Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Tanker's Tuesday: Tiger II / King Tiger








Tiger II is the common name of a German heavy tank of the
Second World War. The final official German designation was
Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B, often shortened to Tiger B.
The ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. 182. It is also
known under the informal name Königstiger (the German name
for the "Bengal tiger"), often semi-literally translated as the  
King Tiger or Royal Tiger by Allied soldiers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_II

On a personal note, it has always amazed me  considering the
relatively small number of these monsters produced, how they
seem to make up a disproportionate number of forces on the
games table . No idea why that would be. ;-)

5 comments:

Don M said...

Bill said:On a personal note, it has always amazed me considering the
relatively small number of these monsters produced, how they
seem to make up a disproportionate number of forces on the
games table . No idea why that would be. ;-)

Not only are there usually more of them than there should be but they are also usually dug in up hill...lol

Tim Gow said...

You're not a 'proper' Wargamer unless you own three times the actual production run in at least two scales. And a load of Jagdtigers....

Don M said...

I'm not even that bad lol

Bill said...

Tim spoken like a TRUE war gamer!
And Don, yes you are! lol

Chris Kemp said...

"You're not a 'proper' Wargamer unless ..."

*Sigh* That's me called out then. I own one Panther, and the Maus was bought for me by a friend as a joke , 'cos he knows that I will be 70 before NQM reaches Berlin :O)

Regards, Chris