Tiger I Heavy Tank 1942–45

Osprey New Vanguard #5

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

Probably the most famous tank of the World War II, the Tiger I was originally conceived in 1941 in response to the German Army's experience in fighting British tanks and anti-tank guns in Western Europe and the North African desert. Following the invasion of Russia, the appearance of the Soviet T-34 and KW tanks lent a further impetus to the programme. The Tiger's power and performance on the battlefield is emphasised by tables of relevant performance throughout the book, which clearly show the battlefield survivability of the Tiger and its superiority to many allied tank designs. This comprehensive and extremely detailed text is accompanied by a fine selection of black and white photographs showing the tank in use.

Genres: History, Military History, World War II, Military Fiction, Nonfiction

48 pages, Paperback

First published September 30, 1993

Reviews

[Marcus · Rating 2 out of 5]

It is funny in how many ways perceptions of different authors differ in regard of essential content that should be placed in New Vanguard series from Osprey. Jentz starts out in traditional manner - he discusses in great detail design and development phase of Tiger tank. Next, he provides rather paltry analysis of Tiger's combat effectiveness, based on couple of tables dealing with stopping power of its armor and penetration capability of its main armament. And then... he dedicates the rest of the book to snippet-sized history of battalions and companies equipped with this tank. What the heck? No discussion about tanks real life performance, no explanation of its feared reputation, no recollections from soldiers who actually used this tank in battle? This volume is without a doubt the strangest, most anti-climactic Osprey volume so far.

If you're seriously interested in this tank, its history and real life story, I must advise you to look somewhere else.

[Claus · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very short introduction to the German Panzer VI Tiger tank. Very many good pictures and drawings. Good overview of design, production and operational history.

[Joseph · Rating 1 out of 5]

I am not sure how and why this book was published or why anyone would want to read it. Looking at the description online from the library I was thinking one thing, but it clearly was not... Also how is this a teen book, when about 9.99 out of 10 teen would hate this after trying to read one page of it...

[Norbert · Rating 3 out of 5]

I can't say exactly why I am not satisfied. I know the booklet is a small 50 pages one, so it can't say a lot about the Tiger. But still it seems to me the precious spaces is used to tell the "wrong" information, the less interesting ones