the turret for the porsche vk 4502, the prototype for the tiger ii that was rejected. The iconic porsche 917 was an extremely important race car for the company as the one that enabled it to take its first overall win at the 24 hours of le mans in 1970. Any political comments will be deleted and fb user.
Results include ads from the february, 2020 issue of hemmings motor news. The first is the second prototype hull ever made and is fitted with one of the first 50 of the krupp vk45. The reason why both prototype tiger is had the same turret is, the turret was made by krupp. The porsche prototype, now known as the tiger p, was finished in april 1942. The king tiger, or tiger ii as it was officially named, was the successor to the equally renowned tiger i, and combined elements of that tank, but added a sloped hull design reminiscent of the panther medium tank. Actually the tiger ii prototypes did not share the same hull.
The elefant german for elephant was a heavy jagdpanzer tank destroyer used by german wehrmacht panzerjager during world war ii. May 10, 2019 history, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures, video and 3d model. The tiger ii, often referred to as the king tiger or even bengal tiger konigstiger was the largest and heaviest operational tank fielded by the german army in ww2. Detail taken from tigers in combat ii stackpole books p335. The legendary german tiger i has a reputation as a machine feared by the allies, combining lethal firepower and excellent armour. Custom 116 king tiger porsche turret heng long rc battle tank in action. I believe there was a separate porsche designed tiger ii hull that looked somewhat like a elephant or tiger i p hull, but with sloping side armor. Developed as a replacement for the tiger i, its role was to be the heavy tank capable of breaking through an enemy line and smashing their defenses and tanks in the process. Although porsche s own tank designs were not really successful, many companies adopted.
Theres an excellent picture of a tiger ii wo zimmerit in belton coopers book death traps. Whereas the tiger mounted an 88mm gun, hitler specified the 128mm pak 44 krupp panzerabwehrkanone antitank gun as the main armament for porsches magnificent maus. The tiger ii is a german heavy tank of the second world war. In fact, it was the initial krupp design for both prototypes.
Link your active subscription or subscribe for instant access. Even the serienturm used on the production tiger b was designed by krupp. The initial official german designation was panzerkampfwagen vi ausfuhrung h panzer vi version h, abbreviated pzkpfw vi ausf. It was commonly known as the tiger ii and sometimes as the konigstiger bengal tiger, the allies translated this incorrectly to royal tiger or king tiger. Both the henschel and porsche designs teams were tasked with working on. Sep 24, 2014 leopard prototype a also known as leopard pta leopard prototype i leopard team a introduced in 1961, which is about 9 years behind the cut off date set in the game up to 1952. The tiger i was replaced in 1944 by the king tiger tank tiger ii. Paraphrasing information from jentzdoyles germanys tanks. This example was the first preproduction prototype and design study under rootes cb28103 program designation for a revised mk ii specification of the tiger. Otto carius tiger ace anti tank guns, tiger i early model su122, t3476 model 1942, panther ausf d, nashorn, panzer kampfwagon iii ausf.
The tank was given its nickname tiger by ferdinand porsche, and the roman numeral was added after the later tiger ii entered production. Porsche tiger p prototype vk4501 p site statistics. This tiger ii s engine was removed for use in the restoration of tiger 1, the only working example of a tiger i. The panther ii emerged from hitlers insistence for an uparmored panther, as well as from the need to increase commonality with the tiger ii. For best results paint is highly recommended, and to put together this revell germany model glue is needed. This revell germany model kit comes with easy to follow instructions guiding you through the assembly. At the end of world war ii in 1945, the volkswagen factory at kdfstadt fell to the british.
Tiger ii prototypes v1, v2 and v3 page 2 missinglynx. Its suspension consisted of six pairs of steeltyred rubbercushioned road wheels with rear drive sprockets instead of the more usual front sprockets. King tiger at militracks 2018 24 minutes of action you. Watch the 2019 porsche 911 prototype play in the snow. Leopard prototype a porsche passed for consideration. So why are they so often called the porsche and henschel.
Porsche turret due to the misbelief that it was designed by porsche for their prototype. As far back as 1938 the wehrmacht had realized that the panzer iii and panzer iv tank would need to get replaced by a modernday model a while later on. Most of the already produced chassis were instead rebuilt as elefant tank destroyers. Tiger ii is the common name of a german heavy tank of the second world war. The tiger tank panzerkampfwagen vi and its relatives. None of the first three vtanks were engaged in combat.
Tiger ii with early production turret is on display. The porsche suspension had 8 visible roadwheels, whereas the henschel. Kit has detailed exterior surfaces, running gear injection molded track length, multipart road wheels and sprockets, movable turret with separate hatches openclosed, injection molded tow cables, onepiece adjustable gun barrel, mg 34, separately molded on vehicle tools. This tank used two porsche type 1011 engine both mounted to the rear of the tank. See more ideas about tiger ii, tiger tank and ww2 tanks. It was a real beast of a tank, weighing in at 80 tons, and armed with the infamous 88mm gun. Although porsches own tank designs were not really successful, many companies adopted. Leopard prototype a also known as leopard pta leopard prototype i leopard team a introduced in 1961, which is about 9 years behind the cut off date set in the game up to 1952. Both prototype series used the same turret design from krupp. Custom 116 king tiger porsche turret heng long rc battle tank in action duration. Until august 1944, 1,300 tiger i were built, which is not much when you consider the impact on allied combat morale, which they had acquired by then. B is a german heavy tank developed from 1943 to 1944.
On the 6th of may 1942, the german weapons manufacturer krupp submitted a proposal for the construction of a new armored selfpropelled gun carriage that used components from the panzerkampfwagen vi tiger. It was not issued to a combat unit, remaining with henschel were it. Porsche first created a vehicle depending on the earlier vk 4501 patterns and equipped with a 5. Each of the engines had a separate generator,which would power each of. On september 1941, an order was placed for 100 turrets and hulls for the vk4501 p. In the cornelius ryan book a bridge too far i believe there is a different photo of the same kod tiger ii. The jagdtiger, or jagdpanzer vi, was a tank destroyer based on the tiger ii, and was a good example of the gigantism so common in germany towards the end of the second world war the jagdtiger was very heavily armed its 12. The final official german designation was panzerkampfwagen tiger ausf. Whereas the tiger mounted an 88mm gun, hitler specified the 128mm pak 44 krupp panzerabwehrkanone antitank gun as the main armament for porsche s magnificent maus. There is a good collection of tiger i photos out in the field. Close look at porsches latest allelectric mission e. This is a good book for beginners looking into the tiger tanks. Revell germany king tiger ii ausf b porsche prototype.
The two firms of porsche and henschel were given this crucial task. We now get a close look at the latest mission e prototype as porsche. In 1944, production was phased out in favour of the tiger ii. Wikipedia porsche 911 classic c 20 1970 prototype race car the original 901911 unibody chassis and silhouette design there are no secrets to success. Hitler and dr porsche visited the prototype of the porsche tiger. The schmalturm could have been adopted at some point as well.
Feb, 2017 this new spy video shows the upcoming 992 generation porsche 911 coupe frolicking in the snow, and exercising its pipes in the process. Dyer drawings as well as some early uwe feist colour plates. Well im gonna list everything in the book,including 1 airplane a couple of half tracks and one kubel car. During world war ii, porsche and his son were tapped by hitler to produce a heavy tank for the tiger program. Its the porsche turret and it was designed by krupp. Very well illustrated overall coverage of the tiger family from vk 3001,vk 4501,ferdinandelefant, bergeelefant, stubborn emil, tiger 1, ii, sturmtiger, jagdtiger through to the 17cm grille spg prototype. Porsche designed drivetains and had no involvement with turrets.
The initial design is often misleadingly called the tiger ii p, after the porsche turret due to the erroneous belief that it was designed by porsche for their prototype. Porsche 911 t p 911 t prototype 911 rare antique the 901. Designated tiger p or tiger p1, the porsche tiger had its turret mounted ahead in the front section of the hull. No earlier was the tiger tank being produced than the decision was taken to build a much better equipped as well as armored model. Each of the engines had a separate generator,which would power each of the two eletric motors one for each track. Tiger 1 and 2 prototypes ask the experts war thunder. While it was based on the tiger tank chassis design, it was radically altered. In terms on which tiger iis received zimmerit, this means that all tiger iis with the krupp turret for the porsche chassis and early tiger iis with the krupp turret for the henschel chassis had zimmerit. Nazi germany 1942 prototype selfpropelled guns the tiger gun carrier. Porsche submitted a prototype with an advanced drive system that was superior on paper. V2 trial chassis v2, and completed in january 1944. However, not all this work was wasted, as the chassis porsche designed for the tiger i was used as the base for the elefant tank destroyer. Ninetyone units were built in 1943 under the name ferdinand, after its designer ferdinand porsche, using tank hulls produced for the tiger i tank design abandoned in favour of a henschel design. A production turret tiger ii is on loan from the defence academy, shrivenham, uk.
Porsche also developed the maus superheavy tank in the closing stages of the war, producing two prototypes. No tiger iis were deployed to the fighting in italy. Vk4501 porsche tiger model with production turret late. The only hull on the production tiger ii is the henschel hull. I dont know if any prototype of the porsche designed tiger ii hull ever saw the light of day. First prototype version was started in about 1956 from various sources, which is. So the version that competed against the henschel tiger didnt have more armour, but the prototype that ended up in service did. The tiger ii, often referred to as the king tiger or even bengal tiger konigstiger was the largest and heaviest. This extremely desirable 1965 sunbeam tiger convertible comes in white and comes equipped with a 289 v8 engine with. Porsche is gearing up to bring to production its first allelectric vehicle, the mission e, within the next two years. Once yet again henschel and porsche were ordered to create models.
Like the other spy photos before it, the prototype seen in. We have the tiger ii porsche and the elefant based on the tiger p. Jun 03, 2018 ww ii german tiger tank attack l documentary battle stations duration. When guderian complained about a lack of secondary armament, porsche added a coaxial 75mm gun to the main turret, a 7. On april 1942, the first prototype of tiger p was completed, in time for a demonstration on hitlers birthday. The king tiger tank in panzermuseum munster, germany. The tiger ii was developed late in the war and built in relatively small numbers. Henschel entered into the race for a new german heavy tank only on 5 march 1942. Porsche produced tank destroyers for the nazis in wwii 52,000.
There was a limited production of an arv based on porsche s failed tiger p, and on the panther bergepanther, but not one on the tiger ii, or so it is generally believed. The tiger tank panzerkampfwagen vi and its relatives posts. My last read of that book was 5 years ago and i do not have it in my library, surprisingly enough. Kit has detailed exterior surfaces, running gear injection molded track length, multipart road wheels and. The main difference between the porsche and henschel models is the suspension. The panzerkampfwagen vi tiger iipage contains all related products, articles, books, walkarounds and plastic. Both turrets used on the tiger ii were designed and built by the krupp company. These 5 books belong on every porsche enthusiasts shelf. First prototype version was started in about 1956 from various sources, which is still 4 year behind the cut of year. To see ads from the march, 2020 issue, you must be a subscriber to hemmings motor news. It was not selected for production and the henschel design to the same specification was produced as the tiger i. See more ideas about tiger ii, ww2 tanks and tiger tank. This vehicle was the second soft steel prototype made and did not see active service.
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