These reduced figures were then included in the statistics issued to the higher military staffs for their work – and not for war propaganda! These claims are so likely as the Soviets claimed to knock out 700 Tigers alone during the Battle of Kursk (=) or British Typhoon pilots reported 252 Panzers destroyed during Operation Goodwood, but Allied research teams later found just 10 knocked-out by planes.įor this reason, all successes reported by crews or subunits on enemy vehicles destroyed were reduced by a factor based on experience. I (Nigel Askey) or Tiger tanks (Michael Green) before you claim such dubious claims with references to trash forums or dubious websites. I guess you should read some good standard reference books like ‘Soviet tanks’ (J.Zaloga), Operation Barbarossa Vol. There’s no question that the Tiger tank’s triumph had been mainly because of its effectively all-round protection and not just a good frontal armor like the Panther tank for example.įor comparison, average number of hits to knock out each type of tank: When wiped out artillery, AT guns, AFVs, infantry soldiers, as well as other equipment and weapons are listed, the Tiger I tank most likely done the best kill-to-loss ratio of any tank in modern military history. broken down, destroyed by crews, abandoned, and so on. This was gained for the destruction of 1,725 Tiger tanks, which includes a huge amount of strategic as well as operational losses, i.e. The most successful tank crew of all time: Wittmann with his Tiger and crew in Russia in January 1944.Tiger tanks (together with King Tiger) knocked-out a minimum of 10,300 enemy AFVs along with, just as crucial, an incredible 11,380 anti-tank and artillery guns throughout WW2. Still in service at the end of the war, the Tiger tanks had taken a heavy toll of enemy armor on all fronts. But the Pzkpfw VI Tiger I was also issued to the heavy tank detachments and heavy tank companies of three Waffen-SS divisions, and to the Grossdeutschland Division. Usually the Tiger I was the equipment of special heavy tank detachments with 30 vehicles each. In general, the Tiger tank was more effective in the defense instead of attack, because the great power of the gun over long distances combined with good armor was the full potential.
For example, in 1944 in France, the single Tiger tank of Michael Wittmann stopped a whole division and knocked-out 25 Allied tanks before being destroyed. Despite this, its appearance for the Allies was a shock, and the Tiger tank soon earned the reputation of being the greatest threat on the battlefield.
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