Kingtiger Heavy Tank 1942–45

Osprey New Vanguard #1

by Thomas L. Jentz, Hilary Louis Doyle, Peter Sarson (Illustrator)

As World War II entered its later stages and Germany was forced increasingly onto the defensive, the need for fast-moving mobile forces lessened and the Wehrmacht required better protected and more powerfully armed tanks. After debacles against the T-34, Hitler and the Panzerwaffe were determined not to be unprepared again. The result of this determination was the production of the heaviest and largest tank to see combat during World War II, the Tiger II or Konigstiger (Kingtiger). This title examines this formidable weapon, covering the problems and controversies surrounding its design and production as well as a detailed listing of every unit that was equipped with the Tiger II.

Genres: Military History, History, World War II

48 pages, Paperback

First published January 28, 1993

Reviews

[Marcus · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm having a bit of hard time making up my mind about this book. On one hand it provides the expected information - development, technical data and deployment history. It is however a very dry book and one element is in my opinion sorely missing - how well did this weapon system perform on the battlefield. How was it employed, what did their crews think of it, how was it perceived by the opposing side - those questions are not answered and because of that I can't help but feel a bit disappointed by this first volume in Osprey's New Vanguard series.

[Dimitri · Rating 4 out of 5]

New Vanguard takes Osprey's vehicles books to a new level with authors who "spent 22 years crawling in and under all of the 7 Königstiger still in existence" and mainly use original German sources such as construction plans or meeting minutes between the industry & Hitler.

[Mehmet Kır · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a detailed book for Nazi tanks in WW2 . Especially, the most important section of the book is photos of heavy tanks.

[Teufel Wolf · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty dry and technical, stuff that would mostly be of interest to game designer or modelers.

[Norbert · Rating 4 out of 5]

very detailed