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in the very early years), and due to being underdeveloped were prone to break down or require frequent maintenance. It was also difficult for the Third Reich to obtain additional amounts of quality copper to build whole new fleets of vehicles with electric drives in addition to the increasing demands
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per side, for a total of 12 individual wheels, 6 road wheels/axles, in 3 bogies. The wheels were not 'interleaved' like those of the Tiger I. The 57 to 59 tons combat weight in combination with 640 mm wide "slack-tracks" (KGS 62/640/130) using no return rollers, produced a ground pressure of
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design also used for
Henschel's contract-winning VK45.01(H) prototype design. The first eight turrets produced had lower sides and a flat roof with raised centre section to allow the gun to be depressed through a larger arc.
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located at the rear. The fuel tanks carried 520 litres of petrol and allowed a driving range of 105 kilometers. Two compressed air tanks in the front crew compartment area assisted the driver during braking maneuvers.
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Ferdinand
Porsche developed the spring rod roller carriage; there were 6 road wheels, each road wheel formed of an inner and outer paired wheel per axle. The six paired road wheels were divided into three 2-axle
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A proposed conversion of the VK 45.01 (P) chassis in a heavily armoured ramming vehicle armed with machine guns. 3 superstructures were completed but their fate is unknown as the project was cancelled in
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Henschel design's mid-hull mounting for the turret, the VK 45.01 (P) had its Krupp-designed turret mounted at the front. The turret, which mounted the
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VK45.01 chassis fitted with a concrete turret mockup to simulate the weight of the Krupp turret for testing purposes. Only 100 chassis were built.
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entered "uncharted territory" for road vehicles; this led to numerous development issues with the drive system. The two air-cooled 15-litre
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History of the Porsche Type 100 and 101 also known as the Leopard and Tiger (P)
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guns were produced. Only one completed Tiger (P) with chassis number 150013 saw combat service as a command tank.
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competitor on trials, it was not selected for mass production and the
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were asked to submit designs for a 45-ton heavy tank capable of mounting the high velocity
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engines which were mounted to the rear of the tank. Each of the twin engines would then
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Panzerkampfwagen VI P - The
History of Porsche Types 100/101
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driving the rear sprockets. In this drive system, a
738:. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Military History.
784:German armoured fighting vehicles of World War II
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715:Jentz, Thomas L. & Doyle, Hilary L. (2000).
510:91 existing VK 4501 chassis were converted into
582:Jentz, Thomas L.; Doyle, Hilary Louis (1997).
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719:. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing.
287:. The Porsche company worked on updating the
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717:Germany's Tiger Tanks: D.W. to Tiger I
700:. Darlington: Darlington Productions.
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439:with a ratio of 15: 1 directly to the
345:and mount the new, longer, 88 mm
330:, was adopted for production instead.
279:gun which was derived from the German
912:10.5 cm leFH18/3 (Sf) auf G.W. B-2(f)
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696:Jentz, Thomas; Doyle, Hilary (1997).
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736:Tigers I and II and Their Variants
504:Panzerjäger Tiger (P) "Ferdinand"
146:20–100 mm (0.79–3.94 in)
115:3.40 m (11 ft 2 in)
107:9.54 m (31 ft 4 in)
70:10 + 90 hulls, hulls converted to
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123:2.90 m (9 ft 6 in)
16:German heavy tank prototype, 1942
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525:Panzerjäger Tiger (P) "Elefant"
178:2 x 10 cylinder Porsche Type 101
1274:Experimental/prototype vehicles
734:Spielberger, Walter J. (2007).
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608:"Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger (P)"
322:fleet (which used very similar
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281:88 mm Flak 37 antiaircraft gun
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1485:World War II tanks of Germany
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551:Tiger (P). Only 3 were built.
488:VK 45.01 (P) (Porsche Tiger)
429:mechanical power transmission
324:diesel-electric transmissions
200:105 km (65 mi) road
1445:List of Sd.Kfz. designations
656:Jentz and Doyle 1997, p. 54.
180:310 PS (306 hp, 288 kW) each
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1450:List of VK-designated tanks
476:VK 45.01 (P) Test prototype
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39:Place of origin
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1480:World War II heavy tanks
859:Self-propelled artillery
188:Longitudinal torsion-bar
1169:Sd.Kfz. 231/32/33/34/63
1164:Sd.Kfz. 221/22/23/60/61
634:"Panzer VI "Tiger" (P)"
403:specially developed by
401:gasoline-electric drive
337:(although designated a
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1490:Heavy tanks of Germany
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363:prototype heavy tank.
315:some brief experiments
232:prototype designed by
927:15cm sFH13/1 (Sf) LrS
922:10.5cm leFH18(Sf) 39H
917:10.5cm leFH18(Sf) LrS
557:VK 45.01 "RammTiger"
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240:. With a dual engine
541:Bergepanzer Tiger(P)
423:) individual-output
34:Prototype heavy tank
1298:Geschützwagen Tiger
1248:Demolition vehicles
614:on 18 February 2014
459:coaxial machine gun
1429:Flakpanzer Mareșal
1348:Flakpanzer Coelian
1303:Entwicklung series
1196:anti-aircraft guns
673:on 5 February 2020
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277:8.8 cm Kwk 36 L/56
158:8.8 cm KwK 36 L/56
49:Production history
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1414:Gep. MTW Kätzchen
745:978-0-76432-780-3
726:978-0-7643-1038-6
707:978-1-8928-4803-1
405:Ferdinand Porsche
301:Porsche Type 101
259:tank destroyers.
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170:2 x 7.92 mm MG 34
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1409:VK 16.02 Leopard
1372:Proposed designs
1293:Panzer VIII Maus
1287:Panzer I Ausf. F
1281:Panzer I Ausf. C
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1438:Designations
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1419:VK 45.02 (P)
1399:P.1000 Ratte
1358:VK 45.01 (P)
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1353:VK 30.01 (P)
1343:Pz. Sfl. IVc
1307:Panzer E-100
1204:Flakpanzer I
1151:Armored cars
937:Assault guns
815:Panzer 38(t)
810:Panzer 35(t)
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675:. Retrieved
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54:Manufacturer
43:Nazi Germany
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1328:Sturer Emil
1265:Borgward IV
1179:Sd.Kfz. 247
1174:Sd.Kfz. 234
1063:Half-tracks
1048:Jagdpanther
985:Panzerjäger
667:"VK4502(P)"
549:Bergepanzer
516:jagdpanzers
437:final drive
431:system and
411:designated
339:Panzerjäger
263:Development
257:Panzerjäger
194:Operational
67: built
1474:Categories
1338:Pz.Sfl. II
1333:Dicker Max
1313:Panther II
1289:(VK 18.01)
1237:Kugelblitz
1227:Wirbelwind
1222:Möbelwagen
1023:RSO/PaK 40
989:Jagdpanzer
970:Sturmtiger
907:Karl-Gerät
820:Panzer III
677:24 October
639:17 October
618:17 October
569:References
335:Jagdpanzer
299:air cooled
230:heavy tank
185:Suspension
97:short tons
1389:Panzer IX
1283:(VK 6.01)
1076:Sd.Kfz. 2
1053:Jagdtiger
960:StuIG 33B
825:Panzer IV
805:Panzer II
512:Ferdinand
417:generator
343:Ferdinand
228:, was a
222:Tiger (P)
164:Secondary
93:long tons
1394:Panzer X
1260:Springer
1071:Maultier
1008:Marder I
965:Brummbär
945:StuG III
840:Tiger II
800:Panzer I
533:StuG III
470:Variants
347:Pak 43/2
303:gasoline
269:Henschel
246:Henschel
166:armament
154:armament
87:60
1255:Goliath
1232:Ostwind
1033:Elefant
1028:Nashorn
955:StuH 42
950:StuG IV
835:Tiger I
830:Panther
433:gearbox
384:Elefant
354:Elefant
328:Tiger I
318:of the
273:Porsche
254:Elefant
250:Tiger I
238:Germany
234:Porsche
58:Porsche
1159:Kfz 13
1043:Hetzer
1003:35R(f)
892:Hummel
887:Grille
742:
723:
704:
590:
451:and a
393:bogies
367:Design
320:U-boat
175:Engine
120:Height
104:Length
872:Wespe
867:Bufla
792:Tanks
564:1943.
463:Krupp
456:MG 34
285:Krupp
196:range
142:Armor
112:Width
95:; 66
1384:Löwe
1184:ADGZ
740:ISBN
721:ISBN
702:ISBN
679:2011
641:2011
620:2011
588:ISBN
399:The
296:V-10
271:and
216:The
152:Main
128:Crew
91:(59
84:Mass
31:Type
1141:sWS
1136:254
1131:253
1126:252
1121:251
1116:250
1018:III
236:in
224:or
65:No.
1476::
1111:11
1106:10
1013:II
987:,
649:^
421:PS
349:.
1309:)
1305:(
1101:9
1096:8
1091:7
1086:6
1081:4
991:)
983:(
776:e
769:t
762:v
748:.
729:.
710:.
681:.
643:.
622:.
596:.
131:5
99:)
89:t
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