Re: [Epic] Super-Heavy Tanx

From: Jimi Tubman <jimi_at_...>
Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 10:11:55 +0100

>I am pretty sure the German Jagdtiger (Hunting Tiger) tank hunter is
>the heaviest armoured fighting vehicle in history, clocking in at 78
>tons, and mounting a 128mm cannon. It came in late 1944, and thru
>1945, and not one was ever knocked out (i think), but were abandoned
>because of no fuel. Only 48 were built.
>

Close - actually tonnage was 70tonne. 77 Jagdtigers had been delivered for
service in the panzer battalions.

Very few survived WW2 - one is at the Bovington Tank Museum, here in the UK.

Jimi :)
Received on Thu May 28 1998 - 09:11:55 UTC