Key Points - The German King Tiger (Tiger II) was one of the most powerful and feared heavy tanks of World War II. -Introduced in 1944, it boasted incredibly thick, sloped frontal armor that was ...

Ferdinand Porsche was an eccentric man. A man of many talents, all under the general purview of engineering. But to say that all of his inventions and his machines were built for the betterment of ...

FULL, Switzerland - A Swiss museum is restoring a rare King Tiger tank used by Nazi Germany's 506th Heavy Tank Battalion on the Western Front and hopes it will become the second driveable King Tiger ...

Tiger 231 was an impenetrable war machine from World War II that stood on the battlefield with multiple system failures and managed to retreat 37 miles on its own power. The story is as much about the ...

The Tiger 1 Tank played a big role in the battle for Normandy. The heavy tank battalions that went into action against the Allies were fearsome but not without their flaws. Today, very few examples ...

World War II had a plethora of different tank designs that evolved as the war went on. With each new area of engagement, militaries had to adapt to the conditions, from the sands of North Africa to ...

During World War II, Germany had its armored giants, such as the seventy-ton King Tiger, the 188-ton Maus or the never-built P.1000, a thousand-ton behemoth that waddled across the line between ...

FULL, Switzerland (Reuters) - A Swiss museum is restoring a rare King Tiger tank used by Nazi Germany's 506th Heavy Tank Battalion on the Western Front and hopes it will become the second driveable ...