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The Tiger I (Tiger), diminutive of Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausführung E - Sonderkraftfahrzeug 181, heavy tank German service from 1942 to 1945, is one of the tanks of the second world war, although there has been little produced relative to the Soviet T - 34 or the American Sherman's most famous.
What are its dimensions, its very square lines, strength in battle, its power and the crew experienced the that led to the fire that marked the spirits, including the fact of German propaganda.

Its development began in 1937, and when it appears for the first time on the front, on 29 August 1942, near Leningrad, the tiger I is technically the most advanced tank, the better protected and the most powerful aligned by axis, displaying a limited but exceptional mobility for a machine that is more than twice the weight of his predecessors and most of its tracked opponents. But the heavy tank, in addition to its low production, suffered throughout his career from his very fragile mechanical significantly reducing its availability to fire, and which, with its low autonomy and its excessive weight, complicated its operational implementation. Sd.Kfz.181, in addition to its low production, suffered throughout his career from his very fragile mechanical significantly reducing its availability to fire, and which, with its low autonomy and its excessive weight, complicated its operational implementation.
Built at only 1,350 copies, it was only rarely endivisionne but rather engaged in independent units.

Source: Wikipedia