Considered one of the finest tanks of WWII, the Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger tank killed 11.52 tanks for every one Tiger destroyed in battle. Tigers suffered a large number of non-combat losses, however, as the chaos of wartime and the Tiger’s mechanical reliability reduced the number of deployable tanks, then along with frequent breakdowns the Tiger managed only 5.25 enemy tanks killed for every lost Tiger. The Second World War began with the lightning German Blitzkrieg as their Wehrmacht raced across Europe, spearheaded by the most dreaded weapon of the 20th century. No German tank better represented Germany’s engineering ability than the infamous Tiger tank. This thundering tank with its 88mm gun made for a horrific sight to the allies when it first appeared on the battlefield. Weighing over 50 tons and with a frontal armour of 100mm powered by a slightly underpowered 12-cylinder Maybach HL 210 P45 with 650 bhp it had reached the pinnacle of tank design at the time. The weight conspiring against reliability as suspension, gearboxes had reached their design limits. Tiger Heat follows the harrowing story of a Tiger tank crew on the Eastern Front during WWII, were both the elements and the enemy conspired against the mighty German Army, eventually pushing it back to Berlin. Not even the mighty Tiger Tank could halt the numerically superior Red Army with its own legendary T-34, KV-1 and IS tanks.

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