King Tiger

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King Tiger is the common name for the German Tiger II heavy tank used by the Wehrmacht in World War II, known for its thick armor and powerful gun.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
King Tiger canonical 2
King Tiger 213 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German tank ⓘ
World War II tank ⓘ
heavy tank ⓘ
armorType rolled homogeneous armor ⓘ
caliberOfMainGun 88 mm ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Nazi Germany ⓘ
crew 5 ⓘ
crewRole commander ⓘ
driver ⓘ
gunner ⓘ
loader ⓘ
radio operator ⓘ
designedAsSuccessorTo Tiger I ⓘ
linked to: Tiger I tank
designedBy Henschel ⓘ
linked to: Henschel & Sohn

Porsche ⓘ
designedIn Germany ⓘ
engine Maybach HL230 P30 V-12 petrol engine ⓘ
enginePower 700 hp ⓘ
frontHullArmorThickness 150 mm ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Königstiger ⓘ
linked to: Tiger II

Tiger II ⓘ
hasFeature interleaved road wheels ⓘ
powerful gun ⓘ
sloped frontal armor ⓘ
thick armor ⓘ
mainArmament 8.8 cm KwK 43 L/71 gun ⓘ
notedFor high fuel consumption ⓘ
mechanical unreliability ⓘ
strong defensive capabilities ⓘ
operator Germany ⓘ
primaryManufacturer Henschel & Sohn ⓘ
relatedTo Panther tank ⓘ
role breakthrough tank ⓘ
heavy breakthrough tank ⓘ
sawActionIn Battle of Berlin ⓘ
Battle of Normandy ⓘ
Battle of the Bulge ⓘ
Eastern Front ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
secondaryArmament 7.92 mm MG34 machine gun ⓘ
serviceEnd 1945 ⓘ
serviceEntry 1944 ⓘ
suspension torsion bar ⓘ
turretFrontArmorThickness 180 mm ⓘ
turretVariants Henschel turret ⓘ
Porsche turret ⓘ
usedBy German Army ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
weightClass heavy ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tiger II → alternativeName → King Tiger ⓘ
La Gleize → hasWarRelic → King Tiger 213 ⓘ
linked to: King Tiger
Sd.Kfz. 182 → alsoKnownAs → King Tiger ⓘ