01 Tiger II King Tiger Tank	02 Tiger II King Tiger Glacis Plate	03 Tiger II King Tiger Drive Sprocket	04 Tiger II King Tiger Road Wheel
05 Tiger II King Tiger Road Wheel	06 Tiger II King Tiger Tank Idler Wheel	07 Tiger II Tank Tracks	08 Tiger II Tank Tracks
09 Tiger II Tank Tracks	10 Tiger II Tank Tracks	11 Tiger II Tank Tracks	12 Tiger II Muzzle Brake
13 Tiger II Muzzle Brake	14 King Tiger Tank Turret	15 King Tiger Tank Saukopf (Pig's Snout) Gun Mantlet	16 King Tiger Tank Turret

Tiger II King Tiger Tank Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausf B Specifications:

A German WWII Jagdtiger Tank Destroyer which was built on a longer but similar chassis as the King Tiger Tank at the Patton Museum in Fort Knox, KY

Length: 33 feet, 9 inches
Width: 12 feet, 4 inches
Height: 10 feet, 2 inches
Crew: 5
Weight: 74.8 Tons
Max Speed: 23 mph
Range: 100 miles
Armor: 7 "/180mm Frontal
Powerplant: Maybach HL 230 P30 Water Cooled V12 Gas Engine 700hp
Fuel Capacity: 230 gallons
Armament:
  KwK43 L/71 88mm Rifled Gun
  MG34 Machine Gun in a Coaxial Mount
  MG34 Machine Gun in a Bow Mount
Entered Service: 1944
Unit Cost: $

This particular King Tiger II, or Royal Tiger was captured on December 25, 1944 near Petit Coo in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge. The crew abandoned their Tiger Tank under fire. It is not clear whether the tank broke down or ran out of fuel. It was shipped to Aberdeen Proving Grounds in February of 1945 for examination and testing. Much of the armor on the left hand side has been cut away for access to the interior. The King Tiger Tank was the heaviest tank of the war and its 7 inches of frontal armor was impervious to the fire of any allied tank fielded during WWII. Its weight did prove to be a drawback as few bridges in Europe could handle the Royal Tiger's 74.8 tons and its engine and transmission were underengineered for the task of driving a tank of that weight.

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