Comparing: IS-2 vs. Tiger I. Built in 1944, the IS-2 (IS-122) heavy tank was a modification of the IS-1. It featured a simple cast glacis plate. Elite Soviet Guards heavy tank regiments used the IS-2 extensively in the assaults on the fortress cities of Budapest, Breslau, and Berlin. These vehicles featured thick white stripes for quick Note the 73 caliber gun to compete with the 88 mm KwK 43 L/71 gun on the King Tiger. The 90 mm M3 gun of the Pershing was similar to the German 88 mm KwK 36 used on the Tiger I. In an effort to match the firepower of the King Tiger's more powerful 88 mm KwK 43, the T15E1 90 mm gun was developed and mounted in a T26E1 in January 1945. This tank King tiger tanks battle IS-2 tanks. No mercy. The 68-tonne behemoth is one of only eight King Tiger tanks remaining from the roughly 490 built during the Second World War. “The Tiger is probably the most famous German tank from the war, but Great writeup. Minor nit, but often times when ballistic tables come out people get into this King Tiger KwK43 vs IS-2 or T34 one vs one thing that goes back and forth about how the big cat would own this tank or that tank or whatever. The Germans only built 500 of them, they weighed 70 tons and could be counted on breaking down during a road It was verbally translated as the King Tiger and Royal Tiger by soldiers. Tiger 2 is the heaviest tank mass-production in history. Its 8.8cm KwK 43 was able to destroy almost any tank on the battlefield. Tiger 2 could also kill any armour gun apart from hollow charge weapons. Tiger 2 was developed soon after they stopped producing Tiger 1. On the other hand a medium tank was a general purpose war-winner. The Western Allies demonstrated that a heavy tank wasn't even a mandatory requirement, even if it made life easier in certain situations. In a war of maneuver, medium tanks will win out. In other words, Tiger might help win individual battles, but T-34 would help win wars. German Reich (1942-1945)Heavy Tank – 489 Built. The Tiger II, often referred to as the King Tiger or even Bengal Tiger (Königstiger) was the largest and heaviest operational tank fielded by the German Army in WW2. Developed as a replacement for the Tiger I, its role was to be the heavy tank capable of breaking through an enemy line and FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/35 scale plastic model armor kit Meng contributes to the flurry of recent King Tiger kits with an all-new kit molded in an unusual red plastic designed to replicate the red primer used on the full-size tank. Features include photo-etched (PE) parts, link-and-length tracks, two crew figures, and a turned-metal gun The M6 37 mm gun used by the M8 greyhound cant penetrate the rear, or any other part of a Tiger II, even at point blank range. No Tigers IIs were even in the area at the time of the alleged incident and the American unit that was there, didnt claim a kill there. The story arose when an officer from a completely different unit said he witnessed it. BAgD.