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The Porsche prototype shared many characteristic with its Henschel cousin, notably the armament and the armor protection (100 mm of frontal armor, albeit unsloped), being recognizable thanks to its turret being mounted forwards on the hull. Unfortunately, it relied on a complicated gasoline generator hybrid power unit which proved to be furiously unreliable, requiring constant maintenance to keep on functioning; this, coupled with reduced maneuverability compared to the Henschel prototype, led to the latter being accepted for production as the Tiger heavy tank, and the dropping of the Porsche design, of which only five prototypes were completed (three being later transformed into recovery vehicles).

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  • Tiger (P)
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  • The Porsche prototype shared many characteristic with its Henschel cousin, notably the armament and the armor protection (100 mm of frontal armor, albeit unsloped), being recognizable thanks to its turret being mounted forwards on the hull. Unfortunately, it relied on a complicated gasoline generator hybrid power unit which proved to be furiously unreliable, requiring constant maintenance to keep on functioning; this, coupled with reduced maneuverability compared to the Henschel prototype, led to the latter being accepted for production as the Tiger heavy tank, and the dropping of the Porsche design, of which only five prototypes were completed (three being later transformed into recovery vehicles).
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  • 200(xsd:integer)
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  • #000000
Speed
  • 40.0
Secondary Armament
  • 2(xsd:integer)
Weight
  • 59(xsd:integer)
Production
  • 1942(xsd:integer)
Height
  • 1(xsd:double)
Title
  • VK 4501 Porsche Tiger
Armour
  • Turret Front: 100mm Side: 80mm Back: 80mm Hull Front: 100mm Side: 80mm Back: 80mm
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  • 400(xsd:integer)
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  • Gallery
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  • 168.0
Main Armament
  • 1(xsd:integer)
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  • TigerP.png
User
  • 20(xsd:integer)
Country of origin
  • 20(xsd:integer)
Engine
  • 2(xsd:integer)
Armament
  • 5(xsd:integer)
Designer
  • Porsche
abstract
  • The Porsche prototype shared many characteristic with its Henschel cousin, notably the armament and the armor protection (100 mm of frontal armor, albeit unsloped), being recognizable thanks to its turret being mounted forwards on the hull. Unfortunately, it relied on a complicated gasoline generator hybrid power unit which proved to be furiously unreliable, requiring constant maintenance to keep on functioning; this, coupled with reduced maneuverability compared to the Henschel prototype, led to the latter being accepted for production as the Tiger heavy tank, and the dropping of the Porsche design, of which only five prototypes were completed (three being later transformed into recovery vehicles). Roughly one hundred of chassis built awaiting an order were later reused to create a new tank destroyer sporting the powerful 88 mm PaK 43/2 gun, which was named first Ferdinand (to honour its designer, Ferdinand Porsche) and later, after modifications, Elefant; this development proved decidedly more successful than the conventional design. Ironically, only one of the few Tiger Porsche prototypes saw brief service as a command tank for an Elefant unit.
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