King tiger porsche vs henschel. The tiger ii is a german heavy tank of the second world warthe final official german designation was panzerkampfwagen tiger ausfb often shortened to tiger b. Tracks were not interchangeable. An additional ten jagdtigers were assembled with the porsche suspension before series production was converted to the henschel suspension in september 1944 one 305005 had defective armour and was never issued or. Vk4502p was based on the earlier rejected design for the tiger i with enhanced armament and.
Krupp had been given a contract to design and build turrets for the vk4502 p the porsche version. Hl tiger 1 x2 taig panther g taig panzer iii. 2 attachment s dr. The henschel tanks had standard king tiger wheels and tracks but the porsche tanks had wheel units somewhat like the elefant.
The henschel tanks had standard king tiger wheels and tracks but the porsche tanks had wheel units somewhat like the elefant. He calls out the first 2 built 305001 and 305002 as being a porsche and henschel running gear respectively then says. When henschel won the contract to build the tiger ii vk4502 h hitler as a favor to dr. It is also known under the informal name konigstiger the german name for the bengal tiger often translated literally as royal tiger or somewhat incorrectly as king tiger by.
Some henschel tanks had an mg 42 fitted to the engine deck on a pedestal mount. Some henschel tanks had an mg 42 fitted to the engine deck on a pedestal mount. Their hull design originally known as vk4503 was approved for production as the tiger ii. Henschel won and yet again as with the tiger 1 porsche lost out with its design.
The ordnance inventory designation was sdkfz. Taig js 2 taig t34 85 mato m4a1bn mato m10 hl m4a3 105mm taig m4a3 76mm. Porsche in antisipation of winning a contract to produce the tiger ii vk4502 p built 50 porsche turrets. Tracks were not interchangeable.
Despite some drawbacks the henschel design was ok and the tiger remained dangerous until the end of the war the few of them left at that point. This turret frequently and incorrectly named the henschel turret was much easier to build as it eliminated many of the complicated curved forgings and extensive machining which the original turret had demanded. Porsches tracks were not narrow but were different than the henschel tank and were more complicated. The porsche variant was to put it bluntly shit and not even the powerful 88 mm l71 gun could really make up for that.