High tech and over-engineered.
Key Point: Heavy tanks were deadly but could break down and weren t as reliable or easy to mass produce as other tanks.
Nazi Germany s Tiger is arguably the most famous tank of World War II. With its thick armor and devastating 88-millimeter gun, the Mark VI or
Tiger I soon earned a devastating reputation on the battlefield.
Designed as a breakthrough tank for breaching enemy defenses, and allocated to a handful of special heavy tank battalions, the sixty-ton Tiger I seemed to have it all: firepower, armor and for an early 1940s vehicle that weighed as much as today s M-1 Abrams, it was fairly agile. With its square, castle-like shape and long cannon, the Tiger I even