Jagdtiger

Also known as Jagdtiger Sd. Kfz. 186, Hunting Tiger, Panzerjaeger Tiger Ausf. B

Key facts

Weapon.is_vehicle: yes
Weapon.name: Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf. B Jagdpanzer VI Jagdtiger Ausf. B 12.8cm PaK44 auf Panzerjäger Tiger
Weapon.image: Jagdtiger at Aberdeen proving grounds 2008.jpg
Weapon.image_size: 300
Weapon.caption: Jagdtiger (S/N 305020) while displayed at the U.S. Army Ordnance Museum's former site at Aberdeen, Maryland, in 2008
Weapon.type: Heavy tank destroyer
Weapon.origin: Nazi Germany
Weapon.production_date: 1944–1945
Weapon.manufacturer: Nibelungenwerk (Steyr-Daimler-Puch)
Weapon.number: 70–88
Weapon.crew: 6 (commander, gunner, loader, assistant loader, driver, assistant driver)
Weapon.length: including gun
Weapon.weight: (Henschel-suspension variant)
Weapon.primary_armament: 1 × 12.8 cm Pak 44 L/55
Weapon.secondary_armament: 1 × 7.92 mm MG 34 (some later-built versions equipped with a single MG 42 anti-aircraft machine gun-mount at the vehicle's rear)
Weapon.engine: V-12 Maybach HL230 P30
Weapon.engine_power: 600 hp(M) (591 hp(I), 441 kW)
Weapon.suspension: Torsion bar

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Wikidata facts

Mass: 70
Image: Jagdtiger-Aberdeen.00059se8.jpg
Height: 2.95
Width: 3.63
Length: 10.65
Speed: 38

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Commons category: Jagdtiger
service entry: 1947-00-00
total produced: 77
vehicle range: 170

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The Jagdtiger ("Hunting Tiger"; officially designated Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf. B) is a German casemate-type heavy tank destroyer (Jagdpanzer) of World War II. It was built upon the slightly lengthened chassis of a Tiger II. Its ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. 186.

The 72-tonne Jagdtiger was the heaviest armored fighting vehicle (AFV) used operationally by any nation in WWII and the heaviest combat vehicle of any type to be produced during the conflict. It was armed with a 12.8 cm Pak 44 L/55 main gun which could out-range and defeat any AFV fielded by the Allied forces.